Restaurants: Try Plant-Based Risk-Free with VEDGEco!

by Benjamin Davis Are you an independent restaurant owner seeking to increase sales and better serve your evolving customer base? VEDGEco – the first ever entirely plant-based wholesaler – is offering a coupon to qualified restaurants for $125 worth of free product shipped right to your door. This is the perfect opportunity for any establishment…

NBC TODAY: Top 10 Plant-Based Meat Products

This morning NBC’s Today Show showcased an in depth segment featuring some of the best plant-based meat alternatives on the market. We were thrilled to taste four of these companies’ delicious products (Lightlife, Before the Butcher, Abbott’s Butcher and Good Catch Foods) at Plant Based World Conference & Expo this past June in NYC. My…

MARKET WATCH: MorningStar Farms to Go Fully Vegan by 2021

The trend towards removing all animal products from foods that have traditionally contained dairy and eggs has made its way into the boardrooms of household food brands like Kellogg’s. The company announced this week that its entire line of MorningStar Farms products will be 100% vegan by 2021. Read the full article here:  MorningStar Farms,…

THE SPOON: Light Life Launches into the Plant-Based Burger Arena

Do these burgers look familiar? Light Life – a Greenleaf Foods brand under the Maple Leaf umbrella – has just launched what appears to be it’s version of the Beyond Burger. Similar to their competitor, the patties are made of pea protein and are GMO, soy and gluten-free. We will have to see if they…

FOODBEV MEDIA: Nestlé Throws its Hat into the Plant-Based Burger Arena

Nestle is certainly paying attention to the plant-based protein space. The food giant starts the new year with announcement that it will be launching its own meat-like, plant-based burger patty. This will be an interesting market to keep an eye on as more players join the fray. Read the full article on FoodBevMedia.com: Set to…

SEEKING ALPHA: Beyond Meat IPO and the Plant-Based Revolution

This article posted on Seeking Alpha discusses Beyond Meat going public and the contributing factors towards our changing food system. Summary The coming IPO of Beyond Meat is a signal of the plant-based food revolution and a large-scale disruption of the food industry. The US is late as the vegan movement is racing ahead in…

FORBES: Umami Burger Announces Impossible Burger on All Menus

The popularity of the Impossible Burger continues to grow as gourmet burger chain Umami Burger announces that the plant-based patty will be served at all it’s locations. In another recent win for plant-based eaters, gourmet burger chain Umami Burgerhas announced that the internet famous “bleeding” Impossible Burger will now be the exclusive plant-based burger served at all of its 22…

FOOD & WINE: Plant-Based Meats Disrupting the Food Industry

This article from Food & Wine discusses how plant-based alternatives are infiltrating the mainstream food culture. The recent addition of the Impossible Burger to Air New Zealand’s LA to Auckland flights is the latest push in the global expansion of plant-based meat. Two years ago, Impossible Foods launched the meatless burger, now stocked by more…