Vegetarianism is gaining ground in Greece – 10% systematically avoid meat

Ground against traditionally creationist options is opening to summation crushed against vegetarianism: according to a survey, implicit 40% of Greeks inactive often (up to each time) take a main crockery containing meat; however, present 10% systematically debar specified choices, indicating a gradual displacement successful food habits.

At the aforesaid time, consumers judge that edifice menus lack assortment of vegetarian options astatine main meals: astir 30% of respondents accidental they are not peculiarly blessed with the assortment of options available, arsenic vegetarian options are limited to either appetizers oregon salads, with nary important beingness astatine main meals.

The survey was conducted aft the palmy completion of the vegetarian contention “Veg. Contest Thessaloniki 2024 – The Gastronomy of the metropolis is changing” and aimed to contiguous the content the contention near connected the nationalist of Thessaloniki and the culinary preferences of the participants astatine the level of dining. The footprint of the contention was recorded successful the discourse of the superior survey conducted by the Hellenic Vegetarian Association (HellasVeg) successful 2024, which was co-funded by the European Vegetarian Union (EVU) and commissioned to the polling institution KANDAR S.A.E. It included 750 people from each implicit Greece, based connected typical demographic criteria successful presumption of gender, property and geographical area.

Regarding the interaction of the vegetarian contention and nationalist participation, societal media contributed importantly to the dissemination of the contention process: 65% of respondents had not been aware of the competition. However, of the 35% who were aware, astir fractional said they had been informed astir the contention via the net oregon societal media, highlighting the power of integer media.

Local nationalist information successful the contention was high: though the survey was conducted astatine a nationwide level, participants from Thessaloniki showed a important level of engagement. In particular, much than 30% of the respondents from the portion said that they actively participated successful the contest, evaluating 1 oregon much of the 67 vegetarian dishes offered by 25 restaurants successful Thessaloniki, indicating a beardown section entreaty of the action.

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“The “Veg. contention Thessaloniki 2024” contention was a landmark enactment for the dissemination of plant-based nutrition successful Greece, offering the accidental for restaurants successful Thessaloniki to beforehand gastronomic innovation done tasty experiments based connected plant-based diets. The findings of the survey corroborate the involvement and request for much and amended prime vegetarian options successful the edifice sector,” HellasVeg said successful a connection today.

It is recalled that successful the discourse of this competition, the champion vegetarian dishes offered by restaurants successful Thessaloniki were selected by consumers, aft much than 800 user evaluations, betwixt March 11 and May 4, 2024. In total, more than 60 vegan oregon vegetarian dishes from 25 restaurants successful Thessaloniki competed. The nationalist effect was enthusiastic, with HellasVeg’s vegetarian representation attracting much than 16000 visits during the competition.

16.16 cardinal radical visited the tract connected the 16th of July, with much than 16.5 cardinal visitors.