The National Food Strategy, led by Henry Dimbleby, has warned of a £3Bn sugar and salt tax to break Britain’s addiction to junk food amid the high obesity rates in the UK.
According to the NHS adults should eat no more than 6g of salt every day and many of the vegan options included in the research contain almost 50% of people's recommended daily allowance.
Itsu’s veggie sushi collection has 4.8g of salt in a serving, which is 85% more than a 200g tube of original Pringles that contains 2.6g of salt.
As more people around the world switch to a plant-based diet, Uswitch has looked into own brand vegan supermarket ranges to see what they offer. If all meat-eating Brits opted to go vegetarian or vegan for an entire year as much as 37.9 billion kgs (37,900 tonnes) of CO2 could be saved.
The study, which took eight different supermarket vegan ranges, looked at the best value for money range by comparing it to the average cost of vegan products (£2.32), the number of choices available, nutritional information and number of dessert options to unveil the best supermarket for vegan products.
Aldi’s plant menu as the best value for money, costing on average 38% less than the average vegan product at just £1.43.
Will Owen, the energy expert at Uswitch, commented: “A ‘Flexitarian’ diet is becoming a lot more popular among Brits as we all make small changes to help towards climate change, and supermarkets have catered to this need by expanding their vegan ranges to include everything from desserts to starters.
“But it’s not just supermarkets that are expanding their vegan range. Fast-food chains and restaurants have brought in new vegan products to their menus over the past few years in order to encourage consumers to make smarter choices when getting food on the go.”
