In recent years, the trend of vegetarianism has swept the world.
Since 2014, a global charity event "Vegan+January" founded in the UK, Veganuary (Vegan+January), has attracted hundreds of thousands of people to participate every year. This event is designed to encourage everyone to try a vegan lifestyle at the beginning of the new year, starting in January.
(Via veganuary.com)
This activity promotes the benefits of vegetarianism to the public from the perspectives of animal protection, health, environmental protection and nutrition.
However, this year's event has attracted the attention of many mainstream media, and many media have also held fierce debates on this topic.
is caused by the fact that the British affordable fast food chain Greggs launched a brand new
vegetarian sausage roll last week. This sausage roll received completely opposite feedback from the customer base.
(Via Twitter)
Ever since Greggs announced its new vegan sausage roll on January 2, the Internet has been ablaze with opposing opinions. Many have been delighted, with many outlets of the UK fast-food chain selling out of the new arrival by lunchtime. Others however, haven't been so thrilled.
Ever since Greggs announced its new vegan sausage roll on January 2, the Internet has been ablaze with opposing opinions. Many have been delighted, with many outlets of the UK fast-food chain selling out of the new arrival by lunchtime. Others however, haven't been so thrilled.
Ever since Greggs announced its new vegan sausage roll on January 2, the Internet has been ablaze with opposing opinions. Many have been delighted, with many outlets of the UK fast-food chain selling out of the new arrival by lunchtime. Others however, haven't been so thrilled.
Ever since Greggs announced its new vegan sausage roll on January 2, the Internet has been ablaze with opposing opinions. Many have been delighted, with many outlets of the UK fast-food chain selling out of the new arrival by lunchtime. Others however, haven't been so thrilled.
Ever since Greggs announced its new vegan sausage roll on January 2, the Internet has been ablaze with opposing opinions. Many outlets of the UK fast-food chain selling out of the new arrival by lunchtime. Others however, haven't been so thrilled.
Ever since Greggs announced its new vegan sausage roll on January 2, the Internet has been ablaze with opposing opinions. Many outlets of the UK fast-food chain selling out of the new arrival by lunchtime. Others however, haven't been so thrilled.
Ever since Many people are happy that at lunch time, this new sausage roll was sold out. However, there are other people who are not very happy.
On Greggs' announcement, the TV presenter and newspaper columnist Piers Morgan tweeted: "Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns."
For Greggs' new product ad, British TV host and newspaper columnist Pierce Morgan posted on Twitter saying, "Nobody is waiting for you damn vegan sausage, you clowns who dominate the computer."
(Via CNN)
(Via Twitter)
He, and many others, have since Continued to lament "messing with the perfect sausage roll." One shopper tweeted a video entitled "how to eat a vegan sausage roll." It shows him buying the roll, then walking to a bin, and throwing it away.
He, and many others constantly lamented that Greggs was "scrapped up perfect sausage roll." Another diner posted a video titled "How to eat a vegan sausage roll perfectly" on Twitter. In the video, he bought a sausage roll and walked to a trash can and threw it away.
Now, any discussion of veganism online tends to be an absolute minefield. But for all the associated aggro, plant-based eating seems to be on the rise. One 2016 survey found that more than 540,000 people described themselves as vegan -- a nearly fourfold increase in 10 years. More than 2,000 books are available at Waterstones with the word "vegan" in the title, Google searches have multiplied in the space of a few years, and in 2017, Just Eat saw a 987% increase in demand for vegetarian takeaways.
According to CNN, the number of vegetarians is indeed rising. A survey by the British Vegetarian Association in 2016 showed that more than 540,000 people in the UK claimed they were vegetarians, an increase of nearly four times compared to 10 years ago. There are more than 2,000 books in Waterstone's bookstore chain that are about "vegetarian". In Google searches, searches about vegetarian food have also increased exponentially in a few years. In 2017, searches for vegetarian takeaways increased by 987%.
(Via CNN)
Now Pierce Morgan believes that there is no market for vegetarian sausages, so why does this mean? And why does vegetarian sausages suffer so much opposition?
A report from the British " Daily Mail " tells us: Whether strictly following a vegetarian lifestyle is beneficial to health depends on what kind of vegetarian food you eat.
One 2017 study found that people who stuck to a plant-based diet including lots of wholegrains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, pulses and vegetable oils were less likely than average to develop heart disease.
A 2017 study found that people who stuck to a plant-based diet including lots of wholegrains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and vegetable oils were less likely than average to develop heart disease.
But those who ate a vegan diet high in sugar and processed foods were actually 32 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with heart disease than meat-eaters.
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Clearly, making your own vegan meals from scratch is one thing. But do the vast variety of supermarket offerings follow the rules of healthy plant-based eating, or would the meat version be better?
Obviously, it is key to start with the raw materials. However, does the large amount of vegetarian food provided in supermarkets follow the healthy vegetarian principles? Or is it healthier than that?
(Via dailymail.co.uk)
For this reason, the reporter selected vegetarian alternatives for meat, fish, milk and eggs from the supermarket, and compared it with real meat food in terms of nutrition, taste, etc., to give some inspiration to readers who plan to eat vegetarian food in the next month.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products, the polar opposite of real, wholesome food.
The new wave of vegan ‘plant-based’ offerings in our supermarkets may, at first glance, seem like healthy options. But most of them are ultra-processed factory products But most of them are overprocessed factory products, the opposite of real, wholesome foods.
The basic mixture of components doesn’t vary greatly, irrespective of whether the label tells you it’s trying to be like dairy, egg, fish, meat or fowl.
The basic mixture of components doesn’t vary greatly, irrespective of whether the label tells you it’s trying to be like dairy, egg, fish, meat or fowl.
The basic mixture of components doesn’t vary greatly, irrespective of whether the label tells you it’s trying to be like dairy, egg, fish, meat or fowl.
The basic mixture of components doesn’t vary greatly, irrespective of whether the label tells you it’s trying to be like dairy, egg, fish, meat or fowl.
The basic mixture of components doesn’t vary greatly, irrespective of whether the label tells you it’s trying to be like dairy, egg, fish, meat or fowl.
The basic mixture of components doesn’t vary greatly, irrespective of whether the label tells you it’s trying to be like dairy, egg, fish, meat or poultry.
The first ingredient in the majority of these phony concoctions is water. Ample amounts are required to mix in with the food engineer’s toolkit of powders. These include protein powders, such as soy protein and plant ‘concentrate’, and pea and rice protein, extracted from their natural source using high-tech chemical, and biological methods.
The first ingredient in the majority of these phony concoctions is water. Ample amounts are required to mix in with the food engineer’s toolkit of powders. These include protein powders, such as soy protein and plant ‘concentrate’, and pea and rice protein, extracted from their natural source using high-tech chemical, and biological methods.
The first ingredient in the majority of these phony concoctions is water. A sufficient amount of water is required to be mixed with the powdered products of the food engineer. These powders include protein powders such as soy protein and plant "concentrates" as well as pea and rice protein extracted from natural sources using high-tech chemicals and biological methods.
The remaining solid bulk of the product is typically made up of chemically altered starches stripped from wheat, maize, potato and rice.
The remaining solid bulk of the product is typically made up of starches stripped from wheat, maize, potato and rice.
(Via dailymail.co.uk)
These processed "plant-based" vegetarian diets usually add a lot of additives to improve taste, and their health effects can be imagined.
Therefore, the newspaper recommends that you take a good look at the ingredient labels before choosing these foods, and do not be swayed by marketing hype.
