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Inter-Burgo provides vegan food
for the health of customers.

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What is vegan?
As interest in the environment, ethics, and health has recently expanded, he explained that a variety of vegan foods that can replace conventional foods such as plant-based meat, cheese, and eggs are being launched beyond raw foods. So far, such simple alternative meals have been the mainstay, but in the future, it is expected that a lot of meal kits and convenience food products that can enjoy a meal more easily by using them will be launched. In fact, since the end of last year, each convenience store has also been selling vegan kimbap and hamburgers, allowing consumers to enjoy vegan food a little closer, and the variety of types is also increasing.

It is an era of 2.5 million vegetarians in Korea. As interest in the environment, health, and animal welfare grows, the number of people who are reducing meat intake and oriented towards vegetarianism is steadily increasing.
The vegetarian population, which was 150,000 in 2008, has increased more than 16 times in 13 years. The background of this increase in vegetarianism is the environment, personal health promotion, and animal welfare.

In response to this trend, the food industry is strengthening vegan-certified products. According to the Korea Vegan Certification Authority, as of last year, the number of vegan-certified items in Korea was 286, up 44% from the previous year. In addition, the number of flexitarians, an intermittent vegetarian who sometimes eats vegetarian food, is also increasing, so the related market is expected to grow rapidly every year.
In line with this movement, the food industry is expanding its vegan (products that do not use animal ingredients) certified products or launching related new products one after another. In particular, vegan food is attracting attention in that it can reduce carbon emissions generated in the meat manufacturing and sales process. Experts see a bright future for the vegan food industry.