Cost comparison for a vegan grocery shop over a regular ‘normal’
grocery shop
One of the many deterants being used to dissuade people from
trying veganism is the costs associated with the ingredients required to
achieve proper nutrition from a plant based diet.
Cost comparison for a vegan grocery shop over a regular ‘normal’grocery shop
One of the many deterrents being used to dissuade people from trying veganism is the costs associated with the ingredients required to achieve proper nutrition from a plant based diet. I was genuinely under the impression that it was going to cost a lot more to sustain myself on a vegan diet, simply because the cheap mass produced convenience foods are geared toward the masses. I have been pleasantly supprised many of the foods bought and enjoyed will be foods that will continually be in my trolley at the supermarket and are more than just food they are health food.
I looked at our weekly food bill and compared a few core ingredients
These were a selection of basic everyday items and to achieve a fair comparison they were all purchased from the same local supermarket and a handful of ingredients were bought from the local health food shop where necessary.
STANDARD
DIET
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VEGAN DIET
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1 litre standardised milk
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$1.79
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1 litre basic UHT soy milk
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$3.49
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500gm Hubbards yogurt muesli
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$6.12
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500gm Healtheries cranberry Muesli
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$5.40
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Yukult drinking yoghurt- 4x 65ml
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$7.10
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Blackcurrent superfood drink 500ml conc
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$4.95
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Salmon cold smoked 200gm omega3
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$9.90
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Flax seed oil 200ml bottle
omega 3
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$11.80
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Butter 500gm
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$4.80
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Oliviano spread
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$3.60
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Sausage roll fzn 750gm
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$6.00
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Premade store sushi roll
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$5.19
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Cocktail savaloys 500gm
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$5.64
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Mix of seedless grapes 500gm
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$4.95
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$41.35
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$39.38
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Its hard to comment if you would save money from eating a
vegan diet or not. I personally think you wouldn’t, the reason purely being
there are so many yummy nutritionally beneficial products available out there.
I haven’t found myself spending any more time on making my
meals but I have spent more time thinking about them, for example beans may
need to be soaked, nutrition needs to be high and it has to be tasty!
If I look over a day and compare I’d start with a breakfast of eggs on toast now I will have
muesli with fruit and throw a handful of berries at it both meals achieve the
same result in that they fill your stomarch one is certainly more beneficial
for your health. Looking at the snacks I eat, fruit and nuts have replaced
scones, cakes or biscuits. Lunches haven’t
really altered very much ill usually have a basic sandwich with some decent
grain bread and ill pass up the mayo and bacon for some mushrooms and chutney.
For dinner I have to actually think a little bit because my wife is happily carnivorous
J and at the slightest hint
of my weakness or inability to come up with something she will jump at the diet
launcing a full scale attack, although
she does mean well, and has my best interest at heart. She is actually the perfect guinea pig for
trying out new dishes. I can remember I tried a few vegan curries out before
trying vegan and if they were tasty enough with good condiments and breads she wouldn’t
notice the absence of meat, but you do have to get creative.
In conclusion for the costs both financial and time wise id
have to say in the short term a vegan diet does stack up well on both fronts,
this is however in the short term, But what I know is that eating a vegan diet
by default makes you more aware of what you are putting into your body, where
it gets its nutrition from and where it simply does not
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