Ke piʻi nei ka nui o ka poʻe ma nā ʻāina mua o ka honua e lilo i poʻe flexitarians, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka poʻe e ʻai mau nei i ka ʻiʻo (a no laila ʻaʻole nā mea ʻai meaʻai), akā ke hoʻāʻo nei e kaupalena i kā lākou ʻai ʻana a ʻimi ikaika i nā meaʻai meaʻai hou.
I ka pane ʻana i kēia ʻano, hoʻomau ka nui o nā hale ʻai meaʻai meaʻai a me nā meaʻai meaʻai. Loaʻa i nā mea kanu nā lawelawe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Me ka piʻi ʻana o nā flexitarians, ke hoʻonui nei nā hale ʻaina i kā lākou mau meaʻai meaʻai.
"Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻaʻole i makemake nui nā chefs e pili ana i nā mea ʻai meaʻai, akā ke hoʻololi nei," wahi a ka chef ma Lākana ʻo Oliver Peyton. "Ua ʻike nui nā chef ʻōpio i ka pono o ka meaʻai meaʻai. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka poʻe e koho ana i ka meaʻai meaʻai i kēia mau lā a ʻo kaʻu hana ka lawelawe ʻana iā lākou. ʻO ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kēia ʻano he pilikia olakino, a me ka pōʻino o ke kaiapuni e hana nei ka ʻiʻo a me ka ʻoihana waiu, a kamaʻilio nui ka poʻe kaulana.
Ua hui pū ʻo Peyton a me kekahi mau mea kuke ʻē aʻe i kā Sir Paul McCartney's "Meat Free Monday" e paipai i nā poʻe hou aʻe e hōʻemi i ka ʻiʻo i mea e hoʻolōʻihi ai i ka hoʻomehana honua. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike UN hou e hāʻawi nui ana ka ʻoihana holoholona i ka hoʻomehana honua ma mua o nā ʻano kaʻa a pau i hui pū ʻia.
ʻO kekahi chef London, ʻo Andrew Darju, i ʻōlelo ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku ma kāna hale ʻaina meaʻai ʻo Vanilla Black he poʻe ʻai ʻiʻo e ʻimi nei i nā ʻano meaʻai hou. ʻAʻole ʻo nā hale ʻaina wale nō ke nānā nei i ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi no ka meaʻai meaʻai. Ua kūʻai aku ka mākeke pani ʻiʻo i ka £739 miliona ($1,3 biliona) i ka makahiki 2008, ʻoi aku ka 2003 pakeneka mai ka 20.
Wahi a ka noiʻi mākeke mai ka hui Mintel, e hoʻomau kēia ʻano. E like me nā mea ʻai meaʻai he nui, ua hoʻoikaika pū kekahi o nā Flexitarians e ka ʻeha o nā holoholona i hoʻohana ʻia no ka meaʻai, a kākoʻo pū kekahi poʻe kaulana i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻiʻo no kēia kumu. No ka laʻana, ua komo koke ka moʻopuna a Che Guevara i ka hoʻolaha pāpaho vegetarian People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.