One in 10 Spaniards is vegetarian or vegan and trend is increasing, says study
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 @ 12:15 PM
A GROWING number of Spaniards are opting to cut meat out of their diets – as many as one in 10, and particularly women and young people, according to recent research.
Consultancy firm Lantern's report, The Green Revolution: Understanding the veggie revolution shows that 0.5% of the Spanish population follows an exclusively vegan diet, 1.5% vegetarian – without meat or fish – and 7.9% refer to themselves as 'flexitarians', meaning they are basically vegetarian but very occasionally eat meat or fish.
No figures are available for those who identify as 'pescatarian' – who eat fish but not meat – possibly because until recently they would have been considered vegetarian, although the definition is now changing and a 'true' vegetarian is said to be someone who does not eat fish either.
In total, including 'flexitarians', those who never or very rarely eat meat account for 9.9% of the Spanish population, the 'never' totalling 2%.
The Lantern report says that over last year, meat-free diets increased by 27% in Spain, and nowadays, 817,000 Spaniards do not eat meat at all.
Three main reasons are behind the decision to stop eating meat or to go completely vegetarian or vegan, Lantern says.
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