November no longer looks quite so miserable for vegan chocoholics after one of the most popular candy brands on the planet announced their first-ever slate of plant-based bars. Galaxy, which has always had a reputation for making some of the creamiest sweets anywhere, has subverted expectations with a range of flavours completely free from milk chocolate’s signature ingredient.
The trio of vegan bars, which will hit UK shelves on Monday 18th, come in a variety of classic chocolate flavour combinations, including smooth orange, caramel and sea salt, and caramelised hazelnut. All of the new bars have been certified by the Vegan Society.
In an interview with The Guardian, head of the sensory team at Mars, Linda Lopez, said:
"The taste of Galaxy has not changed in the nearly 60 years since it was launched. We wanted to retain the classic smooth and creamy taste and texture without any compromise."
Kerry Cavanaugh, unit director of chocolate at Mars, also added:
“This is our first vegan product and we felt it was time to offer fans of our best-selling Galaxy brand more choice. We expect it to be very popular at Christmas for families and friends to share, as well as in Veganuary.”
Love vegan sweets? Check out this incredible vegan Baileys birthday cake recipe:
Though dark chocolate is often described as “naturally” vegan, making milk chocolate animal-free is another matter entirely. Aside from specialist chocolate shops, finding a flavourful alternative without paying a premium has been almost impossible.
Understandably, therefore, Galaxy’s news has been warmly received by the vegan community. Abigail Stevens, of the Vegan Society, said:
"We're proud to register Galaxy's first ever non-dairy milk chocolate bars with our vegan trademark. The brand has demonstrated that dairy is not necessary to make great tasting chocolate, and that people can still enjoy their favourites without the use of animals."
Have you ever wondered just how IKEA made their Swedish meatballs quite so delicious?
After a long afternoon spent traipsing around one of those colossal IKEA stores that is part furniture warehouse, part never-ending, spiral-within-spiral maze, it's easy to work up an appetite.
This goes doubly true if you're carrying a massive roll of carpet, two kitchen chairs, a flat pack coffee table and several houseplants under your arm because you only went in to 'have a browse' and so ignored the trollies at the entrance.
Arms aching, sweat pouring down your forehead, blinking bewildered at the vast array of exposed-bulb lighting solutions, you see that god-sent sign: cafe this way.
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It can mean only one thing: it's time to eat an altogether astonishing number of Swedish meatballs.
But, reader, what if you happen to be vegetarian or vegan? Until now, you would've been pretty stumped and - let's face it - pretty frustrated as you dumped your mounds of shopping by the side of your table.
Yet there's good news on the horizon, because IKEA has just officially announced the launch of a brand new vegan meatball that they say will taste just as delicious as the original.
That's right, IKEA has promised "the same delicious taste and texture" as the much loved original Swedish meatball.
Per the Evening Standard, the vegan meatballs are made from "yellow pea protein, oats, potatoes, onion and apple which, all mashed together, gives the same texture Ikea fans would expect from the classic meatball."
One reporter took to Twitter to write of the new meatball, "IKEA is launching vegan meatballs. Ingredients: yellow pea protein, oats, potatoes, onion, and apple. IKEA says they have just 4 per cent of the climate footprint of the original meatball. But the "same great taste", apaz."
It's reported that diners will pay £1.50 for eight balls in store.
Country Sustainability Manager of IKEA UK and Ireland, Hege Sæbjørnsen, said of the announcement:
“At IKEA, we are committed to having a positive impact on people and the planet. In order to reduce the climate footprint of the total IKEA business, including our food business, and make climate friendly, delicious food available for everyone, we are making sure meat alternatives are an easy, desirable and affordable choice.
“With the new plant ball we can now offer meat lovers a great tasting, more sustainable alternative – without compromising on the IKEA meatball experience that is loved by so many.”
Credit: Walmart[/caption]
With veganism becoming more popular in a quest for better health and environmental longevity, vegan alternatives are populating supermarket shelves worldwide and at an impressive and exponential rate! This is the way of it, and it's hard to go anywhere now, especially in the annual event month of Veganuary, without seeing products, promotions, and advertisements focussed on brand spanking new vegan foodstuffs.
