BLACKBURN stands out from the rest of the UK, new research has shown, with 41% choosing brown sauce with their Full English breakfast, compared to the rest of the UK opting for tomato sauce.

The study has also revealed that over half of people from Blackburn chose a Full English as their most loved breakfast dish and they prefer unsmoked bacon to smoked bacon.

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Mitchells & Butlers - the company behind high street pub and bar chains like Toby Carvery, Harvester restaurants and Sizzling Pubs – has polled 2,000 Brits to identify exactly what should be on the classic Full English breakfast plate.

And here it is: Fried eggs, smoked bacon, thick sausages, grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, toast and baked beans – the perfect Full English breakfast as voted for by Britain.

Controversially, there is no place for black pudding, fried bread or hash browns.

And there is still fierce debate over the perfect condiment to accompany the Full English breakfast – in the South, ketchup is the sauce of choice but in the North, breakfast champions refuse to use any condiment other than brown sauce.

Breakfast Marketing Expert at Mitchells & Butlers, Jo Hudson, said: “There is so much debate about the Full English breakfast that we wanted to identify what Britain really wanted on its classic breakfast plate.

“We’ve discovered that there is a north-south divide when it comes to certain breakfast items. In the north, for example, they prefer unsmoked bacon and they insist on black pudding and brown sauce on their Full English. But in the south, they won’t warrant a breakfast without ketchup, smoked bacon and no black pudding.

“But we’ve crunched the statistics and come up with the definitive Full English breakfast plate as voted for by the majority of Brits.”

The survey reveals that 67% of Brits eat breakfast every day and most (51%) eat breakfast alone.

The poll also shows that while just 6% of Brits eat a Full English as their daily breakfast meal, it is, by some distance, the nation’s most loved breakfast dish with almost half the UK (47%) saying it is their favourite.

The nation’s favourite breakfast drink? Tea, of course. Some 55% of the UK has a cup of tea when it eats a Full English breakfast. Second favourite is fresh orange juice (41%) and in third is coffee (35%).

Jo Hudson added: “Our research also discovered that far from being unadventurous, Brits are happy to chance their arm and try new things for breakfast. Lobster Benedict, Eggs Benedict, Breakfast Burgers, Egg & Marmite Soldiers, Salmon & Scrambled Eggs – more than a third of the nation (34%) have tried all these.

“But they keep coming back to the Full English when they want a great breakfast meal out.”