Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years
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Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years
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#2 Vegan +388%
Vegetarian +136%
Fish 'n' chips +1%
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#3Vegan +388% Vegetarian +136% Fish 'n' chips +1% Vegans are 1.16% of the UK population
You don't have to be vegan to eat vegan food.
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#4Vegan +388% Vegetarian +136% Fish 'n' chips +1% Vegans are 1.16% of the UK population
So are Fish'n Chips apparently
Re: Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years
#5Vegan +388% Vegetarian +136% Fish 'n' chips +1% Vegans are 1.16% of the UK population
You don't have to be vegan to eat vegan food.
If I eat an apple, am I eating vegan food?
If you call anything that isn't carnivore food as "vegan" food, then you're labelling like 90% of our food as "vegan". That's obviously ridiculous, so I think it's more accurate to call food "vegan" when it's being eaten by someone who is respecting vegan principles.
What I mean to say is that I think "vegan food" is defined by the eater, not the makeup of the food.
Edit: I would like to understand what I could have changed about my comment if you felt it did not contribute to the discussion.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't have to be vegan to eat vegan food.
If I eat an apple, am I eating vegan food? If you call anything that isn't carnivore food as "vegan" food, then you're labelling like 90% of our food as "vegan". That's obviously ridiculous, so I think it's more accurate to call food "vegan" when it's being eaten by someone who is respecting vegan principles. What I mean to say is that I think "vegan food" is defined by the eater, not the makeup of the food. Edit: I…
Is it Greek food only if it’s eaten by a Greek? Is an apple Greek food if there are apples in Greece?
Re: Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't have to be vegan to eat vegan food.
If I eat an apple, am I eating vegan food? If you call anything that isn't carnivore food as "vegan" food, then you're labelling like 90% of our food as "vegan". That's obviously ridiculous, so I think it's more accurate to call food "vegan" when it's being eaten by someone who is respecting vegan principles. What I mean to say is that I think "vegan food" is defined by the eater, not the makeup of the food. Edit: I…
Yeah, I'd say an apple is vegan food. A lot of snacks and things _are_ vegan (or vegetarian).
The interesting thing is vegan/vegetarian _full meals_, which I'd guess is a much lower percentage.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't have to be vegan to eat vegan food.
If I eat an apple, am I eating vegan food? If you call anything that isn't carnivore food as "vegan" food, then you're labelling like 90% of our food as "vegan". That's obviously ridiculous, so I think it's more accurate to call food "vegan" when it's being eaten by someone who is respecting vegan principles. What I mean to say is that I think "vegan food" is defined by the eater, not the makeup of the food. Edit: I…
> If I eat an apple, am I eating vegan food?
Well, apples are plants, and the adjective "vegan", when applied to foods, basically just means "plants and fungi", so, by definition, yes. Trivially yes.
But an apple isn't a very interesting case. What's more interesting is what TFA is talking about: an increase in orders of entire meals that contain no animal products from restaurants. It wasn't that long ago that it wasn't even possible to do such a thing at the vast majority of restaurants in Western countries. It may not indicate an increase in the number of people who eat mostly or only vegan food, but it certainly indicates changing attitudes about what qualifies as a proper meal.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't have to be vegan to eat vegan food.
If I eat an apple, am I eating vegan food? If you call anything that isn't carnivore food as "vegan" food, then you're labelling like 90% of our food as "vegan". That's obviously ridiculous, so I think it's more accurate to call food "vegan" when it's being eaten by someone who is respecting vegan principles. What I mean to say is that I think "vegan food" is defined by the eater, not the makeup of the food. Edit: I…
I think you have it backwards. Vegan food is meant to show not only is it free of meat, but that it's also free of animal ingredients that might not be shown on the menu, such as butter. An apple would be suitable for a vegan, so could be labelled (needlessly) as such. A vegan is one who eats food according to those standards.
If a takeaway menu picks out those options that are entirely meat free, and also free of animal fats etc. They'll label that as vegan regardless of knowing or declining if a non-vegan orders it. Maybe they just like that dish.
I quite often do order vegan dishes, Indian takeaways especially, despite remaining a meat eater overall.