How many tons of grapes are eaten in Spain on New Year’s Eve?

Food hard Data from 2023

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Answer in tons. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

20,000 tons

Roughly 20K.

Spaniards eat around 20,000 tonnes of grapes on 31 December, twelve at a time on the stroke of midnight. The tradition dates to about 1909, when growers in Alicante had a surplus harvest and turned it into a custom that stuck.

Where this number comes from

Source Federación Española de Asociaciones de Productores Exportadores de Frutas y Hortalizas (FEPEX)
Figure refers to 2023
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