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In a just world it is, but it kinda depends. A lot of countries subsidise dairy products into the ground for example, which can make it cheaper to be vegan except for dairy. This is of course still better than not vegan at all

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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Even with subsidies, it’s still cheaper if you compare to whole-plant based diets and real world spending data. It’s only the pre-made plant-based meats and similar that are more expensive because they don’t yet have the same economies of scale

It found that in high-income countries:

• Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third.

• Vegetarian diets were a close second.

• Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%.

• By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%.

ox.ac.uk/…/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-…

Compared to meat eaters, results show that “true” vegetarians do indeed report lower food expenditures

www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0921800915301488?via=ihu… (looking at the US)

Based on primary data (n = 1040) collected through an online survey, representative of the Portuguese population, through logistic regressions, it was possible to conclude that plant-based consumers, particularly vegan, are associated with lower food expenditures compared to omnivorous consumers. In fact, plant-based consumers are shown to spend less than all other consumers assessed

…springeropen.com/…/s40100-022-00224-9

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VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I mean, germany does subsidize dairy products and the store-brand oat milk is still cheaper. Is it more heavily subsidized where you live?

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