Cadbury reportedly launching vegan-friendly version of classic Dairy Milk bar
Mondelez- the owner of Cadbury has been developing a plant-based alternative to cater to the growing demand for vegan options. Cadbury, synonymous with its iconic dairy milk chocolate bar wrapped in a distinctive purple wrapper and “glass and a half” slogan made its first bar of Dairy Milk in 1905 in its Birmingham Factory. However, …
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Squeaky Bean launches readymade vegan pancakes at Waitrose
Waitrose has partnered with Squeaky Bean to launch its first ready-made vegan pancakes on the 25h February, just in time for Pancake Day. Waitrose is the first UK supermarket to stock the ready-made vegan pancakes from Squeaky Bean in more than 250 of its stores nationwide. Customers of one of UK’s major retailers will be …
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JUST is gearing for a stupendous 2020 with improved liquid egg formula, new frozen folded version of its plant-based egg, and a bigger facility to scale up production.
The mung bean-based vegan egg has been a huge hit with consumers and the company is looking to become bigger, better and cheaper with its new products. While JUST’s vegan egg product enjoys first place in the liquid egg substitute product category based on point-of-sale data from IRI that considers average store sales per week, …
Greggs to ‘soon’ launch vegan hot cross buns
The high street bakery has major plans to expand its vegan range this year and the next item is reportedly a vegan hot cross bun. Vegan Food UK-the online vegan food group that first leaked information on the impending launch of the Vegan Steak Bake last November, posted an Instagram image on Friday revealing the …
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Impossible Foods counters Super Bowl anti plant-based ‘meat’ commercial with cheeky parody
Impossible Foods has filmed a hilarious spoof video to respond to Super Bowl’s ad that claims plant-based beef contains chemical laxatives. It all started with The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) running an ad targeting plant-based “meat”. According to CCF, the Super Bowl 2020 ad is meant to educate viewers that plant-based meat is not …
PETA organizes sit-ins to protest against Starbucks’ unfair ‘vegan tax’
The animal rights group has been urging Starbucks to drop the surcharge for plant-based milks since last July. As part of PETA’s Week of Action, vegan activists gathered inside Starbucks coffee shops across the US and Canada to protest against the coffee chain’s unfair “vegan tax” on people who don’t drink dairy for ethical, environmental, …
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Devon vegan milk company to sell almond and coconut milks across the UK
A vegan milk company has expanded its business and will deliver almond and coconut milks across the UK in electric vans. ReRooted, owned by former Manchester United player Richard Eckersley and business partner Dan Dawson was launched in 2017. According to the owners the idea first struck when they couldn’t find a plant milk that …
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Which vegan milk has the least impact on our climate?
The rapid rise of plant-based milk has had a huge impact on the dairy industry but experts feel not all non-dairy options are sustainable and eco-friendly. After the Oxford study reported that producing a glass of dairy milk results in three times more greenhouse gas emissions than any plant-based milk, and requires nine times more land …
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Meat-like mushroom sales skyrocket by 240 % at Tesco
Tesco has recorded an overwhelming demand for two obscure mushroom varieties that are at the forefront of UK’s plant-based food revolution. According to Tesco, customers are growing so fond of the Brown Oyster Cluster and King Oyster mushrooms because of their meat-like qualities that sales have spiked by nearly 240 per cent. The mushrooms are …
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Starbuck CEO accepts ditching dairy for vegan milk is important to cut carbon footprint
While Starbucks has announced a five-point strategy to become ‘resource positive’, the CEO agrees plant-based options are the way forward to achieve the brand’s 2030 sustainability goals. An audit conducted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Quantis showed that in 2018 Starbucks operations emitted 16 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, used 1 billion cubic …
Ben & Jerry’s launches non-dairy frozen desserts made with sunflower butter
Ben & Jerry’s has launched a whole new line of “non-dairy frozen dessert,” made from sunflower seeds. While the ice cream brand’s previous non-dairy offerings were made from almond milk, it has experimented with sunflower butter for the new range. The new range includes three flavours: milk & cookies, crème brûlée, and mint chocolate cookie …
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Nando’s to launch plant-based ‘The Great Pretender’ burger in Australia
Nando’s has announced plans to introduce a plant-based chicken burger that will debut at Nando’s Festival Towers in Brisbane’s CBD on January 30. The South African restaurant chain will be giving away 500 Great Pretender meatless burgers on 30 January with a side of PERi-PERi chips from 11 am at its Festival Towers store in …
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