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Emirates Reboots Vegan Catering with Back to Basics Approach

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Emirates is seeing a significant uptick in vegan meal preorders as travellers increasingly choose plant-forward options, pushing the airline to rethink its in-flight cuisine strategy.


In 2025 the carrier served more than half a million vegan meals, up by 100,000 year-on-year, and demand continues to climb across global routes including London, Sydney and Bangkok. Emirates attributes growing vegan interest not only to plant-based passengers but also to non-vegans seeking lighter, wholesome meals on long haul flights.


Rather than leaning on processed “fake meat” alternative, Emirates is now steering its vegan offerings back to fundamentals, celebrating ingredients like legumes, grains, nuts, seeds and seasonal vegetables delivering natural flavour and texture. The airline says it’s moving away from engineered plant proteins towards dishes rooted in authentic culinary traditions from Mediterranean mezze to Asian grain bowls.


Despite its current roster of 488 vegan recipes across 140 destinations, a 60% increase in two years, the fully redesigned plant-forward catering concept won’t roll out until early 2027 as Emirates works to fine-tune menus resonating with broad passenger tastes.



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