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New dairy-free mint chocolate bon bons launched at Trader Joe’s

The new seasonal frozen dessert is coconut based and is flavoured with mint. Trader Joe’s has launched vegan Mint & Chip Bon Bons. The new seasonal dairy-free ice cream is made from sweetened coconut cream laced with refreshing mint and studded with crunchy chocolate chips. The frozen dessert is enrobed with a coating made from …

Ben & Jerry’s creates Colin Kaepernick-themed vegan ice cream to ‘tackle issues of racial injustice’

“My hope is that this partnership will amplify calls to defund and abolish the police and to invest in futures that can make us safer, healthier, and truly free.” This week, Ben & Jerry’s unveiled a new vegan ice cream to honour  former National Football League (NFL) quarterback Colin Kaepernick, with his very own flavor: …

Chipotle’s new vegan burrito is named after Miley Cyrus’ TikTok comment

The veggie burrito is made of white rice, black beans, fajita veggies, roasted chili-corn salsa, tomatillo-red chili salsa, romaine lettuce and guacamole. Miley Cyrus has a brand-new meal named after her at Chipotle after dropping a comment on the restaurant’s TikTok account. It all started with the fast-food restaurant chain hopping on to the new …

Tesco scraps 20m single-use plastic items from Christmas range

“It’s an important commitment given the damage we all know that glitter and throwaway plastic is doing to our marine environment.” UK’s largest supermarket chain Tesco has scrapped 20m pieces of single-use plastic from its Christmas range this year in an effort to tackle plastic pollution. The move is part of its pledge towards removing …

Morrisons’ new vegan party food range including no-pigs, no-duck and no-prawns tempura roll out in stores across UK

The supermarket has unveiled a whole host of vegan-friendly items in the run up to Christmas this year including starters, mains, desserts and more. After launching limited-edition vegan Gingerbread Doughnuts for the festive season, supermarket Morrisons’ new meat-free Christmas treats have been rolled out to ensure vegans have more options to choose from. The new …

Starbucks to add oat milk to all stores across US by spring 2021

“We believe our purpose extends far beyond the pursuit of profit, with an aspiration to positively impact the planet we all share and the people who connect with Starbucks.” This week, Starbucks announced that it will serve vegan oat milk at all stores across the US by next Spring. The nationwide oat milk roll-out comes …

Billie Eilish’s mom wins ‘Company of The Year Award’ for her vegan charity

Support+Feed has provided nearly 50,000 free meals to women’s shelters, food banks and other groups. Vegan advocate Maggie Baird has won an award for her charitable organization, the Post reports. The mother of pop sensations Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, has scooped the PETA’s “2020 Company of the Year” award for Support + Feed, a charity …

Prince William and Kate slammed for using ‘live animals as decorations’ on tour

“There’s no excuse for treating animals as decorations, and PETA urges everyone to show compassion this festive season by leaving captive-animal displays off their Christmas list.” Vegan charity group PETA has slammed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for dragging reindeers and treating them ‘as decorations’ during their royal train tour of the United Kingdom. …

Global plant-based meat market to hit $8.3 billion by 2025, says study

Drivers for the market’s growth include a growing number of vegan and flexitarian populations across the world who’re shifting from meat-based products to vegan alternatives. The global plant-based meat market is set to be worth a whopping $8.3 billion by 2025, according to new data. In the study published by MarketsandMarkets, the market is estimated …

Shocking images of starving foxes feeding on rotting corpses highlight ‘depraving conditions’ on Polish fur farm

“What the inspectors saw on site resembled a horror film.” A fresh investigation has exposed brutal conditions of animals on a fur farm in Poland renewing calls for the UK to implement a ban on the trade.   British-based charity Open Cages visited an abandoned Poland fur farm in response to an animal cruelty complaint lodged …

Four lions in Spanish zoo test positive for coronavirus

The Barcelona zoo is now the second zoo where large felines have contracted coronavirus following the Bronx Zoo in New York, where four tigers and three lions tested positive for COVID-19 in April. Veterinary authorities of Barcelona zoo have revealed that four lions have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the zoo, three females named …

New Lady Gaga inspired vegan cookies launched by Oreo

“This collab is inspired by the world of Chromatica, where kindness rules all things.” America’s favorite cookie brand Oreo has created a limited-edition vegan cookie in partnership with pop icon Lady Gaga. The new vanilla-flavored Oreos are inspired by the singer’s latest Chromatica album and feature pink-tinted golden cookies filled with green-hue crème. The cookies …