A 2kg bag of ice cubes has topped Deliveroo's annual list of trending orders for 2026, beating gourmet pizzas, burgers and chicken wraps to first place. The delivery platform said it delivered more Premium 2kg Ice Cubes from supermarket Iceland to UK households than any other item this year.

The result follows Britain's hottest summer since records began in 1884. The Met Office said the average temperature across June, July and August was 16.5C, beating the record set only last year. At £1.20 plus delivery, the bag of ice was among the cheapest items near the top of the list.

What else made the top ten

Second place went to the Diavola pizza from Monte Forte Neapolitan Pizza in Horsham, West Sussex, followed by the chilli broccoli salad from Dishoom in Manchester. A house cheeseburger from Supernova in London took fifth place, with a quesadilla from La Choza in Brighton, charred corn from Nando's, chicken yeeros from Mythos in Leeds, and prawn and pork spicy wontons from Din Tai Fung in London also in the top ten.

Deliveroo said groceries and other retail products made up a record 10 per cent of its global top 100, with a pair of 40-denier tights from Accessorize and an eyelash curler from Boots among the top 30 UK orders. Jeff Wemyss, Deliveroo's vice-president for Britain and Ireland, said the list showed how much the service had changed over the past decade, with protein-heavy dishes also standing out in what the company called the year of "protein-maxxing".