1. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina ʻo Vegetarian Times 2008 he 3,2% o nā pākeke ʻAmelika (ʻo ia hoʻi, ma kahi o 7,3 miliona mau kānaka) he mau meaʻai. Ma kahi kokoke i 23 miliona mau kānaka e hahai i nā ʻano subtypes o ka meaʻai meaʻai. Ma kahi o 0,5% (a i ʻole 1 miliona) o ka heluna kanaka he vegans, ʻaʻole ʻai i nā huahana holoholona.
2. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua lilo ka meaʻai vegan i moʻomeheu kaulana. ʻO nā hanana e like me nā ʻahaʻaina vegan e kōkua i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka leka, ke ʻano o ka nohona a me ka ʻike honua o nā vegans. ʻO nā ʻahaʻaina ma waena o 33 mau mokuʻāina e hoʻokūkū nei i nā hale ʻaina vegan a me nā meaʻai meaʻai, nā mea kūʻai meaʻai a me nā mea inu, nā lole, nā lako a me nā mea hou aku.
3. Inā ʻaʻole ʻai kekahi i ka ʻiʻo no kekahi kumu, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole lākou makemake i ka ʻono o ka ʻiʻo a me ka waiū. He mea paʻakikī loa ka haʻalele ʻana i kēia huahana holoholona, no laila ʻo kekahi o nā ʻano ulu wikiwiki ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i nā mea ʻokoʻa i nā huahana holoholona, me ka veggie burgers, sausages, waiu mea kanu. Wahi a ka Meat Replacement Market Report e kūʻai ʻia nā mea koho i nā huahana holoholona ma kahi o $ 2022 biliona e 6.
4. No ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka nui o nā mea kanu hou a me nā huaʻai e hoʻokō i ka makemake o ka mea kūʻai aku, komo nā hale kūʻai i nā ʻaelike nui. Ke lilo nei i mea paʻakikī i nā mea hana liʻiliʻi kūloko ke kūʻai aku i kā lākou huahana, akā ke hōʻike nui nei lākou i kā lākou ulu ʻana i kā lākou mea kanu. Hōʻike ʻia kēia e ka nui o nā moʻolelo, nā nīnauele a me nā kiʻi ma nā nūpepa like ʻole, nā nūpepa a me ke kīwī.
5. Hōʻike ka noiʻi ʻo NPD Group e hoʻoholo ka Generation Z e hele i ka meaʻai a i ʻole vegan i ka wā ʻōpiopio, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o 10% o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Wahi a ka haʻawina, ua hoʻonui ka poʻe ma lalo o 40 i kā lākou ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu hou e 52% i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala. Ua aneane pālua ka kaulana o ka meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai i waena o nā haumāna, akā ʻo ka poʻe ma luna o 60, ʻokoʻa, ua hōʻemi i kā lākou ʻai ʻana i nā mea kanu ma 30%.
6. Hōʻike nā helu helu ʻoi aku ka kaulana o nā ʻoihana e hoʻohana ana i ka huaʻōlelo "vegan" ma mua o nā ʻoihana ʻiʻo a me nā holoholona ʻoiai nā hui e mālama i nā pono o nā kānaka. ʻO nā ʻoihana vegan hou i helu ʻia no 2015% o ka huina hoʻomaka ma 4,3, mai ka 2,8% ma 2014 a me 1,5% ma 2012, e like me ka Innova Market Insights.
7. Wahi a kahi hōʻike Google Food Trends, ʻo ka vegan kekahi o nā huaʻōlelo kaulana loa a ka poʻe ʻAmelika e hoʻohana ai i ka wā e ʻimi ai i nā meaʻai ma ka pūnaewele. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka huli ʻana o ka ʻenekini vegan i ka 2016% ma 80, vegan mac a me ka cheese ma 69%, a me ka vegan ice-cream ma 109%.
8. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻikepili mai ka United States Census Bureau i ka makahiki 2012 he 4859 mau ʻoihana i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ka ʻoihana kūʻai huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu. No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, i ka makahiki 1997 ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ka Bureau i kahi noiʻi. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ke kūʻai aku ma ka ʻāpana e 23% mai 2007 a 2013.
9. Ua lilo ka criterion o ka hou i mea nui i ke koho ana i na mea kanu a me na hua. Wahi a ka 2015 Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Survey, ua piʻi ka kūʻai ʻana o nā huaʻai hou ma 4% mai 2010 a 2015, a ua piʻi ka kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kanu hou ma 10%. I kēia manawa, hāʻule ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai canned i ka 18% ma ka manawa like.