The Accidental Vegetarians

30 May 2007

New study reveals that 52% of Brits eat vegetarian 261 days of the year.

The survey of 1,000 men and women, undertaken on behalf of the Linda McCartney Vegetarian range, revealed 52% of Brits eat meat or fish less than twice a week, the equivalent of 104 days of the year. This means 31 million Brits are ‘Accidental Vegetarians’ – eating the vegetarian way most of the time, and often without being aware of it! More than a quarter of people surveyed (26%) said they eat less meat now than they did five years ago, so maybe the old tradition of meat and two veg really is becoming a thing of the past...

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