How Often Do Americans Eat Vegetarian Meals?
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This survey asked respondents how many vegetarian meals they eat and whether they were veg*n.
This representative survey of 1,010 U.S. adults evaluates how often people eat vegetarian meals and how many vegans there are in the U.S. The survey found that about 5% of the U.S. population is vegetarian, and about half of them are vegan.
Study Highlights:
Frequency that people eat vegetarian meals:
- 6% One Meal Per Week
- 4% One Day Per Week
- 17% Many Meals But Fewer Than Half
- 16% More Than Half But Not All
- 5% Never Eat Meat, Fish Seafood, or Poultry
- 48% Estimated Population Who Looks for Vegetarian Foods
Contrary to other studies on this topic, this study did not find large gender differences in rates of vegetarianism. 2% of both men and women are vegetarian while 2% of women and 3% of men are vegan.
Citations:
Harris Interactive, The Vegetarian Resource Group, 2011 United States (National)
