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A third of shoppers are cutting down or ditching animal products in response to the cost of living. Source

Meat alternatives have a fifth to less than a tenth of the environmental impact of meat products. Source

48% of British adults say they consume plant-based milk alternatives. Source

The first ever newsletter by The Vegan Society records that there were just 25 members.
The Vegan Trademark was introduced in 1990 to help businesses showcase their products meeting the authentic international vegan standard set by The Vegan Society. Today, over 65000 products from more than 2500 companies are registered globally, including 30000 cosmetics and toiletries, and 18000 food and drink items.
In 2021 alone The Vegan Society registered an impressive 16,439 products with The Vegan Trademark. Over 82% of our product registrations have come in the last five years.
The Vegan Trademark is present in 87 countries around the world, with over 50% of products registered coming from companies based outside of the UK.
Products made by companies such as Flora, Alpro, Asda, Aldi, LUSH, Mars, Costa Coffee, Nestle, New Look and Burger King carry the Vegan Trademark.

According to 2021 data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, over 11 million pigs, 12 million sheep, 12 million turkeys, around 10.5 million ducks and geese, 1 billion chickens, 2.6 million cows, 1.5 - 2.7 billion wild fish, 25.1 - 114.6 million farmed fish are killed in the UK each year. Source
In 2016, a study from the University of Oxford found that if the world went vegan, it could save 8 million human lives per year by 2050, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by two-thirds and lead to healthcare-related savings and avoid climate damages of $1.5 trillion. Source
In 2020, research from YouGov found that most Brits don’t know that common practices like beak trimming, separation of calves from their mothers, and use of carbon dioxide in slaughter are in the UK. Source
In 2020, research by The Vegan Society found that almost half of Brits who eat meat feel hypocritical for loving animals while eating others. Source
Since prehuman times, the collective weight of free-living mammals has declined by about 80%. Instead, a small number of farmed animal species (mainly cows and pigs) dominate the global mammal biomass. They account for 60% of mammal species by mass, 36% goes to humans, and just 4% are free-living animals. Sources: [1], [2]