5 Min reading Impossible Foods has announced the global launch of its plant-based product Impossible Pork. Following its New York debut at celebrity chef David Chang’s Momofuku bar in New York City, Impossible Pork is set to roll out to restaurants across Hong Kong and the city’s largest supermarket chain, ParknShop, in October, before landing. […]
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Reading time: 2 minutes Plant-based meat start-up Heura has launched two new vegan pork products: sausage and chorizo. But the launch was not typical; Heura showcased the meatless items in a Spanish bullfighting arena in an attempt to challenge cruel tradition. The launch of the arenas Heura presented the products at La Monumental, which was […]
If you’ve noticed more plant-based options on restaurant menus, it’s likely because the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated public interest in healthier foods, new research shows. An AI platform report To taste reveals that vegan meat substitutes present a $ 14 billion opportunity, concluding that plant-based meat is appearing on foodservice menus 1,320% more than before […]
An article published Monday in La Vanguaria reports that, according to recent data from the consulting firm Nielsen, vegetable companies in Spain achieved a turnover of 86.5 million euros in 2020, an increase of 31% compared to compared to 2019. Spanish brands are starting to make a splash and are having a serious impact on […]
Reading time: 2 minutes A recently published study on the impacts of alternatives to vegan meat on the gut microbiome has produced positive results. It took two groups of people and asked one to replace the weekly meat consumption with herbal alternatives. The result was that those who ate the vegan options had an increase […]
Reading time: 2 minutes Blue Tribe, believed to be India’s first vegan meat company, has just launched plant-based pork and chicken sausages. The new products will join Blue Tribe’s existing line, which includes chicken keema and chicken nuggets. The items were introduced to Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula – known for their traditional chicken dishes. The […]
In an average supermarket today, it’s easier than ever to find vegan products to complement your meals. It seems like there is a branded substitute for every type of dairy, meat, and egg you could possibly want. It’s a big step forward in encouraging more and more people to try a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. […]
On August 31, pizza chain MOD Pizza will add its first vegan meat topping to its more than 500 locations across North America. While many chains have partnered with Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods to develop their plant-based meat toppings, MOD chose Plantly, a lesser-known plant-based food and drink brand created by a chef, for […]
Today, Los Angeles-based chain The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is adding its first vegan meat option to its menu. Available at 122 Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf stores in California, the new Beyond Breakfast Sausage Sandwich includes a vegan breakfast sausage patty (made by another California company Beyond Meat) as well as dairy-based cheese […]
“Failure to mention the importance of food in climate action plans… is extremely harmful to humanity and the planet.” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on urged to mainstream plant-based diets into climate policy. The politician received a letter from Spanish brand Heura, the fastest growing vegan meat company in Europe. It demands that world leaders […]
On August 20, German automaker Volkswagen will stop serving meat, including its famous currywurst, at its headquarters cafeteria in Wolfsburg, Germany. While the company is best known for its cars, Volkswagen has been making currywurst since 1973 and produces 18,000 pork sausages a day, which means it makes more sausages than cars. In 2018 alone, […]
Alternatives to Vegan Meat | Photo credit: Pixabay Highlights The vegan diet prohibits the incorporation of animal products in the diet Animal products are an important source of protein, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids It is important to make up for lost nutrients with healthy food substitutes to ensure a healthy and balanced diet […]
The Trader Joe’s grocery chain has just launched a vegan pizza for meat lovers made from three different plant meats. Eater’s new Meatless Meat Vegan Pizza is topped with shreds of vegan mozzarella, along with plant-based pepperoni, Italian sausage crumbles, and chorizo sausage crumbles. The meaty vegan pizza is priced at $ 5.99 and designed […]
Headlines are really exciting for plant-based foods these days. “Plant-based menus are taking over at the best fast food chains,” says Fortune; “From Impossible and beyond, plant-based burgers are taking over the world,” says Catering Hospitality; and “five reasons Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are taking over fast food when veggie burgers have failed,” suggests […]
Chilean food technology company NotCo, which makes products such as NotMilk, NotBurger, NotIceCream and NotMayo, recently raised $ 235 million in a Series D funding round. The round was led by the company. Tiger Global investment and included the participation of vegan racing car champion Lewis Hamilton, musician Questlove and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. NotCo […]
