Fridge Raider Meat Free Slow Roasted Tasty Bites, 65g

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Below we highlight how the brands score for issues such as palm oil, carbon reporting, workers' rights and tax avoidance. But we already know that preparing our own food from scratch using fresh vegetables, beans and pulses and wholegrains and being moderate with salt and sugar is better for us. So, if you’re concerned about your health, it’s better to look for minimally processed meat-free products, like tofu, tempeh, or ones where you can still see the beans and the vegetables rather than the ones that look like meat. Beyond Meat, Clearspring, Dragonfly, Livekindly (Fry’s, No Meat, Oumph!), Plant Meat (THIS), Taifun, Tofoo/Clearspot, VBites. Kantar Take Home FMCG – fastest growing brands based on value sales 48 w/e 29-Nov-20 vs. w/e 28-Nov-21 Table 2: Middle rating for soya sourcing policy. Brand states its soya is sustainable or uses organic-certified soya, but does not specify the source country. Company

But there are concerns that it is energy intensive to grow, so may still have a significant climate impact unless sustainable energy is used. Others have said that it opens the door to lab-grown human meat and the moral dilemmas that that might invoke. And it is still using animals which many people may object to. Product-sampling will be also be available at locations with high footfall, in addition to shopper marketing activations both in-store and online. This award-winning soy-based product was the most similar to meat in flavour, texture and even smell. If you had it in a carbonara, you wouldn't know the difference.

Meat-free snacks in the UK

No Meat, Oumph! and Fry’s – Blue Horizon Ventures is a Swiss ‘mission-driven’ venture capital fund that has been a controlling shareholder of the Livekindly vegan collective since 2020. See Companies behind the brands box at the end for Livekindly Collective. The development of meat analogues is a response to growing mainstream concerns about the harmful consequences of meat production and a wider interest in reducing meat consumption, particularly for environmental reasons. The environmental impact of meat analogues is not the only ethical issue. A review of literature on meat alternatives by the Nuffield Foundation considers the health implications of plant-based meats, pointing out that meat analogues may contain similar levels of calories and saturated fat to beef burgers, and may be high in sodium and sugar. Plus they may contain a whole list of other industrially produced ingredients. Made from fava beans, these do not require cooking. They have a strong curry flavour and are very similar to real fridge raiders. The vegetarians liked them as they weren't “challenging”. Many of the meat analogues such as Beyond Meat, Squeaky Bean and Birds Eye are made from pea protein which is extracted from yellow and green split peas. It can be processed to create products with a chewy, meaty texture. It contains the full range of essential amino acids but is slightly low in one so you shouldn’t make it your only source. Beans and vegetables

Beyond burgers are made from peas and brown rice. Coconut oil adds moisture, while beetroot, apple juice and pomegranate imitate the bleeding ooziness of red meat. They look and taste much like a real beef burger, with a vaguely beefy flavour and moist texture. My lifelong vegetarian daughter refused to try one, declaring: “I’m a veggie, get me out of here.” This guide covers ready-made meat alternatives and includes products designed to taste, smell and look like meat (appetisingly called ‘meat analogues’ in the trade). It also covers products like tofu, falafel and vegetable fingers which can be used as meat replacements, but in general are not marketed as being analogous to meat. With so much choice available, how do you know which brand make what vegan and fake meat alternatives? In the table below brands are listed alphabetically and the products are vegan unless otherwise stated. Brand

I've often bought these. You can boil them or fry them, but I find boiling works better. They have a slightly rubbery texture and not much flavour, but the panel quite liked them.

This company is an interesting example of a vegan company owned by an investment firm. It looks more like an investment vehicle for those wanting to cash in on the new vegan market than a company fit for the challenge of fixing a broken food system. Brands that got a best rating for soya sourcing were awarded a whole Product Sustainability mark and those that got a middle, got half a Product Sustainability mark. Table 1: Best rating for soya sourcing policy. Brand does not use soya or states clearly it does not source from South America. Company A Swedish company produces these nicely flavoured, sweet chilli bites with a soft texture. It scored well on similarity to meat. Corporate control threatens to undermine gains from reducing reliance on animals by replicating some of the problems of the traditional meat industry, including mass-produced, monocultured ingredients and energy-consuming methods. Only Unilever (Vegetarian Butcher) received our best rating in our Supply Chain Management category.The campaign, set to run nationally, will be pushed across video-on-demand, TV and social media platforms, alongside digital out-of-home activations at 19 train stations across the country.