In 2021, approximately 45 percent of survey participants in the United States who follow a vegan diet stated that they include protein in their meals because it helps satisfy their hunger throughout the day. Among vegetarians, the share of respondents who mentioned this as the reason they include protein in their diets was approximately 27 percent.
Consumers' reasons for including protein in their diets in the United States in 2021, by dietary habit
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