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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Barbara Ellen

Fair-weather vegans should remember it’s a diet, not a fad

Beyond Meat's vegan burger in a bap.
Beyond Meat, US producer of vegan burgers, has reported a drop in sales of almost a third. Photograph: John D Ivanko/Alamy

At the risk of seeming unreasonable, may curses rain down on the fair-weather vegan. Vegan food sales are slipping. The US brand Beyond Meat (home of the “bleeding” burger) has reported a drop in sales of almost a third. Elsewhere, fake-meat producers are struggling, vegan restaurants are closing, vegan ranges are being trimmed or dropped… well, you get the picture.

Is that it, then? Was the “vegan revolution” a false dawn?

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