Israeli food technology company Redefine Meat will launch its line of 3D printed vegan meat products in the UK later this year. The 3D vegan meat line has now been launched in select Israeli restaurants and hotels. Its second phase of deployment will hit the UK and Europe at the end of the year, and […]
Reading time: 2 minutes Interest in vegan meat is skyrocketing on Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer. In June, buyers searched 44,000 times for meat of plant origin. Label insight published the information. According to its website, the company is the “most trusted source of product data” in the consumer packaged goods industry. It is […]
UK-based vegan company THIS is looking to fill a unique position for the world’s premier vegan meat sommelier. The world is teeming with unconventional vegan jobs, like the ‘Professional Vegan Bacon-ifier’ concert hosted last year by Swedish startup Raging Pig Co who paid someone $ 10,000 to put vegan bacon seasoning on. all his meals […]
Colorado-based Planterra Foods Expands Plant-Based Portfolio in Fresh and Frozen Categories – OZO Launches New Vegan Proteins! Available now, consumers can add OZO Frozen Nuggets, Plant-Based Chicken Patties and Italian Meatballs as well as Smokehouse Fresh Burgers and Plant-Based Ground Turkey to their plant-based rotation of delicious OZO meal. These new OZO Vegan Meat Alternatives […]
If there’s one thing Mark Thompson (known as Sauce Stache on social media) wants his foodie friends to do, it’s experimentation. For him, cooking is a matter of creativity, a fact that is revealed in his new cookbook, Make Vegan Meat: The Plant-Based Food Science Cookbook, available July 20. A self-taught food scientist, Thompson has […]
Producing meat by raising animals is an outdated technology that may soon be replaced by more efficient alternatives such as plant-based meat, a change that could occur in the same way that landlines have been casually replaced by Cellphones. Beyond Meat Founder and CEO Ethan Brown spoke about this topic in a recent interview with […]
British potato supplier Branston is setting up a new factory dedicated to processing potatoes into vegetable protein. The £ 6million facility will extract high quality vegetable protein from potatoes, using potatoes sourced from Branston’s supply. Currently, Branston supplies potatoes in fresh or prepared formats such as ready-made potato fries. However, the company wanted to find […]
Spanish food brand Flax & Kale, owned by hotel and food company Teresa Carles Healthy Foods, is launching the widest range of plant-based meats and cheeses ever produced in Spain. The range includes 14 vegan meat products and 31 vegan cheese products which will soon be available in major Spanish supermarkets as well as major […]
Brazilian vegan food tech company Future Farm is targeting the US market this summer, partnering with Superior Foods International to begin distributing its Future Burger to US retailers and consumers. Future Farm says its plant-based meat substitutes will eventually subvert the animal meat market, bringing cheaper alternatives to animal products. Following the debut of Future […]
Brazilian plant-based food tech startup Future Farm plans to enter the United States this summer. The brand is partnering with retailer Superior Foods International to bring its flagship Future Burger, followed by its Future Meatball, Future Sausage and Future Beef, to US supermarkets at competitive prices to make it accessible to consumers. Future Farms’ products […]
Wondering which brands of vegan meat to throw on the grill this summer? In this episode of EATKINDLY With Me, Suresh Seneviratne and his sister, Sanjee, do the ultimate barbecue taste test. The siblings put three brands of vegan meat to the test: Beyond Meat, Lightlife and Tofurky. Across two rounds, the duo tests vegan […]
Two new vegan meat brands launched by LIVEKINDLY Collective aim to win the hearts (and taste buds) of consumers in China. Named Giggling Pig and Happy Chicken, the flagship meatless meat brands are designed to cater to Chinese culinary preferences. The brands offer seven products, including dumplings, seasoned hash and several mushroom dishes. Each dish, […]
In “The Vegan Meat Cookbook,” Miyoko Schinner, founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, presents recipes using vegan meats sourced from scratch. (Courtesy of Matt Lever) Royal Trumpet Pulled Pork and Leek Croquettes with Porcini Cheddar Sauce, a recipe from “The Vegan Meat Cookbook” by Miyoko Schinner. (Courtesy of Eva Kolenko) Miyoko Schinner offers meatless recipes in her […]
The title sounds like an oxymoron but Miyoko Schinner is absolutely serious about “The Vegan Meat Cookbook: Meatless Favorites”. Made with Botanicals (Ten Speed Press, $28). Schinner is the founder and CEO of Petaluma-based Miyoko’s Creamery, the nation’s fastest-growing plant-milk cheese and butter company. She is also the author of “The Homemade Vegan Pantry”, co-host […]
Seitan, a vegan alternative to meat, has a carbon footprint 130 times lower than beef, according to analysis published today by London-based company Thrust Carbon. Compiled on behalf of the UK’s leading seitan producer, LoveSeitan, the analysis shows that while 100 kilograms of seitan produce 46.6 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions, the same […]
This week, international chain Pizza Hut added Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles to select locations across Canada, its first vegan meat option in the country. The new vegan meat was created exclusively for Pizza Hut Canada in partnership with Beyond Meat and is featured on three new menu items: The Great Beyond (a specialty pizza topped […]