This is all well and good and really quite exciting! We all like food, right? I mean I do! And so, with this in mind, what a lot of people are now discovering on their own respective hunger-quests is that much of their favorite go-to's and snackerooneys are actually the infamous the v-word.
You know how this goes by now, and so here we go, in no particular order, 30 snacks you had no idea were vegan!
[post_page_title]#1 Ritz Crackers[/post_page_title]
You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone's home or abode without a cupboard or pantry full of crackers, cookies, and biscuits. If you were to do a home invasion of an entire street, for example, you'd be sure to find these classic red-boxed crispy foodstuffs in at least one home.
[caption id="attachment_4740" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Well, guess what?! They're vegan! Many of us associate crackers with cheese or perhaps flavor butter-based brands alongside our Ritzy Boiis.
Good news, you're already well-into these, keep at it!
[post_page_title]#2 Oreos[/post_page_title]
"Fancy an Oreo?" - "I'd love too but, I'm vegan, thanks though!"
[caption id="attachment_4741" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Jet.com[/caption]
*Very smugly, passes of the ingredients list on the back* "Muhahaha! Check again!".
Vegan.
[post_page_title]#3 Swedish Fish[/post_page_title]
It's a well-known fact that a great deal of jelly and or gummy sweets are derived from gelatine which in essence excludes them from the snacky veggies and vegans from the off.
[caption id="attachment_4742" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
I bet you used to laugh at people scrupulously reading all the packaging in the local supermarket, didn't you?
Guess what? Many of such sweet snacks now fit under the vegan umbrella and these famous little fish are amongst them!
[post_page_title]#4 Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos[/post_page_title]
Doritos are world-renowned for their flavorsome triangular excellence. Growing up in the UK, they were one my favorite ways onto-which to ruin my dinner an hour before it was served.
[caption id="attachment_4743" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Target.com[/caption]
Well, here's some insight for you! Both the above and the 'Blaze' flavor of this iconic corn snacks are 100% vegan!
[post_page_title]#5 Twizzlers[/post_page_title]
I guarantee that even before any of you tried such a treat you saw some famous face or cameo stood there with a handful of these posing away. Twizzlers are an American classic.
[caption id="attachment_4744" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Yep, and contrary to popular belief they are in fact vegan! Good news to those switching over or trying the diet out for this month.
[post_page_title]#6 Fritos[/post_page_title]
Chips, crisps and such are very much those snacks onto which many just assume are vegan. Sadly, many are not and it hurts, it hurts!
[caption id="attachment_4745" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Vegan Food Lover.com[/caption]
Read those labels, kids! Many of your favorite or staple brands might just surprise you.
[post_page_title]#7 Pillsbury Crescents[/post_page_title]
I dough'nt believe it!
[caption id="attachment_4746" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Walmart.com[/caption]
I dough now! These a vegan! As are my puns.
Nice.
[post_page_title]#8 Fruit By The Foot[/post_page_title]
You'd be very surprised how the sweet and candy industry has moved with the times. Much of what wasn't anywhere near plant-based now is and even tastes better for it.
[caption id="attachment_4747" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Target.com[/caption]
This elongated tasty fruit count themselves in rolls and rolls and vegan-friendly fun.
[post_page_title]#9 Duncan Hines Whipped Frosting[/post_page_title]
Cakes! Cakes, cakes, cakes! Until recently the vast majority of store-bought and homemade cake used ingredients at best vegetarian, frosting sadly included. How sad!
[caption id="attachment_4748" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
I bet you saw this coming though! Boom! The Chocolate, Fluffy White, and Vanilla flavors are vegan!
[post_page_title]#10 Super Pretzel[/post_page_title]
Another American classic that became so after the introduction from European settlers, this time from distant Germany. The Germans as a people have hugely popular snack-based cuisine and these doughey knots are right up there!
