Smithfield Meat Market, the UK’s largest meat market, is now stocking plant-based meat for the first time in its 800 year history. Moving Mountains’® burger is available at P.J. Martinelli in a ground-breaking move reflecting the growing demand from consumers who are following a plant-based or flexitarian diet. It follows initiatives from UK supermarkets to […]
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Want to eat less meat? Vivera is here to help
In a bid to help people to eat less meat, Vivera is bringing its Goodness Revolution (good taste, good for you and good for the planet) to flexitarian kitchens all around the country. One practical objection people often raise about being able to go meat-free more often, is that it takes more time to cook […]
Wagamama Launches New Vegan Options + Japanese Street Food Menu
Wagamama has just introduced some new vegan options for the Autumn. Following in the footsteps of Wagamama’s commitment to innovation after it introduced the world’s first vegan egg and Vegatsu Curry (a plantbased version of its iconic katsu curry), this latest menu is focused on hand-held street food inspired by authentic Japanese cuisine. Visiting the suburbs […]
Yes It’s True! Oatly Ice Cream Is Finally Here
This is the news many of us had been waiting so long for. Oatly ice cream has finally arrived in the UK and is available from this week exclusively at selected Tesco stores. Once blended, oats have a creamy texture which goes way beyond porridge. Oatly has made its name producing a range of dairy-free […]
Bella Italia Menu Goes Vegan With The Help of Oumph!
With vegans making up 2.5% of its clientele, it’s no wonder Bella Italia is keen to increase its plant-based options. Launched this month, Bella Italia’s vegan menu boasts 26 vegan options while their new vegetarian menu includes 37 dishes. With over 100 restaurants across the UK, the chain is reputed for its Italian classics and […]
Pret A Manger Introduces ‘The Vegan Classics’
Today, Pret A Manger is introducing ‘The Vegan Classics’, four plant-based versions of some of Pret’s best selling ‘classic’ sandwiches, baguettes and wraps. The VLT, The Vegan Chuna Mayo baguette, The Vegan Eggless Mayo & Cress baguette and The Vegan Hoisin Mushroom Wrap, are available from today exclusively in Veggie Pret shops. Pret A Manger […]
Pizza Hut Adds New Vegan Options To Its Menu
Pizza Hut has added new vegan options to its menu with a brand-new vegan pizza, some vegan nuggets and a vegan cheesecake. Early this year Pizza Hut Restaurants launched a new Vegan Jackfruit Pizza, the ‘Jack ‘n’ Ch**se’, pledging to make it a permanent menu item if 10,000 Vegan Pizzas were sold by the end […]
Applewood Cheese Goes Vegan
In a bid to tackle the climate crisis, cheesemaker Applewood has just launched a vegan version of its famous smoke-flavoured cheese. Based in Somerset, Applewood has made its name producing a white smoke-flavoured Cheddar cheese with a dusting of paprika, first created in 1965. Applewood vegan was devised in partnership with Heather Mills, developed by […]
Asda launches plastic-free herbs
Asda has repackaged its entire range of fresh living herbs to be plastic-free. All of Asda’s living herbs, currently sold in a plastic pot with a plastic wrap, will be moving into a new, more sustainable container called a ‘plug’. The plastic wrap will also be replaced by a paper sleeve to protect the herbs, […]
Ima vegan ‘salmon’ sushi
Thumbs up for innovation, IMA vegan ‘salmon’ sushi is a truly astonishing plant-based alternative to conventional sushi that looks and tastes just like the real thing. Our seas and oceans are trouble, not only from plastic garbage and climate change but also from overfishing. Anyone striving for a more sustainable diet shoud aim to eat […]
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