More than one in five Brits will be meat-free by 2020
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By Samuel Smith, UK Communications Executive
Following a meat-free diet is becoming increasingly common in the UK with many people opting to follow a vegetarian, pescatarian or vegan diet. We carried out a survey of 2,000 adults to investigate the diet routines of UK residents and the financial costs of each option.
The UK’s current diet vs UK diet intentions by the end of 2019
According to the survey, 88% of the population currently eat meat in their diets. Of the non-meat diets, the vegetarian diet is the most common (7%), followed by the pescatarian diet (4%) and then the vegan diet (1%). This means around 6.5 million British adults are currently eating meat-free.
The UK’s diet intentions by the end of 2019
Despite the relatively low numbers of non-meat eaters currently, many intend to change their diets over 2019. Almost 12 million Brits (22%) say they will follow a vegetarian, vegan or pescatarian diet by the end of this year. If these people follow through with their plans, ar...
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