It's safe to say vegans are not having a good year.

First Italy drafted a bill proposing to jail parents who raised their children without animal products in their diet, then TV chef Gianfranco Vissani described veganism as a sect and suggested that all vegans be killed.

As if threats of jail and death weren't bad enough, Sainsbury's then (sort of) renamed its dairy-free cheese "Gary" at the bidding of a meat-eater's online rant last month.

Now it's being suggested that shunning meat and dairy also equates to a lower chance of finding love.

Research carried out by dating app Trueview.me has found that 34% of single meat-eaters admitted they would not date a vegan, with men being most put off by the lack of meat on a dining companion's plate.

Vegans put off a third of potential dates, study finds