[caption id="attachment_4749" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: walmart.com[/caption]
I love pretzels and so do many others! Many of these many are now are also as vegan as this particular brand.
Excellent.
[post_page_title]#11 Brach's Mandarin Orange Slices[/post_page_title]
More gummy sweets blending all the gelatine-based numbers, standing proudly as...
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Credit: Walmart.com[/caption]
... vegan! Wheyyyyy!
[post_page_title]#12 Smucker's Uncrustables[/post_page_title]
Unfortunately, I can look at the world 'Smuckers' without a little giggle to myself as a result of a particular episode of Family Guy but still, they are on this list for reason!
[caption id="attachment_4751" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Walmat.com[/caption]
While the Smuckers themselves as the base jelly is vegan, it's partnering up with these peanut-butter sandwiches is excellent. Especially as, quite surprisingly, they are well and truly vegan!
[post_page_title]#13 Airheads[/post_page_title]
Need a pick me up! Don't fancy any caffeine or anything illegal?! Well!
[caption id="attachment_4752" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Ohnuts.com[/caption]
These rosey Cherry Airheads are calling your name! Once again, the world of sweet, sugary treats surprises us all with being down with vegan-town.
[post_page_title]#14 Kettle Brand Potato Chips[/post_page_title]
Crisps/chips are a huge, huge deal for me. At university, my friends became quite concerned and astonished at the frequency in which I would ingest bag after bag. Among many brands, Kettle Chips were up there with the best.
[caption id="attachment_4754" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: kettlebrand.com[/caption]
Well, the Maple Bacon, Sea Salt, and Sriracha flavors are vegan and so are a few more I believe, get out there and enjoy some of the best you lovely lot!
[post_page_title]#15 Pringles[/post_page_title]
Still on with our crispy crunch game, we have Pringles! World-famous and for good reason, these stacked chips are addictive from the first bite, pertaining to their "once you pop you can't stop" maxim. We've all eaten a tube to ourselves at one point!
[caption id="attachment_4755" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
I saw you nod! Don't act as if you haven't! Well, now you can do it again! For Original, BBQ, Salsa Tortilla Fiery, Sweet BBQ, Tangy Buffalo Wing, Lightly Salted, and Original Reduced fat Pringles all make the stack!
[post_page_title]#16 Nutter Butter[/post_page_title]
Peanut BUTTER, usually contains a large amount of DAIRY to constitute the BUTTER element of its name and you'd be blameless to ignore such products while on your vegan quest as much as you many quite a few staples items.
[caption id="attachment_4757" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon[/caption]
However, there will be no more of that now! Got it! They're vegan! Go back and get them!
[post_page_title]#17Bac'n Pieces[/post_page_title]
Bacon is one of the western world's favorite cuts of meat and one of the most common flavors added to countless products from sauces to potato chips, salads and more. It's everywhere!
[caption id="attachment_4758" align="aligncenter" width="335"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Well, now, you can still get the great smokey taste and not worry about sacrificing your new-found dietary adventure because these not-so meaty and flavorsome bites are with you all the way!
[post_page_title]#18Haribo Sour S'ghetti[/post_page_title]
Haribo! A global favorite! Growing up, the shelves I would find myself staring at were almost completely annexed with their many varieties, it was hard to escape their alluring and colorful sweetness.
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Credit: allcitycandy.com[/caption]
Vegan. Yep, Haribo have well and truly got with the times!
[post_page_title]#19 BacOs[/post_page_title]
More bacon-flavored goodness!
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Credit: Walmart.com[/caption]
Tastily excellent.
[post_page_title]#20 Duncan Hines Cake Mix[/post_page_title]
Vegans cakes have become are the absolute, unambiguous, unequivocally undisrupted bomb since coming on the scene, and you if haven't partaken in their yumminess that what are doing with your li-stomach!
[caption id="attachment_4761" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: target.com[/caption]
For the second time, Mr. Duncan Hines has your back! Go vegan go!
