vegan
Americannoun
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vegans
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a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
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a person who does not use any animal products, as leather or wool.
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Origin of vegan
First recorded in 1940–45; contraction of veg(etari)an
Explanation
If you’re a vegan, you’re a strict vegetarian, and you don’t eat anything that comes from an animal, including meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. A vegan diet is heavy on fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and grains. Because only animal products contain cholesterol, vegans often have lower blood cholesterol than the bacon-cheeseburger crowd. As vegan diets have become more popular, many restaurants now offer a range of vegan choices, like veggie burgers and bean burritos. As you no doubt noticed, vegan is related to vegetarian and vegetable.
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Talarico has already faced AI-generated advertisements and baseless claims that he is vegan, an apparently disqualifying dietary choice in the barbecue-heavy southern state.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
During the episode, which aired on Tuesday, Danni said they had been unable to taste the cookies because the ingredients included cream and butter and they were vegan.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
I’m not a vegan, but I love their vegan flavors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Adventist Health Study-2 found that men following a vegan diet had a 35% lower prostate cancer risk compared with men following a nonvegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, pesco-vegetarian, or semi-vegetarian diet.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
I thought about the coffee and Mrs. Hidalgo’s vegan treats and my favorite conchas.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
They included two vegans and unusually, a dedicated carnivore.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
A bus-stop ad reading “We made this specifically for vegans and non-vegans and for normally-not-vegan-but-sometimes-flexi-veggie-person-tarians” helped consumers understand what the product was and who should buy it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Because vegetarians and vegans avoid animal products, they naturally consume less methionine and cysteine than people who regularly eat meat.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
"Some vegans want the taste and texture of their food to be like meat, fish or dairy, and others want something completely different," he tells me.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
And veganism, although Sasha disliked the way other vegans on the Internet made such a huge deal about it.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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