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Beth Ure

What is an 'ingredient household'? The viral TikTok hashtag people are using to discuss their snackless childhoods

A viral TikTok trend is showing people if they live in an 'ingredient household' or a 'non-ingredient household'.

Essentially, ingredients households don't have any traditional snacks like crisps or biscuits, just the ingredients required to make larger meals. In contrast, non-ingredient households have pre-made snacks in the cupboards.

The trend is going viral on TikTok as people discover which kind of household they grew up in. People who live in ingredient households have also revealed what they would snack on in the place of the usual snacks.

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In one viral video, which has nearly 75,000 views, one user goes through the examples of things she would snack on as someone who grew up in an ingredient household. They include chocolate chips, a spoonful of peanut butter, croutons, marshmallows, and a plain dry tortilla.

Other TikTok users have been shocked by the phrase, with one commenting: "why am I just now finding out I grew up in an ingredient household", followed by some skull emojis, and another user saying: "I didn't know I live in an ingredient household."

Other videos show people discussing the snacks they would make with the ingredients in their ingredients households. Some would make 'microwave nachos', melting cheese and salsa on tortilla chips, while another video captioned: "I live in a 'we have ingredients' household" showed the user making a tiny pizza from a tortilla, a squeeze of tomato paste, and some grated cheese.

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The phrase has sparked a variety of videos on TikTok, with one user making a parody video of things they snacked on in a non-ingredient household. It includes some absolute classics like pepperami, Fridge Raiders, Frubes, and Cheesestrings. One user commented on the video: "Cheese strings, baby bels, peparamis, dairylea dunkers, monster munch, mini cheddars, wotsits, lunchables" followed by heart emojis, with the girl who made the video replying: "You get it".

The trend has sparked some debate, with some users arguing that it's good to be able to make a dish from almost anything in your fridge, and encourages children to pick up basic cooking skills, while others complained, with one user saying "I live in a ingredient household I just want to pick something up and eat it without having to cook an entire meal", followed by a string of crying emojis.

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