EAST LANSING — A subtle revolution is underway in the frozen foods section of Foods For Living. Alternatives to meat are emerging. Plant-based meat has grown in popularity at the East Lansing grocery store in recent years, said Ben Green, manager of the frozen food and dairy section. “A lot of them have just come […]
The title sounds like an oxymoron but Miyoko Schinner is absolutely serious about “The Vegan Meat Cookbook: Meatless Favorites”. Made with plants. Schinner is the founder and CEO of Petaluma-based Miyoko’s Creamery, the nation’s fastest-growing plant-milk cheese and butter company. She is also the author of “The Homemade Vegan Pantry”, co-host of “Vegan Mashup” on […]
Meanwhile, JBS, the world’s largest meat packer, is considering a plant-based meat-only spinoff. Another Brazil-based giant, Marfrig Global Foods, is also reshuffling leadership and developing new strategies in the space, including a partnership with crop trader Archer-Daniels-Midland. Tyson’s Ervin said 17% of all consumers will never cut back on their meat intake, and at the […]
Certified master chef Daryl Shular has partnered with vegan brand Meatless Farm to use the brand’s products at his culinary school and restaurant, Shular Institute and Farmed Kitchen & Bar, in Atlanta, Georgia. The partnership aims to teach chefs in the restaurant industry how to adapt meatless recipes and promote creativity when preparing healthier plant-based […]
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Fast food chain Taco Bell is currently testing a vegan meat option in a single Southern California location for a limited time, marking the first time Taco Bell has served plant-based meat in the United States. The exclusive vegan meat made with chickpea and pea protein (which Taco Bell calls “boldly seasoned plant-based protein”) is […]
It can be difficult to keep pace with the plant-based food industry. Every month seems to bring hot product launches and press releases from startups about the millions of dollars they’ve raised from investors. At the same time, large traditional food companies continue to rapidly launch their own dairy-free and meat-free food lines. Every year, […]
Miyoko Schinner. Ten Speeds, $28 (256p) ISBN 978-1-984-85888-7 Chief Schinner (The homemade vegan pantry), known as the “Vegan Cheese Queen,” proves she knows vegan meat, too, in this collection of stellar recipes. She notes that despite a growing number of vegetarians and vegans, meat consumption is on the rise in America. At the same time, […]
If you’re on a plant-based diet or looking to try new vegan recipes, this bowl of cereal with fresh veggies and a plant-based meat alternative is a delicious, high-protein dish. The best part about building a grain bowl is that you can add any ingredient you like. Our ingredients call for vegan “beef” with garlic, […]
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart spoke about the world-changing potential of vegan meat in a recent interview with Fortune. Speaking about the growth of the plant-based movement and the role of vegan meat in replacing animal products, Stewart said: “I think [vegan meat] has a lot of potential. I have invested in Beyond Meat and have […]
Vegan meat company Hungry Planet has provided the St. Louis Food Share Network and the St. Louis Animal Rights Team with 10,000 pounds to help address food insecurity. The Missouri-based company donated 900 cases of vegan meats ranging from vegan burger patties to plant-based Italian sausages. The company aims to address food insecurity in St. […]
Today, international fast food chain McDonald’s added its first vegan meat option to select locations in China. In the cities of Shanghai, Guanghzhou and Shenzhen, McDonald’s menu now features OmniPork Luncheon Meat, a vegan spam made by Hong Kong-based OmniFoods which was founded by David Yeung, an eco-conscious entrepreneur who owns the social enterprise Green […]
Mark Cuban just made another vegan investment. Vegan meat brand Everything Legendary has secured $300,000 in funding from the entrepreneur during an episode of shark tank, released in February. And within 24 hours of the show airing, the company sold $250,000 worth of its burgers online. With a fairly extensive investment portfolio of plant-based brands, […]
Black-owned vegan meat brand Everything Legendary impressed Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban, propelling the new plant-based protein company to market. The shark offered a $300,000 investment in exchange for 22% of the company. The trade deal will put the sustainable meat brand in the market with a solid footing and coveted endorsement. Everything Legendary founders Duane […]
After three decades and over 30 groundbreaking plant-based products, Fry’s Family Food is finally coming to the United States. including chicken nuggets and patties, breakfast links and its ever-popular Big Fry Burger) at Sprouts locations nationwide starting March 1. Rewind three decades. The expansion marks a milestone in Fry’s history, which began on a goat […]
This month, Chicago-based startup Nature’s Fynd (formerly Sustainable Bioproducts) raised $45 million in venture capital debt and equipment funding to bring its innovative vegan products, made using volcanic microbes found in Yellowstone National Park. In 2008, Nature’s Fynd co-founder Mark Kozubal, PhD, came across the microbe while researching fungal lifeforms that could survive extreme conditions […]
Vegan meat company Prime Roots has launched a line of ready meals at Whole Foods with plant-based meat that’s good for your gut biome. The American multinational chain now stocks plant-based ready meals produced by Prime Roots at select Bay Area locations. Popular dishes from the female-led, company-backed startup include Vegan Mac and Cheese with […]
