Eight in 10 don’t eat meat every day, but only 5% are vegetarian or vegan: CBS
3 years, 6 months ago

Eight in 10 don’t eat meat every day, but only 5% are vegetarian or vegan: CBS

Dutch News  

Eight in ten Dutch adults do not eat meat every day and 45% eat meat a maximum of four times a week, national statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. In total, 95% of Dutch adults still eat meat, some 3% eat fish not meat, 2% are vegetarians and 0.4% avoid animal products altogether, the CBS found. The CBS also found that people with a university degree are more likely to be vegetarian or pescatarian – 10% of university graduates do not eat meat at all. The Netherlands is also moving more towards meat replacement products – with the Dutch eating more than any other country in Europe, according to recent data published by market research bureau Nielsen.

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Israeli firm is latest meat substitute company to set up in NL
3 years, 1 month ago

Israeli firm is latest meat substitute company to set up in NL

Dutch News  

Israeli company Redefine Meat has become the latest meat substitute firm to set up operations in the Netherlands. In April, Brazilian meat giant JBS said it is taking over Dutch meat replacement company Vivera for €341m. US fake meat maker Beyond Meat opened a production plant in the Netherlands in 2019 and Britain’s Meatless Farm last year also opened a …

Israeli firm is latest meat substitute company to set up in NL
3 years, 1 month ago

Israeli firm is latest meat substitute company to set up in NL

Dutch News  

Israeli company Redefine Meat has become the latest meat substitute firm to set up operations in the Netherlands. In April, Brazilian meat giant JBS said it is taking over Dutch meat replacement company Vivera for €341m. US fake meat maker Beyond Meat opened a production plant in the Netherlands in 2019 and Britain’s Meatless Farm last year also opened a …

Dutch eat less meat, but coronavirus closures are the likely cause
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch eat less meat, but coronavirus closures are the likely cause

Dutch News  

The Dutch ate less meat last year but that is mainly down to restaurants closing during the coronavirus crisis rather than a change in behaviour, according to researchers at Wageningen University. Animal rights group Wakker Dier, which commissioned the research, said it was pleased to see people had eaten less meat, even though there is not a real trend. ‘And …

Dutch eating less meat; Scientists want higher meat prices to support the trend
3 years, 6 months ago

Dutch eating less meat; Scientists want higher meat prices to support the trend

NL Times  

Eight out of ten Dutch people no longer eat meat every day, a study by Statistic Netherlands showed. At the same time, 50 scientists and the retired D66 politician Jan Terlouw have called for meat prices to be increased by 1-3 percent annually. About a third of Dutch adults have started eating less meat in the past year, and 0.5% …

Dutch are biggest consumers of meat substitutes in Europe
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch are biggest consumers of meat substitutes in Europe

NL Times  

The population of the Netherlands is the biggest consumerof meat substitutes in Europe, a research by non-profit organization ProVeg showed. We already knew that the Netherlands is one of the leaders, but not that we also eat the most meat substitutes in Europe per person," says Pablo Moleman, co-founder of the organization ProVeg. It showed that the Dutch spend an …

Meat consumption rises, Dutch now eat 200 million chickens a year
4 years, 2 months ago

Meat consumption rises, Dutch now eat 200 million chickens a year

Dutch News  

Meat consumption went up for the second year in a row in 2019, but the increase appears to be down to flexitarians and tourists, research by Wageningen Economic research for animal welfare organisation Wakker Dier has shown. ‘This is a very worrying trend at a time when every problem we face requires less meat consumption, from climate change to nitrogen …

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