Revealed: The World's Most Vegan & Vegetarian-Friendly Airports

From simpleflying.com

While most airport eateries have vegetarian and vegan options, these can be somewhat limited 

If you are a vegan or vegetarian, you might want to fly from or have a stopover in one of the world's most vegan and vegetarian-friendly airports. Before we list the top ten most vegan and vegetarian airports, let's define what vegan and vegetarian means.

Vegetarian

A vegetarian is someone who eats no meat at all, including poultry or fish. There are many reasons why people choose to eat a plant-based diet, and it can be for overall health, religious reasons, or concerns about animal welfare. It can also be because people want to avoid meat because of antibiotics and growth hormones.

Vegan

While vegan and vegetarian diets involve not eating meat and seafood, veganism goes further, avoiding any potential animal-based foods such as eggs, dairy products, and honey. Vegans avoid any food that is linked in some way to animals.

The top ten vegetarian and vegan-friendly airports were compiled using data from crowd-sourced Santa Monica, California-based vegetarian and vegan restaurant guide, Happy Cow, and baggage storage solution website, RadicalStorage.

Top ten best airports for vegetarians and vegans

Surprisingly, India, which has the most vegetarians in the world, does not have an airport on the top ten list. Mexico, the second-largest vegetarian country, also does not have an airport on the list.

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1. Zurich Airport (ZRH): The international airport in Zurich, Switzerland, has 36 eateries with vegetarian and vegan options.
2. Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN): Serving the capital of Sweden, Stockholm Arlanda Airport has 29 restaurants and food outlets with vegetarian and vegan options.
3. Manchester Airport (MAN): Located in Northwest England, the United Kingdom's third-busiest airport has 26 places where you can get vegetarian and vegan food.
4. Vienna International Airport (VIE): Serving the Austrian capital and Central Europe, the international airport near the village of Schwechat, VIE, has 22 eateries with vegetarian and vegan options.
5. Hong Kong International Airport (HKG): Built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok, HKG is the world's busiest cargo gateway and a major Asian passenger hub. At HKG, vegetarians and vegans have 21 eatery options to select from when it comes to finding something to eat.
6. Heathrow Airport (LHR): Not surprisingly, the United Kingdom's busiest airport, London Heathrow (LHR), has 25 places where you can eat and drink. Of these, 20 of them offer vegetarian and vegan food.
7. Singapore Changi Airport (SIN): Serving the island-nation city-state of Singapore, Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) has, over the years, been rated as one of the world's best airports. As a critical Asian hub well-connected to Europe and Oceania as well, SIN offers 53 places to get something to eat. Of these, 20 serve vegetarian and vegan options.
8. Haneda Airport (HND): Serving the city of Tokyo, Japan, along with Narita International Airport (NRT), Haneda Airport (HND) has 16 eateries that serve vegetarian and vegan food.
9. O'Hare International Airport (ORD): A significant hub for United Airlines, Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is the city's largest airport and the fourth busiest in the United States after Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Denver. ORD has plenty of options for where to eat and has, and according to Happy Cow, ORD has 16 eateries that offer vegetarian and vegan food.
10. Denver International Airport (DEN): Serving the mile-high Rocky Mountain city of Denver, Colorado, DEN has, like Chicago O'Hare, 16 eateries offering vegetarian and vegan options.

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