[3][4] Watson coined the term vegan to describe a vegetarian diet devoid of all animal-derived ingredients such as dairy and eggs.

[7] In November 1944, Watson, Elsie Shrigley, the Henderson's and others met at the Attic Club in Holborn, London to discuss the formation of The Vegan Society.

To advocate that man's food should be derived from fruits, nuts, vegetables, grains and other wholesome non-animal products and that it should exclude flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, and animal's milk, butter, and cheese.

[8] The guide includes a pictorial representation of a balanced vegan diet emphasising the consumption of fruits, legumes, vegetables and whole grains.

It is therefore interesting to realise that in the first instance it was an attempt to get beyond the rather negative phrase "non-dairy vegetarian" which was originally applied to the founders of The Vegan Society.

In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.

The day was established in 1994 by Louise Wallis, the then president and chairperson;[19] however, the actual date of founding was on 5 November 1944.

Zuri, who describes themself as disabled and non-gendered, argued that although veganism was coined by a white man it had been built on indigenous and non-western ancestral traditions in Africa and Asia.