Is being vegetarian quite prevalent in the United Kingdom? Just curious.?!
Is being vegetarian quite prevalent in the United Kingdom? Just curious.?
I always hear about vegetrarian options mentioned when I watch British television. When I shopped at Marks and Spencer in Manchester, I saw quite an elaborate ,frozen and ready to eat , array of foods.
Answers:
About 4 % of the UK population are vegetarian.
The number is higher amongst teens, about 8% but this tends to fall back to 4% in the early 20's
The number is increasing by 7% per year - consistantly the fastest growing food consumer group over the past 20 years.
You have to be careful which survey you read because over the past 20 years the numbers have been skewed a bit because of BSE scares.
the veggie soc have a range of stats on this page: http://www.vegsoc.org/info/statveg.html...
All supermarkets will have a range of vegetarian foods. The UK also has a range of independent food shops that stock veggie and vegan foods.
although mixed food resturants claim to have a range of vegetarian options they should be avoided because of cross-contamination and sub-ingredients that are not checked. Generally speaking resturants offer a veggie option because they have to to get thier star rating. So they are not interested in it really. Our village michelin 2-star restuarant serves "vegetarian" food with animal rennet cheese....just one example.