[post_page_title]#21 Unfrosted Pop-Tarts[/post_page_title]
Po-Tarts are a North American institution!
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Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Despite the frosted-variety not being down with v-town, the unfrosted ones are with you all the way much like the rest of this list.
That lovely gooey middle is the best-bit anyway, come on now!
[post_page_title]#22 Hershey's Chocolate Syrup[/post_page_title]
Whenever any friends or family when from the UK to the state-side of things, they would always bring back some US-treats and it almost always, thankfully, always be Hershey's chocolate bars. The brand's cornucopia of treats doesn't end there though!
[caption id="attachment_4763" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Target.com[/caption]
Why not add some of it to some vegan ice cream or cakes? It's just there, in all its seductively taste-filled glory! Go on, treat yourself, I won't tell anyone.
If you let me have some, that is!
[post_page_title]#23 Ben & Jerry's Non- Dairy Ice Cream[/post_page_title]
Speaking of ice cream, the house-hold name that is Ben & Jerry's have jumped on the plant-based wagon with their range of vegan ice "cream".
[caption id="attachment_4764" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Walmart[/caption]
And it doesn't stop there, Ben & Jerry have way more than that in their vegan-adoring range.
[post_page_title]#24 Thin Mints[/post_page_title]
Being minty fresh while also partaking in chocolatey goodness is now even easier this month!
[caption id="attachment_4765" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Why? Well, these light and crisp indulgences are now even less likely to force you to confession with their plant-based route to your stomach.
[post_page_title]#25 Luigi's Real Italian Ice Cream[/post_page_title]
Once again, the world "cream" has been trumped!
[caption id="attachment_4766" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Walmart.com[/caption]
Old Luigi is clued on what you want, you vegan you! I bet you didn't see this one coming, did you?
I - sure as cream - didn't.
[post_page_title]#26 Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars[/post_page_title]
Nature Valley products are excellent if you want balanced, healthy nutritionally delicious snacks in your diet. Granola is often a regular bed-fellow of dairy milk but once again and not for the first time on this list, you may want to rescind that association just a little.
[caption id="attachment_4767" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit walmart.com[/caption]
Because once again, that "butter" word has been lovingly veganized! As have the brand's Apple Crisp, Cinnamon, Maple Brown Sugar, Pecan Crunch, and Roasted Almond flavors.
Love it.
[post_page_title]#27 Red Bull[/post_page_title]
Fancy aviation but can't afford a plane or even the lessons? Well, turn that frown upside down and skyward!
[caption id="attachment_4768" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Because you're in luck! Red Bull now gives you wings - vegan, plant-based wings!
[post_page_title]#28 Marie Callender’s Frozen Fruit Pies[/post_page_title]
Pies for days!
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Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Edit: Vegan pies for days!
[post_page_title]#29 BelVita Crunchy Breakfast Biscuits[/post_page_title]
Biscuits and cookies are one with the force, we must accept this! I have spoken, and it is the way.
[caption id="attachment_4771" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Amazon.com[/caption]
Oh damn, sorry, I'm prone to typing errors today! Biscuits and cookies are one with the force, of veganism! Booyahhh!
[post_page_title]#30 Ore-Ida Tater Tots[/post_page_title]
I had absolutely no idea what these were for many years. I'd hear them mentioned by American friends and just nod along politely. To any British readers, hash-browns would be the nearest thing but anyway, disambiguation isn't why we are here.
[caption id="attachment_4772" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
Nope, not at all, we are here because this classic finger-food, buffet, all-you-can-eat champions are only totally vegan!
[post_page_title]#31 Back To Nature Chocolate Chunk Cookies[/post_page_title]
To say that the decision on what close this with was a hard one is an understatement. How do you close a list of snack foods and not risk being underwhelming? Do you go for something random and weird? New and abstract or...
[caption id="attachment_4773" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Credit: Amazon.com[/caption]
... something undeniably classic! Cookies, specifically chocolate chip cookies are perhaps one of the US of A's best snack time treat and global export. And what better way to enjoy Veganuary or your new diet with this cocoa-coction of tasty chunky, round and wholesome sweet crumbly and soft treats.
