She said there was a lot of saturated fats in animal products and a a vegan diet had no cholesterol.
Claire Insley said surveys suggested between six and 10 percent of New Zealanders followed a vegetarian or vegan diet.
The share of total searches related to veganism in New Zealand broadly matches the international trend.
It has stayed steady between 2017 and 2021 – with a large spike in 2019 then declined steadily since the middle of last year.
RNZ