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Symplicity Smashing Plates plant-based kofta wrap

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Smashing Plates Launches Plant-Based Kofta Wrap in Collaboration With Symplicity

London-based Greek-style chain Smashing Plates has announced it is collaborating with Symplicity Foods to launch a plant-based kofta wrap. The new menu item features Symplicity’s natural vegetable-based meat alternatives in Smashing Plates’ signature doughy wrap. It is served with salad, fries, and the chain’s new yellow sauce. The kofta wrap is now available at all four Smashing Plates locations — London Bridge, Tooting, Canary Wharf, and Wembley. About Symplicity Symplicity Foods was founded by Neil Rankin, a trained butcher who became concerned about the impact of animal agriculture on the environment. Disliking processed meat alternatives, he began making his own out of mushrooms, beetroot, and onions. Symplicity now offers a range of meat alternatives, including burgers, sausages, meatballs, and mince. Additionally, the brand upcycles its …

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Symplicity Foods: “Food Made by Nature is Always Better. Nature Does Things Better All Round”

Headed by Neil Rankin, the trained butcher and London steakhouse chef who switched to making 100% clean vegan meat; Symplicity Foods is a clean label food company that specialises in “helping chefs, home cooks, caterers and restaurants to reduce their reliance on meat”. Becoming increasingly concerned about sustainability, Rankin took the initial approach of trying to use every part of the animal when creating his food. Eventually became “disenchanted with the solution being meat-based” and turned his attention towards plant-based options, going on to form Symplicity Foods and supply products such as plant-based burgers, meatballs, mince and sauces with a focus on fermentation techniques. Just last month, Symplicity partnered with London’s Homeslice Pizza to open its very first vegan-only location, after the plant-based pizzas offered …

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Homeslice Pizza Opens First Vegan Site in Collaboration With Neil Rankin’s Symplicity Foods

UK chain Homeslice Pizza is to open its first all-vegan restaurant in collaboration with alt-meat brand Symplicity Foods. The site will replace Homeslice’s existing location on Old Street in Shoreditch, London. Homeslice’s founders, Alan and Mark Wogan, both partners in Symplicity, report that the plant-based pizzas offered at the chain’s conventional sites have proven highly popular, and their success was the catalyst behind the idea of a 100% vegan location, for which Symplicity will supply all of the meat and dairy alternatives. Toppings available at the new restaurant will include: Meatballs and marinara sauce. Italian sausage, sundried tomatoes, spinach, and pangratatto. Bolognese sauce, red onion, and rosemary. Homeslice joins the growing trend of conventional restaurant chains opening plant-based outlets. Pret a Manger, Burger King, and …

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Trained Butcher Develops Clean Label Alt-Meat Made With Fermented Plants

Based in the UK, Symplicity Foods makes clean label alt-meat products such as burgers, meatballs, and mince. The company was founded by Neil Rankin, a trained butcher best known for his meat-heavy Smokehouse and Temper restaurants. Having been concerned about sustainability for some time, Rankin initially took the approach of trying to use every part of the animal. But as he explained to Men’s Health, he eventually became “disenchanted with the solution being meat-based” and turned his attention towards plant-based options. Unimpressed by the processed ingredients used in many meat substitutes, Rankin set out to develop a healthier alternative that could be made in his home kitchen. After some trial and error, he began combining vegetables such as onions, beetroot, and mushrooms with fermented ingredients …

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