Vegetarian life Vegan is not all vegan

Vegan way of life: There are differences in everyday life
Vegans are not vegans right away. There are clear differences in lifestyle, a survey of the Internet platform vegan.eu revealed. 3,700 people aged 14 to 88, mostly women, gave details of their everyday habits.

Differences in vegan and vegan. Picture: sarsmis - fotolia

In total, 15 different areas of life were surveyed in addition to abstaining from meat, fish, milk and eggs. For example, 95 percent of respondents eat no food with gelatine, which is made from animal protein. For example, gelatin is found in many confectionery, pudding and semi-fat margarine. About 86 percent abstain from using products with additives of animal origin. The dye genuine carmine (E 120), for example, is obtained from scale insects, and the starting product for lysozyme (E 1105) is usually egg white. Nearly 80 percent do not wear leather products. 74 percent do not eat honey, do not buy silk products and do not visit a zoo or circus.

Around 73 percent abstain from gelatin-clarified drinks, which is common practice with clear apple juice. 70 percent reject wool products. 45 percent pay attention to the freedom of animal products for medicines and 36 percent even for paints and glue. A quarter buys no products with casein - the protein content of the milk, which is processed into cheese.

On average, vegans dispense with animal products in 9 out of 15 areas of their lives. Only 4 percent were consistent in all surveyed areas.

Apparently, the vegan lifestyle is a development process. Most people initially decide on a vegetarian and later on a vegan diet. For many, habits change over the years: the longer they eat vegan, the more consistently they pay attention to the exclusion of animal products in everyday life and include more areas. The motivation makes a clear difference: If people decide for health reasons for the way of life, they are less consistent in everyday life than vegans with animal ethical motives. (Heike Kreutz, aid)