
Heck Foods currently produces over 90,000 sausages suitable for vegans daily.
Bedale-based HECK! Food has been selected to feature on a special vegan edition of BBC Inside the Factory programme.
The show follows presenter Gregg Wallace’s factory tours across the world. In the upcoming episode on Tuesday (25 April), Wallace will be taken through the process of creating delicious vegan sausages by HECK!’s very own sausage scientist, Calum Smith.
Vegan sausage production
This will be Wallace’s second visit to HECK! HQ. In 2018, he visited the factory to see the famous 97% sausages being made.
This time Wallace unearthed some secrets on how to get the best bite for a vegan sausage, using ground-breaking seaweed science.
He also got the chance to harvest newly grown crops from the vertical farm of HECK! which uses advanced technology and techniques to cultivate various kinds of leafy vegetables ensuring a minimal carbon footprint.
According to the company, this type of vegetable production reduces air miles and water use while still allowing vegetables to be grown without fertilizers.
“It was great to see Gregg again,” Smith said.
“We work hard to get every aspect of the sausage perfect in every way and our “bite” test is effectively a really scientific way to check the expected snap the sausage delivers.”
Heck! Foods UK
The Yorkshire sausage company was founded in 2013 to create delicious sausages made with high-quality ingredients and free from artificial additives.
Over time, the Bedale company has expanded its product range to include vegan options in response to the growing demand for plant-based alternatives.
The vegan products of Heck! are made from a range of plant-based ingredients, such as sweet potato, beetroot, carrots and mushrooms encased in a seaweed-based coating.
It currently produces over 90,000 sausages suitable for vegans daily.
Tune in to BBC TV 2 on Tuesday, 25 April to catch the airing of BBC Inside The Factory. It will also be replayed on 29 April and can be accessed on BBC iPlayer afterwards.
Share this story: Yorkshire-based sausage factory to appear in vegan episode of popular BBC show.
Lifestyle
Vegan culture, food, beauty & more
Vegan Nottingham student creates budget-friendly oat milk machine to reduce carbon footprint and combat rising prices
- Mohsina Dodhiya
- 30th May 2023
The invention is sustainable and cost-effective. A vegan undergraduate studying product design at Nottingham Trent University has developed a container that can help people create their own oat milk at home for just 20 pence per litre. “Oatilicious,” provides significant cost savings compared to store-bought oat milk for up to £2.20 per carton. The innovative …
Bear Grylls ’embarrassed’ by past vegan diet promotes meat, blood, and bone marrow for better health
- Mohsina Dodhiya
- 15th May 2023
“I’ve tried to listen to my body more, tried to listen to nature, and I don’t miss vegetables at all. I don’t go near them, and I’ve never felt stronger, my skin’s never been better, and my gut’s never been better.” Adventurer and TV presenter Bear Grylls has become a die-hard carnivore fan after admitting …
VEGAN MEMES
NEED A LAUGH?
QUIZZES
All the quizzes you love to binge!
QUIZ: If you score 11/12 on this quiz, you’re a verified vegan food expert
- Marlon Farrugia
- 10th January 2020
How much vegan knowledge do you have stored away? Do you have to Google your way through a shopping trip, or do you have all the bad E-numbers memorised? Find out now with this quiz. Marlon Farrugia Marlon Farrugia is a freelance writer from Brighton. He has been a dedicated vegan for many years, and …
Continue reading “QUIZ: If you score 11/12 on this quiz, you’re a verified vegan food expert”
QUIZ: What is your perfect Vegan Halloween Costume?
- Marlon Farrugia
- 13th October 2019
Spook Season approaches. There will be ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and glucose. You need a costume, and you want to it to show off your personality, which means VEGAN. But what to choose? Take our quiz to find out your perfect outfit. Marlon Farrugia Marlon Farrugia is a freelance writer from Brighton. He has been a …
Continue reading “QUIZ: What is your perfect Vegan Halloween Costume?”
QUIZ: What kind of vegetable are you?
- Marlon Farrugia
- 26th September 2019
“If you were a vegetable, what kind would you be?” A question that has tormented humanity throughout the ages – until now. Read: QUIZ: If you score 19/20 on THIS quiz, you’re a Vegan God Marlon Farrugia Marlon Farrugia is a freelance writer from Brighton. He has been a dedicated vegan for many years, and …