Nadia Murray Ragg

This week – one of the biggest worldwide leaders in the plant-based meat alternative product market have just released a new refrigerated vegan ‘meat’ to U.S shelves. Following one year of intense product development efforts, Quorn now believes they have produced a refrigerated line which lives up to the standard of Quorn’s frozen products that are renowned for their texture, flavour and quality. Their products already appeal to a wide range of consumers who want to reduce or eliminate meat consumption. The company is ‘Dedicated to a meat-free future‘ yet Quorn Foods recently came under fire for labelling their products...

Rejoice! Clover Food Labs in Harvard Square have just got the choice of another plant-based food option – in the form of a meat-free ‘meatball’ sandwich. These desirable sandwiches will include soy-based ‘meatballs’ that are made from chunks of the Impossible Burger. Impossible burgers are plant-based alternatives that rival the taste, texture and smell of meat, they even bleed beetroot ‘blood’. The first vendor offering Impossible ‘meat’ as a meatball sandwich, will be in the newly opened Clover Food Labs at a Science Centre location, Massachusetts. Impossible Foods recently came under fire for testing a key ingredient on animals, thus provoking...

In this new cold case as reported by Vegan Trademark in an exciting recent tweet – Tofurky sandwiches are hitting the shelves of UK Wholefoods. OMG BIG NEWS four @Tofurky sandwiches will be hitting @WholeFoodsUK in a matter of weeks! We want them all! #vegan pic.twitter.com/ZGxSLCR4Xu — Vegan Trademark (@vegantrademark) September 22, 2017 Tofurky produces a delicious range of plant-based meats and deli slices that are 100% vegan and use non-GMO ingredients. They are a family owned and independent business who are revolutionising the way the global food system sees meat. Making vegan product availability mainstream and increasing their...

Popular company, Lululemon, who produce a high-end range of branded yoga apparel gear, have debuted their latest campaign intended to refine the meaning of masculinity – Strength To Be. The face of the campaign is none other than passionate vegan punk-rocker John Joseph. The vegan musician is the frontman of Cro-Mags, a punk rock brand, and the author of book Meat Is For Pussies. In his book Joseph discusses how he believes eating animals is for the weak and how a plant-based diet improves fitness, sexiness and manliness. If his Ironman Triathlete vegan gains are anything to go by, Joseph...

Michelle Anderson-Carroll isn’t your average farmer. She raises rare Oxford Sandy and Black breed pigs for meat, but Michelle has also revealed her dedication to a vegetarian diet. The self-confessed ‘pigaholic‘ started her pig farming career after getting some pigs to help improve and turn over the soil during the grassroots days of her 20-acre farm near Inverness. Inevitably, she and her husand fell in love with them and decided to start breeding them. At age 11, Michelle ditched meat after being appalled by the poor conditions and long journeys that animals endure during trips to slaughterhouses. While she...

Prepare your Instagram feed for an upgrade when you follow Jose from @naturally.jo. Jose is one stunningly talented 16 year old, who is proving how vegan food can be anything but tasteless, bland or boring. A quick stalk of this gorgeous account will give you major food envy. Fair warning, don’t browse the posts on his account unless you have a full belly! “Life is too short to eat boring food” – Jose on his Instagram bio. Such talent to create stunning foods from desserts to breakfasts, at such a young age is. But, you may be wondering just...

With a vegan shipping container which gives celebrities the munchies, the debut of By Chloe, and a whole host of other veg-friendly spots you could say that London couldn’t get any better for vegans. Well, you’re wrong thanks to the new vegan night market that’s set to hit Brick Lane! Notoriously popular with the edgy and artistic crowds in London, Brick Lane is a ‘microcosm of London’s shifting ethnic patterns’. The market, ‘Vegan Nights’, is joining an ample variety of existing London night markets to bring all the great street food, atmosphere and vibes. But this one’s even better, because you can...

Amongst various new social media apps aimed at vegetarians and vegans, there is Veg.  A tinder-style dating app, including many of Tinder’s popular features, which is ‘the secret way to get down with people nearby!’ but made for vegetarians and vegans looking for fellow veggies. Swiping right (if you like potential match) or swiping left (if you don’t like potential match) is now cruelty-free! This mobile-phone app is free to download, has 100,000’s of users and also has features such as photo-sharing, for sending pictures of your pussy-cats, messaging, recipe-sharing capabilities and options to report or block nuisance and offensive users. According...

It was uncovered last week that Impossible Foods, producers of plant-based burgers which bleeds like meat, have tested their crucial burger ingredient, ‘soy leghemoglobin’ on rats. These tests involved force feeding the rats excessive amounts of soy leghemoglobin and studying the effects this had to their behaviour and organs. The results concluded this ingredient safe for human consumption, even in amounts far greater than we would ever consume, but the tests were not actually required to meet food safety standards by the FDA. Revelations of this animal testing sparked outrage from consumers, with many people questioning whether the products...

Forget traditional proteins such as meat, lab-grown patties or veggie-based products, the latest protein on the market is made from solar energy! Recently, there has been an increasing awareness on the negative and detrimental impacts that animal agriculture has upon the environment, as well as concerns around health and animal welfare. Because farming animals for their meat, eggs and milk releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, humanity is speeding up climate change and warming the Earth. Massive amounts of resources such as water, food, land are required to produce agricultural products and chemicals or fertilisers are...

So, you’re eating that flax and sugar-beet and suddenly it crashes into you; your vehicle needs to be made from the same plant-based materials! This thought must have occurred to creators of ‘Lina’ from TU/ecomotive at University of Technology Eindhoven, – an electric car with a body made from plant-based materials. Production of the plant-based materials used to build this eco-friendly car require far less energy and resources than other materials used in current cars such as aluminium, making this particular vehicle more sustainable than other vehicles. Founders believe their sustainable, plant-based design is set to drastically reduce the...

Chickpea and red pepper or white bean and kale? The flavour combinations of Lightlife’s new vegetable deli slices are making our mouths water! Recently debuted, the veggie-formulated deli meats appear physically similar to traditional animal-derived cuts of deli meats so that consumers know exactly how to use these range of products. However, they still showcase the plant-based ingredients they are made from. Lightlife says that consumers should use these veggie meats in place of animal deli meats, including veggie deli slice sandwiches, in cobb salad or on crackers.  Director of marketing at Lightlife, Brad Lahrman has said “Our research...