This study categorized Korean vegetarian consumers according to their motivation and level of vegetarianism. We explored the demographic characteristics of each type of vegetarian consumer and their dietary characteristics, such as eating out consumption patterns, dietary lifestyle, dietary competence, dietary habits, interest and satisfaction related to dietary, and looked at the determinants of the type of vegetarian consumer. As analysis data, data from 952 vegetarian consumers among adult household members who participated in the Korea Rural Economic Institute's ‘2022 Food Consumption Behavior Survey’ was extracted and used for analysis. The research results are as follows. First, the types of vegetarian consumers are ‘personal active type', who actively practices vegetarianism for personal reasons such as health and diet; ‘personal intermittent type', who practices vegetarianism intermittently for personal reasons; and although the level of vegetarianism varies, the global environment and animals They appeared to be the ‘altruistic type', practicing vegetarianism with altruistic motivation for protection. Second, the demographic characteristics of each type of vegetarian consumer showed significant differences in gender, age, average monthly income, and occupation, excluding educational background. Third, significant differences were found in eating out consumption behavior, dietary lifestyle, dietary competence, interest in food ingredients, and interest in health by type of vegetarian consumer. Lastly, gender, dietary lifestyle, and dietary skill competence were found to be common influencing factors in determining the type of vegetarian consumer. However, although dietary knowledge and attitudes toward citizenship are important in determining the level of vegetarianism, important factors in determining motivation for vegetarianism were consumers' attitudes toward information and labeling of agricultural products and their interest in health. Through the above results, this study is meaningful in that it enhances understanding of vegetarian consumers and focuses on their eating habits at a time when vegetarianism is gradually becoming a lifestyle.