Swiggy's Year-End Report Reveals Biggest Food Trends of 2023; Details Here

Food delivery giant Swiggy has released its annual year-ender report that shows what Indians ordered on the platform. The ‘How India Swiggy’d’ report reveals that biryani was the most ordered dish on Swiggy for the eight straight year.

Bengaluru has been named as the 'Cake Capital' as 8.5 million orders were placed for chocolate cake.

"A user from Nagpur ordered 92 cakes in a single day, and probably ate it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and repeat!" Swiggy said.

2023 was the International Year of Millets and Swiggy saw a 124% growth in orders for millet-based dishes on Guiltfree and a 38% increase in search queries for them. Foxtail, buckwheat, jowar, bajra, ragi, rajgira, and amaranth were the most searched keywords in the healthy food category. 

Swiggy said that in 2023, it delivered Swiggy One and One Lite users with over Rs 900 crores in savings. A single Swiggy One user saved Rs 6.98 lakhs through free deliveries, discounts, and other benefits, the report said.

The platform said that there are 6,64,46,312 unique dishes on Swiggy’s menu across the country but the 5028 users who searched for ‘Swiggy’ on Swiggy, and the 1682 users who searched for ‘order’ didn’t find anything.

• A man from Jaipur placed 67 orders on Swiggy instamart in a single day. 

• The single highest order was worth Rs 31,748. This user from Chennai stocked up on coffee, juice, cookies, nachos and chips.

• The fastest delivery of the year was in Delhi, where Swiggy instamart delivered a packet of instant noodles in 65 seconds.

• Mango lovers in Bangalore ordered more mangoes than Mumbai and Hyderabad put together. 

• Milk, followed by curd and onions was the most searched item on Swiggy instamart.

• In September 2023, Swiggy instamart introduced the bag opt-out feature. In just two months, close to a million deliveries have been made in an eco-friendly manner.

Swiggy’s delivery partner covered 166.42 million green kms using electric vehicles (EVs) and cycles, contributing to sustainable and eco-friendly delivery, the report said.