TV PRESENTER Fearne Cotton is joining a host of celebrities today in backing calls for Britons to go vegan for 24 hours on World Vegan Day. Social media users are being invited to post a [...]- Tulip – The UK’s biggest pig farmer – has received continuous petitioning and protesting from animal rights activists over the years due to its inhumane practices. Now Britain’s largest producer of pork announces the launch [...]
- While the plantbased movement in Ireland currently a growing phenomenon, three new products have been added to Lidl Ireland’s existing vegan range: Plant to Plate Vegan Burgers, Eden Curried Cauliflower Burgers and Eden Vegan Sausages [...]
- The discount giant Lidl has been expanding its vegan range for a long time and now also successfully offers vegetable meat alternatives under its new private label Next Level Meat. After the vegan “Next Level [...]
- The legendary English illustrator Gerald Scarfe, world-famous for the Pink-Floyd cover of The Wall, has created a TV spot for vegan sweets brand Katjes, to promote Chocjes – the first vegan chocolate made completely with [...]
- Swedish oat drink manufacturer Oatly has submitted a petition to the Petitions Committee of Germany demanding that all food sold in the German food retail trade be labelled with the greenhouse gases (CO2e) emitted by [...]
- Visitors to Lidl’s “Next Level Meat” truck, which will take a tour of 12 cities across Germany, will be offered samples of Lidl’s vegan products under its own “Next Level Meat” brand. Vegan burgers, vegan [...]
- Erpingham House is the hugely successful plant-based restaurant owned and operated by vegan entrepreneur Loui Blake. Now just 18 months after opening the first location in Norwich, the largest vegan restaurant in the UK, Blake [...]
- Healthy fast food chain Leon announces the debut of its first line of groceries in collaboration with Sainsbury’s, and according to ITV the company has its sights on exporting the products internationally.
- Swedish Oat pioneers Oatly have announced the launch of three oat-based ice creams which will be available in Tesco stores in the UK. The trio consists of Chocolate Fudge, Hazelnut Swirl and Salted Caramel, and [...]
- After completing a €35 million investment last year for the extension of its pea plant in Belgium, COSUCRA now announces the opening of a second pea processing plant in Denmark, as the explosion of the [...]
- The Tofoo Co is on a mission to start a tofu revolution. The UK based family brand creates a tofu which is unique in that it uses an ingredient called nigari – an all-natural ingredient [...]
- UK supermarket giant Tesco last month made a widespread announcement about the expansion of its Wicked Kitchen line, created by chef Derek Sarno, as well as its new affordable line Plant Chef, and the launch [...]
- Eco Life Scandinavia, the leading sustainability event in Scandanavia, is organised by Diversified Communications, US based specialist in trade exhibitions and publications, with over 175 global events and offices in countries. The next Eco Life [...]
- Pizza Hut has expanded its vegan menu at all of its UK locations, as reported by VegNews. The menu will now include Southern Fried Nuggets made with Quorn, All About Mushrooms Pizza topped with Violife [...]
- The world’s largest foodstuffs company, Nestlé, announced yesterday it has developed vegan alternatives to cheese and bacon, claiming this makes it the first food and beverage company to develop and produce all three essential elements [...]
- Vevolution, described by its founders as a “festival is for the curious, the passionate, the bold, the compassionate, and those who want to change the world,” is now in its 4th year, returning to London’s [...]
- Ubiquitous value pub chain JD Wetherspoons will offer gourmet meat alternative products for the first time, following a deal with Meatless Farm, the UK’s plant meat creator which aims to be a competitor to Beyond [...]
- At the end of September we reported that the long awaited vegan version of UK’s much loved smoked Applewood cheese had finally launched. Now it has been revealed that consumers were so keen to sample [...]
- Over the past couple of days part of the vegconomist editorial staff attended the world’s largest food fair, the ANUGA in Cologne, Germany. We were very positively surprised how many vegan products were presented there. [...]
- German producer Rügenwalder Mühle is now giving its vegetarian / vegan meat alternatives a fresher design; the recipes of the popular products remain unchanged. The revised design is to allow customers to easily differentiate between [...]
- As a brand, Fray Bentos has been a household name in affordable processed food, namely tinned pies such as steak and kidney and steak and ale. This week at the PETA Vegan Food Awards, the [...]
- It has been announced that a new EU project to develop new alternative proteins will begin in January 2020. Reportedly, the initiative has been launched in response to urgent challenges “faced by the planet, including [...]
- Innovative vegan snack kit Energy Ball Recipes, which was launched only 12 months ago, is now stocked in luxury department store Selfridges. Founder Victoria Prince wanted to add variety to the vegan snack market and [...]
- Leading UK broadcaster Channel 4 has invested in plant-based company The Meatless Farm Co. The funds will be partly utilised to kickstart a new TV advertising campaign, which will transmit regionally across Channel 4’s main [...]
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