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London named the most vegan-friendly city in the world

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The number of vegans in the U.K. has quadrupled between 2014 and 2019, with around 600,000 Britons now on a plant-based diet, equivalent to more than 1% of the population.

VICKY MCKEEVER: ‘London has been named the world’s most vegan-friendly city, according to an annual ranking from an online restaurant guide. The U.K. capital came top for a second year, in the rankings put together by HappyCow, which claims to be the largest vegan and vegetarian restaurant guide in the world, looking at options in more than 180 countries.

HappyCow’s top 10 rankings were determined by the number of vegan restaurants within a closely proximity and its overall impression of each city’s “vegan-friendliness.” London currently has 152 vegan restaurants and it was the first city on HappyCow to have more than 100 completely vegan restaurants in 2017…

The number of vegans in the U.K. has quadrupled between 2014 and 2019, with around 600,000 Britons now on a plant-based diet, equivalent to more than 1% of the population, according to charity The Vegan Society… “Veganism continues to become a mainstream lifestyle in London, and this city takes veganism to a new level,” said Ken Spector, a spokesperson for HappyCow.

HappyCow cited data from Google Trends, which showed interest in “veganism” increased sevenfold in the five years between 2014 and 2019… New York came second on the list, with 111 restaurants in a five-mile radius of the city… Followed by: Berlin, Germany; Los Angeles, U.S.; Toronto, Canada; Warsaw, Poland; Portland, U.S.; Bangkok, Thailand; Tel Aviv, Israel. and Prague, Czech Republic…

Edward Bergen, global food and drink analyst at market research firm Mintel, said health tended to be the main factor driving people to cut out meat or become “flexitarians,” those reducing their meat intake in favor of a “part-time” vegan or vegetarian diet… Environmental considerations and concerns over animal welfare were also motivating this shift by consumers, he said’. SOURCE…

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