lacto vegetarianism

About 30% of India's 1.2 billion population practices lacto vegetarianism, with overall meat consumption increasing.

According to the Jain tradition either lacto vegetarianism or veganism is mandatory.

Lacto vegetarianism includes dairy products but not eggs.

Swaminarayan stressed lacto vegetarianism among his followers and forbade meat consumption.

In India, vegetarianism is usually synonymous with lacto vegetarianism.

For lacto vegetarianism, the earliest known type of vegetarianism (recorded in India), dairy products such as milk and cheese are permitted.