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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it cheaper to be vegan than being omnivorous?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It found that in high-income countries:

Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third.

• Vegetarian diets were a close second.

• Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%.

• By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study

Compared to meat eaters, results show that “true” vegetarians do indeed report lower food expenditures

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800915301488?via%3Dihub ---(looking at the US)

Based on primary data (n = 1040) collected through an online survey, representative of the Portuguese population, through logistic regressions, it was possible to conclude that plant-based consumers, particularly vegan, are associated with lower food expenditures compared to omnivorous consumers. In fact, plant-based consumers are shown to spend less than all other consumers assessed

https://agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40100-022-00224-9

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good cheese is expensive, I can say that much

[–] Sheeple 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good anything is expensive. NGL I hate how overpriced everything is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

True, but did you ever have some proper Beaufort? Comté? Abondance? Reblochon? Morbier? Cantal?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I know this is weird but it's funny seeing so many french cheese/town names on an english forum

[–] Sheeple 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You ever had Gruyère? Stuff is the bomb

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah it is

[–] Sheeple 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on your region. Meat is never affordable from the supermarket and in-city but in areas with an active local fishing industry for an example, fish can be one of the most cost efficient sources of nutrients if you purchase them directly. Saved my life when I was going through poverty.

One should note that vegetarians exist and those tend to be (generally) more affordable due to having a bigger variety in choice while also cutting out the expensive meats. Also generally more accessible than a vegan lifestyle, is not suiting every person's metabolism. I'm now a vegetarian purely because meat is unaffordable to me currently (I moved away so no more cheap fish)