ProVeg urges Starbucks to drop plant-based milk surcharge
Plant-based advocacy group ProVeg International is urging Starbucks to drop its surcharge on plant-based milks if it is serious about achieving its new climate targets.
23% of all new food launches in UK labelled ‘vegan’
Sales of meat-free food products in the UK grew by 40% over the period 2014-15 and will be worth over a billion pounds by 2024.
Plant-based for the rest of us: Kroger launches Simple Truth Emerge ‘fresh meat’ range
In a launch that has the ring of ‘plant-based for rest of us pitch’, leading US supermarket operator Kroger is debuting a major new range of ‘fresh meat’ alternatives.
Mission Impossible: Burger King trials plant-based sausage patty
Burger King has begun testing its new Impossible Croissan’wich sandwich in selected outlets across the US.
‘Green’, ‘clean’, ‘cruelty-free’ …. and unhealthy?
Meat alternatives are often positioned as more ethically responsible and greener meal options. Assumptions are sometimes made that they are also healthier. But are they?
UK court to decide if ‘ethical veganism’ is a belief system
A UK vegan activist will this week bring to court a test case to see if the term ‘ethical veganism’ should be recognised as a protected belief.
Unilever’s Vegetarian Butcher to supply Burger King’s vegan Whopper
Unilever owned brand The Vegetarian Butcher is to supply Burger King with its new vegan Rebel Whopper, which is being launched simultaneously in over 2,500 Burger King restaurants across 25…
Galaxy launches into vegan space
Mars Wrigley is launching into the valuable vegan market with a trio of variants of its famous Galaxy chocolate bar.
UK’s top 10 vegan-friendly cities named (and London isn’t one of them)
Brighton, Natural Products Global’s home town, takes top slot in a new ranking of the UK’s most vegan-friendly cities. The nation’s capital however fails to make the top 10.
International charity calls for end to ‘unfair’ VAT on plant milks
ProVeg International, a Berlin-headquartered plant-based food charity, is calling for an end to what it calls the “unequal and unfair” rates of taxation of plant-based milks compared with the lower…