Are you hungry? I am...
With veganism becoming more popular in a quest for better health and environmental longevity, vegan alternatives are populating supermarket shelves worldwide and at an exponential rate! This is the way of it, and it's hard to go anywhere now, especially in the annual event month of Veganuary, without seeing products, promotions, and advertisements focussed on brand spanking new vegan foodstuffs. With this in mind, what a lot of people are now discovering on their own respective hunger-quests is that much of their favorite go-to's and snackerooneys are actually the infamous the v-word.
You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone's home or abode without a cupboard or pantry full of crackers, cookies, and biscuits. If you were to do a home invasion of an entire street, for example, you'd be sure to find these classic red-boxed crispy foodstuffs in at least one home.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
Well, guess what?! They're vegan! Many of us associate crackers with cheese or perhaps flavor butter-based brands alongside our Ritzy Boiis.
Good news, you're already well-into these, keep at it!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#2 Oreos[/post_page_title]
"Fancy an Oreo?" - "I'd love too but, I'm vegan, thanks though!"
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Jet.com]]
*Very smugly, passes of the ingredients list on the back* "Muhahaha! Check again!".
Vegan.
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#3 Swedish Fish[/post_page_title]
It's a well-known fact that a great deal of jelly and or gummy sweets are derived from gelatine which in essence excludes them from the snacky veggies and vegans from the off.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
I bet you used to laugh at people scrupulously reading all the packaging in the local supermarket, didn't you?
Guess what? Many of such sweet snacks now fit under the vegan umbrella and these famous little fish are amongst them!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#4 Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos[/post_page_title]
Doritos are world-renowned for their flavorsome triangular excellence. Growing up in the UK, they were one my favorite ways onto-which to ruin my dinner an hour before it was served.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Target.com]]
Well, here's some insight for you! Both the above and the 'Blaze' flavor of this iconic corn snacks are 100% vegan!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#5 Twizzlers[/post_page_title]
I guarantee that even before any of you tried such a treat you saw some famous face or cameo stood there with a handful of these posing away. Twizzlers are an American classic.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
Yep, and contrary to popular belief they are in fact vegan! Good news to those switching over or trying the diet out for this month.
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#6 Fritos[/post_page_title]
Chips, crisps and such are very much those snacks onto which many just assume are vegan. Sadly, many are not and it hurts, it hurts!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Vegan Food Lover.com]]
Read those labels, kids! Many of your favorite or staple brands might just surprise you.
[post_page_title]#8 Fruit By The Foot[/post_page_title]
You'd be very surprised how the sweet and candy industry has moved with the times. Much of what wasn't anywhere near plant-based now is and even tastes better for it.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Target.com]]
This elongated tasty fruit count themselves in rolls and rolls and vegan-friendly fun.
Cakes! Cakes, cakes, cakes! Until recently the vast majority of store-bought and homemade cake used ingredients at best vegetarian, frosting sadly included. How sad!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
I bet you saw this coming though! Boom! The Chocolate, Fluffy White, and Vanilla flavors are vegan!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#10 Super Pretzel[/post_page_title]
Another American classic that became so after the introduction from European settlers, this time from distant Germany. The Germans as a people have hugely popular snack-based cuisine and these doughey knots are right up there!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: walmart.com]]
I love pretzels and so do many others! Many of these many are now are also as vegan as this particular brand.
Unfortunately, I can look at the world 'Smuckers' without a little giggle to myself as a result of a particular episode of Family Guy but still, they are on this list for reason!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Walmat.com]]
While the Smuckers themselves as the base jelly is vegan, it's partnering up with these peanut-butter sandwiches is excellent. Especially as, quite surprisingly, they are well and truly vegan!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#13 Airheads[/post_page_title]
Need a pick me up! Don't fancy any caffeine or anything illegal?! Well!
