Vegan-friendly cafeteria awarded

Which university cafeteria is the vegan-friendly

01/11/2014

The „St. Paul - Veggie Zone“ The Studentenwerk Erlangen-Nuremberg was voted the vegan-friendly cafeteria 2014 in Germany by the animal welfare organization Peta. Ten of the 58 Studentenwerke featured vegan offers. November 1st is World Vegan Day.

Best offer in the Studentenwerk Erlangen-Nuremberg
In a national ranking, the animal welfare organization Peta has the „St. Paul - Veggie Zone“ of the Studentenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg voted vegan-friendly cafeteria 2014 in Germany. There are only vegan and vegetarian dishes offered since 2012. Every day there are two to three dishes to choose from, at least one of which is vegan. In addition, the SW Erlangen-Nuremberg has been running once a month since 2011 in all refectories „Veggie“ by. Also action days and weeks are carried out.

Growing interest in the topic
Second place in the Peta ranking of „Vegan-friendly refectories“ share the Studentenwerke Berlin, Bonn, Dusseldorf, Freiburg and Trier. Essen-Duisburg, Leipzig and Osnabrück and the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe came in third. The Peta survey, which took place for the first time this year, involved a total of 24 Studentenwerke. Ten of the 58 German Studentenwerk (DSW) regional student councils were thus able to offer vegan offers. But also at the Studentenwerke, which did not take part in the survey, an increasing interest in the topic is noted. For example, in Munich, where a vegan menu line is to be introduced for the coming winter semester.

World Vegan Day on November 1st
The publication of the ranking comes fittingly to the World Vegan Day, which is carried out annually since 1994 on 1 November. In Germany, there are about 900,000 vegans and about seven million vegetarians according to the Vegetarian Federation Germany. The reasons why people choose these kinds of diets are manifold: some do this so that animals and nature are not exploited, others for health reasons. Numerous studies have concluded that a vegetarian and balanced diet can reduce the risk of diabetes, cancer, heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. In addition, many vegetarians and vegans have better blood pressure levels and are less likely to be overweight or obese. (Ad)