Reading time: 3 minutes Animal farmers have lambasted vegan meat as “industrialised and processed” amid reports that Tesco wants to increase sales of plant-based meat by 300% by 2025. The comments were made by National Sheep Association (NSA) chief executive Phil Stocker, who also criticized Asda which recently announced it would introduce vegan aisles and […]
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(Updated June 22, 2020) | In a new advert for plant-based meat company Beyond Meat, Snoop Dogg explained how he first got his family to try the company’s vegan burgers. In one video shared on the company’s Twitter, the rapper is asked how he introduced vegan meat to his family. “I just slipped on them. […]
Iconic musician Snoop Dogg, one of Beyond Meat’s famous vegan brand ambassadors, recently revealed that he uses underhanded tactics to get his family members to try vegan food. “How did I introduce plant-based meat into my family? Vegetable products to my family? I just slipped on them. I swiped it,” Snoop Dogg said in a […]
Jackfruit has become popular in the west over the past five or six years. In the UK, customers can order a vegan pizza topped with jackfruit pepperoni from Italian restaurant chain Zizzi and pizza delivery chain Papa John’s. In the United States, in West Los Angeles, there is a whole vegan cafe dedicated to jackfruit. […]
courtesy Replacing meat with plant-based protein as a star of weeknight dinners and make-ahead lunches is a healthy and delicious way to try your hand at a new diet. The healthiest meat alternatives can be hearty vegetables or legumes themselves, but they can be soy products, wheat gluten, nuts, vegetables, legumes, or a combination. of […]
Ricky Gervais is spending lockdown eating vegan food, exercising and saying hello to dogs from a distance. The comedian and animal rights activist recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how he deals with not being able to go out and socialize. Although he had to cancel his world tour, he says he is handling […]
I’m all for eating more plants, but most vegan meat alternatives today are made with highly processed ingredients. For example, the first four ingredients in a popular vegan sausage alternative are water, pea protein, refined coconut oil, and sunflower oil. The only “vegetable” in it is used for color, not nutrition. That’s why I’m happy […]
Vegan meat is hot. Major food companies like McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Subway and Nestlé are dipping their toes into the plant scene to meet growing demand. As vegan meat enters the mainstream market, it is attracting the attention of skeptics around the world. Is vegan meat healthy? Or is it as bad for you […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently discussed the benefits of vegan meat on “The David Rubenstein Show.” Gates has praised vegan meat for being an eco-friendly alternative to its animal-based counterpart. Gates is an investor in plant-based meat brands Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods. “Of all the categories, the one that has gone better than I […]
If you’re trying to reduce your meat intake, there are plenty of vegan products you can try. Burger King, White Castle, and Barebuger all have “rare” vegan burgers on the menu, for example. Supermarkets are now stocked with everything from plant-based chicken to meatless meatballs that look, cook and taste like the animal product they […]
Reading time: 2 minutes The ‘what’s wrong with vegan food this week?’ the price also goes… salt! A number of articles in the press today describe how a new report warns that vegan products sold in supermarkets are loaded with unhealthy amounts of salt. Live! Health did some research to find out the truth… Australia […]
A few years ago, convincing “meat” without meat was only a distant dream for most consumers. Meat substitutes in supermarkets lacked variety and quality. Plant-based burgers were rare in large fast-food establishments — and they weren’t. But realistic alternatives to environmentally harmful meat are now big business – and global fast-food chains are finally starting […]
Thanks to innovation in the plant-based food industry and growing consumer demand for meat alternatives, many store-bought vegan meats are available worldwide. These 11 meat products help you enjoy all the convenience of your favorite foods while sticking to a vegan diet. 11 vegan meat brands that taste better than the real thing The Beyond […]
Opting for vegan meals is touted as being better for the planet and your health, but did you know it can also be better for your wallet? According to a recent survey, Britons saved more than £2.8billion last year simply by cutting down on meat consumption. The UK is now considered the vegan food capital […]
Is a predominantly meat diet the “perfect” diet for humans? That’s the position of a documentary in the works, “The Perfect Human Diet 2: Dispelling The Lies,” the sequel to investigative journalist CJ Hunt’s 2012 film, “The Perfect Human Diet.” The sequel, which doesn’t yet have an official release date but hopes for sometime in […]
Now is the perfect time to eat vegan. There are more plant-based meat options than ever before, and they’re available everywhere from your local co-op to big box stores, including Target and Walmart. With so many options to choose from, it can be difficult to figure out which ones to try first. So we’ve taken […]
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