[[imagecaption|| Ohnuts.com]]
These rosey Cherry Airheads are calling your name! Once again, the world of sweet, sugary treats surprises us all with being down with vegan-town.
Crisps/chips are a huge, huge deal for me. At university, my friends became quite concerned and astonished at the frequency in which I would ingest bag after bag. Among many brands, Kettle Chips were up there with the best.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: kettlebrand.com]]
Well, the Maple Bacon, Sea Salt, and Sriracha flavors are vegan and so are a few more I believe, get out there and enjoy some of the best you lovely lot!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#15 Pringles[/post_page_title]
Still on with our crispy crunch game, we have Pringles! World-famous and for good reason, these stacked chips are addictive from the first bite, pertaining to their "once you pop you can't stop" maxim. We've all eaten a tube to ourselves at one point!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
I saw you nod! Don't act as if you haven't! Well, now you can do it again! For Original, BBQ, Salsa Tortilla Fiery, Sweet BBQ, Tangy Buffalo Wing, Lightly Salted, and Original Reduced fat Pringles all make the stack!
Peanut BUTTER, usually contains a large amount of DAIRY to constitute the BUTTER element of its name and you'd be blameless to ignore such products while on your vegan quest as much as you many quite a few staples items.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon]]
However, there will be no more of that now! Got it! They're vegan! Go back and get them!
Bacon is one of the western world's favorite cuts of meat and one of the most common flavors added to countless products from sauces to potato chips, salads and more. It's everywhere!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
Well, now, you can still get the great smokey taste and not worry about sacrificing your new-found dietary adventure because these not-so meaty and flavorsome bites are with you all the way!
Haribo! A global favorite! Growing up, the shelves I would find myself staring at were almost completely annexed with their many varieties, it was hard to escape their alluring and colorful sweetness.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: allcitycandy.com]]
Vegan. Yep, Haribo have well and truly got with the times!
Vegans cakes have become are the absolute, unambiguous, unequivocally undisrupted bomb since coming on the scene, and you if haven't partaken in their yumminess that what are doing with your li-stomach!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: target.com]]
For the second time, Mr. Duncan Hines has your back! Go vegan go!
Whenever any friends or family when from the UK to the state-side of things, they would always bring back some US-treats and it almost always, thankfully, always be Hershey's chocolate bars. The brand's cornucopia of treats doesn't end there though!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Target.com]]
Why not add some of it to some vegan ice cream or cakes? It's just there, in all its seductively taste-filled glory! Go on, treat yourself, I won't tell anyone.
If you let me have some, that is!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#23 Ben & Jerry's Non- Dairy Ice Cream[/post_page_title]
Speaking of ice cream, the house-hold name that is Ben & Jerry's have jumped on the plant-based wagon with their range of vegan ice "cream".
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Walmart]]
And it doesn't stop there, Ben & Jerry have way more than that in their vegan-adoring range.
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#24 Thin Mints[/post_page_title]
Being minty fresh while also partaking in chocolatey goodness is now even easier this month!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
Why? Well, these light and crisp indulgences are now even less likely to force you to confession with their plant-based route to your stomach.
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#25 Luigi's Real Italian Ice Cream[/post_page_title]
Once again, the world "cream" has been trumped!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Walmart.com]]
Old Luigi is clued on what you want, you vegan you! I bet you didn't see this one coming, did you?
I - sure as cream - didn't.
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#26 Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars[/post_page_title]
Nature Valley products are excellent if you want balanced, healthy nutritionally delicious snacks in your diet. Granola is often a regular bed-fellow of dairy milk but once again and not for the first time on this list, you may want to rescind that association just a little.
[[imagecaption|| Credit walmart.com]]
Because once again, that "butter" word has been lovingly veganized! As have the brand's Apple Crisp, Cinnamon, Maple Brown Sugar, Pecan Crunch, and Roasted Almond flavors.
Love it.
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#27 Red Bull[/post_page_title]
Fancy aviation but can't afford a plane or even the lessons? Well, turn that frown upside down and skyward!
