Veganuary Recipes - Vegan into the New Year (2024)

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How many people stayed vegan after Veganuary? ›

While Tuemmers' story is extreme, a 2023 survey found 85% of participants had reduced their consumption of animal products since doing Veganuary, “with 23% becoming vegan, 43% reducing consumption by at least half and a further 20% by at least a quarter”.

While eating less meat, especially processed meat, is good for your health, going vegan isn't the only way to do it. As a nutritionist, I think that rather than fixating on one particular way of eating, it's better instead to consume a healthy and varied diet.

In a similar way to initiatives like Dry January or Movember, the aim of Veganuary is to encourage and support as many people as possible to give up animal products for the entirety of January. While Land and Glover are no longer directly involved with Veganuary, each year, the initiative gets stronger.

Despite the article claiming “the declining popularity of veganism”, data suggests the opposite, with research by finder.com showing the number of vegans grew by 1.1 million between 2023 and 2024.

Veganism isn't a switch. It's a series of choices that form part of your subconscious. It's an identity, not a temporary experience. Yet, 84% of vegetarians/vegans abandon their diet.

One study from JAMA Internal Medicine Journal found that vegans have a 9% lower risk of death from all causes compared with omnivores, and another study from that same source suggests as high as 12%.

Plant-based diets carry some risk of inadequate protein, vitamin, and mineral intake. But these risks are readily overcome by choosing the right vegetarian foods and, when necessary, supplements. For example, soy, quinoa, and nuts are good sources of protein, and tofu, lentils, and spinach are good sources of iron.

Breads, rice, and pasta are usually vegan, meaning you don't have to cut out your favorite carbohydrates to eat vegan! Vegetable oils, from olive to sunflower oil and more, are all part of a plant-based diet, making them easy for vegans to eat or cook with. Vegans also often eat dairy alternatives.

Each individual person who goes vegan can save 200 animals per year, 1.3 million gallons of water, and 1.5 tons of carbon emissions, and the UN reports that a vegan diet can feed many more people than an animal-based diet.

Is being vegan the future? ›

More than 25% of the meat market is expected to be plant-based by 2050—and this is a conservative estimate. According to a report by BofA Securities, the vegan meat market will be valued at over $40 billion by the end of 2025, nearly doubling from 2020. But there is more to vegan eating than meat.

Founded by Jane Land and Matthew Glover, the first event was during January 2014. In 2015 the project registered 12,800 sign-ups. From there the sign-ups grew to over 500,00 in 2021.

Others have become more aware of the impact of animal-based diets on the environment. This makes them more willing to forego meat to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. However, most people who are turning to veganism do it for health reasons.

That's around 30 animals a month, 365 animals a year, and thousands of animals in a single human lifetime. Not only that, but in a single month of being vegan you'd also, on average, save 273 kg of CO2 emissions, 84 square metres of forest, and 125,000 litres of water.

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According to Kantar data, in 2023 supermarkets saw a 21% uplift in sales across their own-brand plant-based ranges during Veganuary. "Due to increased consumer demand, Aldi launched its biggest-ever vegan range and its frozen Plant Menu range saw a massive 200% increase in sales on Veganuary 2022.

Around half saw some improvement to their overall health (48%), with increased energy (47%), improved mood (48%), better skin (38%) and desired change in body weight (35%) being the most common benefits. Ninety-eight percent would recommend Veganuary to a friend or family member.

Research conducted by Finder estimates that in the past 12 months the number of UK vegans increased by 1.1m to a total of 2.5m, representing 4.7% of the adult population. Meanwhile, a further 3.1m people identify as vegetarians and 3m as pescatarians.