The cruelty that surrounds the silk industry is often misunderstood, minimised, or simply unknown. According to Plant Based News: “Silkworms in their thousands and sometimes boils them alive in their cocoons to extract the yarns that will be used to create the silk fabric. “Female worms are often crushed to death after they lay the…

A new study launched by Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) found that swapping resource-intensive animal products, including beef, chicken and eggs, for plant-based foods, could help feed 1900 per cent more consumers. The website states: “Replacing all animal-based items with plant-based replacement diets can add enough food to feed 350 million additional…

American-Italian restaurant Frankie and Benny’s has announced the launch of its vegan ‘chicken’ nuggets. The nuggets will be launched to coincide with National Nugget Day today, (13th November), and will be available until 16th November. Consumers will be able to purchase unlimited nuggets for £5.99. Frankie and Benny’s offer a wide range of vegan dishes,…

Supermarket giant, Tesco has introduced two new additions to its Wicked Kitchen range, vegan sausage rolls and lasagne. The range was launched earlier this year, in January, in an attempt to expand the supermarket’s plant-based variety of ready meals. The range, developed by chef Derek Sarno, has been hugely successful, as it has been reported…

Iconic UK department store Harrods has opened a ‘vegetable butchery’, as a way of changing the ways that vegetables are prepared and served. The counter is in the Fresh Market Hall, which is part of the Food Hall. The store has its own vegetable ‘butcher’, and the company is on a “journey to become the…

Swedish vegan milk brand, Oatly, has reported that it is exceeding its sales targets following the brand’s latest campaign, ‘It’s like milk but made for humans’. The £700,000 campaign is running on transport links surrounding London, including commuter hotspots, Kings Cross and Oxford Circus. Shoreditch, Brixton and Peckham are also locations where Oatly’s latest advertising…

UK Italian restaurant chain, Pizza Express, has announced a new vegan festive menu, catering to the plant-based population at Christmas. The new menu will launch on November 20, with a mushroom and pine nut pizza as one of the mains. The restaurants dough balls are being revamped for the party season, and are topped with…

American beauty brand CoverGirl Cosmetics has been crowned the largest cosmetic company to earn the ‘Leaping Bunny’ certification. The certification is awarded by animal welfare non-profit Cruelty Free International (CFI) to recognise brands which do not use animals to test their products or ingredients derived from animals. The organisations has shared that it is the…