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4w ago

German Nutrition Survey Finds Only 4% Are Vegetarian and 1% Vegan

The federal nutrition institute’s survey shows that most Germans eat meat more frequently than their self-reported diet categories suggest.

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Rund vier Prozent der Deutsche ernähren sich nach eigenen Angaben vegetarisch. Etwa ein Prozent lebt vegan und verzichtet damit neben Fleisch und Fisch auch auf andere tierische Produkte wie Milch und Eier. Das zeigt eine neue Studie.

Overview

  • The Max Rubner-Institut polled 3,155 German-speaking adults aged 18 to 80 online between September and November 2024 to assess dietary habits.
  • About 4 percent of respondents identified as vegetarian and roughly 1 percent as vegan.
  • Analysis of consumption records indicates that around 75 percent of participants eat meat more than twice weekly, contradicting self-reported categories.
  • Two-thirds of those surveyed follow a mixed diet while about one-quarter classify themselves as flexitarians who consume meat up to twice a week according to MRI definitions.
  • Long-term adherence varies by diet: approximately 80 percent of mixed-diet respondents have maintained their eating pattern for at least a decade compared to just 20 percent of vegans.