Healthy and affordable

Vegan: is giving up meat worth it financially?

The argument that giving up meat would be good for our own health, our environment and of course the animals has so far gone largely unheard.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Anan, RomanR – stock.adobe.com)

A vegan, i.e. purely plant-based diet is good for your own health and that of the planet. But is giving up meat and other animal products also worth it financially? And which form of nutrition - particularly popular here - has the biggest impact on the wallet?

According to Statistics Austria, 57.6 kilograms of meat ended up in the stomach of every Austrian in 2023. Even though meat consumption is continuing to fall - in 2014 it was still 65 kilograms - many experts agree that we are still eating too much schnitzel, burgers and the like.