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A Classic Soup Gets a Vegan Make-Over
The Classic Pea and Ham Soup Gets a Vegan Make-Over Suma is a wholefood collective founded in 1977 and one of the largest co-operatives of their kind in Europe. They deliver over 7000 vegetarian and vegan, natural, responsibly sourced products to businesses and communities across the UK and internationally. Last year, Suma launched the first…
Read MoreBeyond Meat® Sausages Launch in UK Supermarket
Beyond Meat® Sausages Launch in Tesco’s Beyond Meat® is one of the fastest-growing food companies in America and offer a range of groundbreaking plant-based meat alternatives. Amongst their selection of realistically ‘meaty’ alternatives is their first-of-its-kind plant-based sausage, designed to look, taste and sizzle just like its meat-based counterpart and currently available to buy in…
Read MoreVegan Bacon Made From Eddoe Launches in UK
Naturinni debut their plant-based ‘bacon’ This UK-based company claim to have made the ‘first vegan version of bacon to ticks all the boxes’, committed to producing healthy, plant-based alternatives using a tropical potato-like plant called eddoe to create their product. Eddoe is an excellent source of fibre and carbs and contains numerous vitamins and minerals…
Read MoreGerman Company Develops a Vegan Gelatin Sheet
Gelita is the leading supplier of collagen-based proteins The leading company for manufacturing and marketing collagen proteins has developed a vegan gelatin sheet. The plant-based gelatine alternative is made from agar-agar, a seaweed-based jelly that up until now, has only been available in powder form. Because of its high melting point, dishes made using agar-agar…
Read MoreHigh-Street Food Retailer to Purchase UK Sandwich Shop Chain
International sandwich shop chain Pret A Manger agrees to buy EAT Pret A Manger, commonly known as ‘Pret’, has recently announced that they will be buying the British food and drink retailer EAT, with plans to turn many of their outlets into Veggie Prets. Since 2016, four Veggie Pret’s have opened in both London and…
Read MoreThe next big thing – Plant-Based M’lks made from Peas.
Plant-based brand Ever So Qwrkee launched at Vegan Life Live this year, bringing their gluten-free, all-natural products to the show with a goal to fuel the plant-based movement. Their tasty products come in the form of vegan jerky, probiotic puffs and nutritious dairy-free pea protein m’lks that are high in protein, allergen free and…
Read MoreVegan cheese factory opens in former French abattoir
Plant-based cheese company, All In Foods, has established itself in the site of a former abattoir in France. The brand creates vegan cheese and other plant-based products, and moved to the former abattoir after the previous business had to lay off staff in 2013. All In Foods was created by the Jouault brothers, who work…
Read MoreIrish meat producer to open £3 million vegan factory
Finnebrogue Artisan, an Irish bacon and sausage producer, has announced that it will be opening a new vegetarian and vegan facility at its site in County Down, Northern Ireland. The business has been making meat-free products since 2016, but with the demand for plant-based food increasing, the designated production facility has coincided with a ‘significant’…
Read MoreVegan Meal Delivery Service Receives £7.5 Million Investment
Frozen meal delivery service Allplants, have received £7.5 million investment to expand the business. The investment will allow them to increase production capacity, improve and add to their product range, and employ more staff. Allplants have delivered over 250,000 meals to 10,000 customers within the last 18 months, but want to take the business further.…
Read MoreBeyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown Interviewed by BBC
The plant-based movement has been picking up attention for many years, and Beyond Meat has been a talking point in the industry since the brand was founded in 2009. The BBC has now interviewed Beyond Meat’s CEO Ethan Brown as part of their online series, The Boss. The series looks at different business leaders around…
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