{"id":188295,"date":"2023-10-29T12:07:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T12:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188295"},"modified":"2023-10-29T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T12:07:29","slug":"millions-of-flexitarians-say-they-wouldnt-choose-a-plant-based-option-from-restaurant-menu-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/millions-of-flexitarians-say-they-wouldnt-choose-a-plant-based-option-from-restaurant-menu-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of 'flexitarians' say they wouldn't choose a plant-based option from restaurant menu | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
DESPITE millions of meat eaters considering themselves to be flexitarian, 73 per cent wouldn't choose a plant-based option from a menu.<\/p>\n
The poll of 2,000 meat eaters found 48 per cent have been put off plant-based alternatives because they don\u2019t believe they taste as good as the real thing.<\/p>\n
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But 31 per cent would be more inclined to choose it if they knew it tasted as nice, while 38 per cent said value for money would sway them towards a plant-based version over meat.<\/p>\n
It also emerged that Monday was seen as the best day of the week to succeed in changing such eating habits, with 57 per cent seeing it as ideal for a fresh start.<\/p>\n
The research was commissioned by Burger King UK and Vegetarian Butcher, which teamed up with social media and former Gogglebox star Joe Baggs to host a new game show \u2013 'Is this plant-based?' \u2013 to test the taste buds of passers-by to see if they could tell which was meat or not.<\/p>\n
It comes after 63 per cent of respondents thought they\u2019d easily be able to tell the difference between a plant-based burger and a meat one.<\/p>\n