The Good Grain
Overnight oats brand The Good Grain unveiled a limited-edition Golden Chai variant specifically for the month of Veganuary. The brand chose the flavour to subvert the typical chai latte featuring artificial syrups, and replace it with a vegan option with no refined sugars.
“We wanted to create a flavour that people could satisfy their cravings with and make the swap for Veganuary easy, while getting breakfast included,” says the brand.
Available DTC from the brand’s website and from independent London retailers (rsp: £4.50).
White Rabbit
£5
The Chick’n & Pesto Calzone is filled with a generous helping of the finest creamy MozzaRisella, vine-ripened Sicilian chopped tomatoes, basil pesto and chick’n strips. It’s all wrapped in the brand’s signature gluten-free base.
It has gone on sale in Sainsbury’s.
Dirty Cow
£25
This creamy yet cream-free liqueur is made from an oat-based alternative to cream and pea protein. The 15% abv drink is flavoured with French caramel and wild vanilla. It also features a gluten-free claim and is available DTC through the brand’s website and via Amazon.
Bun-dles
£12
Bun-dles has relaunched its veggie range with a host of new vegan options: a Thai Green Vegetable Curry Bao featuring roasted aubergines, courgettes and butternut squash cooked in a spicy, fragrant Thai green curry with bamboo shoots and water chestnuts in soft, fluffy buns; a Miso Shiitake & Tofu Bao with carrots, water chestnuts and spring onions; Edamame, Miso & Chinese Leaf Dumplings containing Chinese cabbage, water chestnuts and mushrooms handwrapped with a lightly warming miso and ginger sauce in spinach-coloured crystal dumpling skins; and a Vegan Bao Selection Box.
The four new products are available DTC from the brand’s website.
Sainsbury’s/This Chicken Tikka-style Roll
£3.50
Sainsbury’s and meat-free brand This have partnered on a co-branded chilled Chicken Tikka-style Roll.
The NPD marks the first time Sainsbury’s has collaborated with a supplier for a plant-based launch in the category. It combines This’ vegan chicken alternative seasoned with tikka spices, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, lemon juice, mint and coriander, vegan mayo and mango chutney on a turmeric roll, topped with black onion seeds.
Holy Moly dips
£2.50 each
Holy Moly has launched a pair of vegan dips in Smoky Garlic Aioli and Tzatziki flavours. They’re both made from the brand’s blend of plant-based mayo and yoghurt, with no additives, fillers or preservatives.
The duo launched into Waitrose.
Pasta Evangelists/This plant-based carbonara
£7/single portion, £11.90/double portion
It’s another partnership from This, this time with Pasta Evangelists, to create a plant-based version of its Carbonara of Dreams. Pasta Evangelists’ creamy eggless sauce made from cashew nuts combines with This plant-based bacon lardons to create the dish. Together they aim to recreate the “deep, salty” flavour of the traditional Italian dish.
It can be purchased from the Pasta Evangelists website.
Zing Foods Aromatic Lemongrass Spiced Coconut Oil
£5
Capturing the essence of Thai cuisine with the undertones of coriander and lemongrass, this coconut oil is made in small batches in Winchester, Hampshire. The brand says it is passionate about flavour and natural ingredients, and all of its products are ethically sourced. It is certified vegan and naturally gluten and dairy-free.
It is available at the brand’s website and on Amazon.
Human Food Daily Nutrition Bar
£3.30 per bar
Health and nutrition brand Human Food is claiming a world first with its organic Daily Nutrition Bar, containing 24 organic whole foods and 21 vitamins and minerals in each serving with no added sugar, flavourings or synthetics.
Launching into Ocado and Holland & Barrett from January 2022, each snack bar contains natural sugars to provide slow-release energy, plus functional foods and broad-spectrum, whole food nutrition, for increased energy and focus, it says. Its other health claims include reduced inflammation and fast recovery.
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