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
Because you're in luck! Red Bull now gives you wings - vegan, plant-based wings!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#28 Marie Callender’s Frozen Fruit Pies[/post_page_title]
I had absolutely no idea what these were for many years. I'd hear them mentioned by American friends and just nod along politely. To any British readers, hash-browns would be the nearest thing but anyway, disambiguation isn't why we are here.
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
Nope, not at all, we are here because this classic finger-food, buffet, all-you-can-eat champions are only totally vegan!
[[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#31 Back To Nature Chocolate Chunk Cookies[/post_page_title]
To say that the decision on what close this with was a hard one is an understatement. How do you close a list of snack foods and not risk being underwhelming? Do you go for something random and weird? New and abstract or...
[[imagecaption|| Credit: Amazon.com]]
... something undeniably classic! Cookies, specifically chocolate chip cookies are perhaps one of the US of A's best snack time treat and global export. And what better way to enjoy Veganuary or your new diet with this cocoa-coction of tasty chunky, round and wholesome sweet crumbly and soft treats.
2019 has been a big year for plant-based diners. All over the world, major food corporations have recognised that their customers are more open than ever to exploring a range of meat-free dining alternatives. The result is menus that are more diverse and exciting than ever for vegans and veggies.
There have been plenty of headline-stealing stories around plant-based fast food. Brands like KFC and Burger King have already demonstrated that fried chicken and Whoppers are perfectly capable of withstanding a vegetarian makeover. Now, news from the industry suggests that the biggest name of all is about to enter the fray.
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According to multiple sources, McDonald’s has just announced plans to debut its first-ever fully vegan meal option in January next year. Designed to coincide with the annual celebration of “Veganuary”, the meal consists of new Veggie Dippers - made with a mix of red pepper, rice, sundried tomato pesto and split peas - which have been given the seal of approval from The Vegan Society.
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In a press release, Thomas O'Neill, head of food marketing at McDonald's UK and Ireland, said:
"In the last 12 months we've seen an 80% uplift in customers ordering vegetarian options at McDonald's, so it is time for the brand famous for the dippable McNugget to launch a dippable option for our vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian customers.”
"The Veggie Dippers are a delicious addition to our menu and we're looking forward to seeing what customers make of our first vegan Extra Value Meal and Happy Meal in the New Year."
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The dippers are set to make their debut on the 2nd of January next year. Customers will be able to get hold of a box of four for £3.29, a meal with fries and a drink for £4.99 or as a Happy Meal for £2.99. January blues might be universally miserable, but things are at least looking positive for British vegans.
It has been an absolutely whirlwind few months in the overcrowded world of food and drink products.
Of course, Christmas is largely to blame for the frankly overwhelming torrent of new weird and wonderful delicacies that have hit shelves recently.
Aldi released a plethora of festive fare, including a giant two-metre long pig in blanket, a candy cane gin liqueur and a Harry Potter advent calendar. How's that for Christmas cheer?
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Meanwhile, a Grinch-themed holiday cookie emerged from Nestlé Toll House, and even the Coca Cola company got involved with festive takes on two beverage flavours.
But that was then, and this is now.
The year is 2020, and it's fair to say that the landslide of new food products has slowed somewhat. Now, I say somewhat because literally in the space of the last two days we've had news of a brand new raspberry creme Kit Kat flavour, which is being released ahead of Valentine's Day. And now, bakery chain Greggs has announced the arrival of a vegan steak bake, to much fanfare.
That's right, after months of speculation and intrigue, it has finally been confirmed that vegan steak bakes are very much a thing of the present.
The Mirror even reports that excited shoppers have been causing huge queues at Greggs locations, in anticipation of the vegan steak bake.
Per the Metro, the vegan steak bake will be available in 1,300 shops today, priced at £1.55. on January 16, an additional 700 branches will begin to offer the vegan bake.
So what do you think? Will you be getting your hands on a vegan steak bake? It looks like if you're planning to, you'll be one of very, very many indeed.
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