Vegan Meals Information of the Week: Ikea Makes a Meatball Christmas Tree, Plantega Takes on Subway's $5 Deal, and Extra

Plainly each week on the planet of vegan meals information is extra thrilling than the final, and this week is not any exception. Every part meat and dairy can do, fungi can do higher. The proof? A brand new fungi-powered yogurt line from Chicago’s Nature’s Fynd.

Are deviled eggs part of your vacation custom? You’ll be able to have a veganized model due to a collaboration between Artful Counter and Fabalish. 

If the pickings at Subway are too slim to make good on its $5 footlong offers, NYC’s Plantega would possibly simply have a scrumptious answer.

And the vacations at Ikea this 12 months are all about Christmas timber comprised of veggie meatballs. Learn on for extra. 

1Vegan deviled eggs

Again within the day, it was widespread to name spicy meals “deviled,” and these new Deviled WunderEggs will make you reward seitan. The revolutionary vegan deviled eggs are a collaboration between two firms: Artful Counter and Fabalish.

Artful Counter, a frontrunner within the plant-based egg sector, brings its experience in creating practical and nutritious egg options. Its WunderEggs, recognized for his or her resemblance to conventional rooster eggs in style and texture, are comprised of a mix of cashews, almonds, coconut milk, agar-agar, dietary yeast, turmeric extract, and black salt.

Artful Counter

The filling for these Deviled WunderEggs is made with Fabalish’s Basic Vegan Mayo, providing a creamy and wealthy style solely plant-based. This firm makes use of aquafaba—the brine leftover from canned chickpeas—as a base for its snack and condiment strains.

A restricted vacation launch, this first-ever ready-to-eat vegan deviled egg is available in a tray of six vegan egg whites and a sachet of the deviled filling. The restricted vacation product might be ordered for delivery immediately by means of Artful Counter’s web site. 

2World’s first fungi yogurt

From rooster breasts to vegan leather-based, we’ve seen fungi do wonderful issues. This week, Chicago-based Nature’s Fynd is including another excuse to like these multi-tasking organisms to the listing. The corporate, born out of analysis initially performed for NASA on microbes in Yellowstone Nationwide Park, has unveiled the world’s first fungi-based, dairy-free yogurt, now accessible nationally at Entire Meals Market shops.

Nature’s Fynd

This revolutionary Dairy-Free Fy Yogurt is a novel addition to Nature’s Fynd’s rising vary of different protein merchandise, which incorporates their Dairy-Free Cream Cheese and Meatless Fy Breakfast Patties. Setting itself aside from different yogurts in the marketplace, Fy Yogurt makes use of a sustainable fungi protein, Fy, as its base, providing a brand new type of dairy-free possibility.

Obtainable in strawberry, peach, and vanilla flavors, Fy Yogurt guarantees a thick and creamy texture, a departure from the usually gritty consistency discovered in lots of high-protein and plant-based yogurts. Furthermore, the product is free from widespread allergens equivalent to nuts, soy, gluten, and animal merchandise, making it an interesting alternative for a broad spectrum of shoppers.

“In a crowded market of dairy-free yogurts that usually sacrifice diet for style or vice-versa, we now have created the world’s first fungi-based yogurt—it’s scrumptious, nutrition-forward and earth-friendly,” Thomas Jonas, CEO and Co-founder of Nature’s Fynd, stated in an announcement. 

“Our dairy-free Fy yogurt lets shoppers indulge within the creamy style and texture of dairy with the added healthful diet,” he stated. “We’re proud to ship this first-to-market product with no tradeoffs—a scrumptious yogurt that’s higher for you and higher for the planet.”

3Cinnamon churro jerky?

We love an excellent cinnamon-dusted churro and in addition a salty slab of jerky—so long as each are vegan. However may the 2 mix forces right into a candy and salty tremendous snack? That’s precisely what Texas jerky firm All Y’all Meals is serving with its new Churro Jerky taste, the primary new addition to its line of vegan jerky within the final 5 years. 

All Y’all Meals

Embracing innovation, All Y’all Meals’ Cinnamon Churro Jerky blends the candy style of churros with the feel of jerky. “Creating these flavors is akin to storytelling for us,” Brett Christoffel, the corporate’s founder and CEO, stated in an announcement. 

“You’re not simply getting a snack if you style our Cinnamon Churro Jerky,” Christoffel stated. “You’re diving into the historical past, geography, and ethos of Texas Huge Bend Nation.”

Established in 2018, All Y’all Meals makes its vegan jerky with entire, non-GMO soybeans and distributes it in flavors equivalent to Black Pepper & Sea Salt, Prickly Pear Chipotle, and Wonderful Bacon which might be bought by means of Amazon, H-E-B grocery shops, and numerous vegan shops nationwide.

All Y’all Meals

Its new Cinnamon Churro Jerky is offered in restricted portions on the corporate web site with further flavors deliberate for 2024.

4Plantega’s $5 vegan sub deal

Subway is thought for its $5 footlongs however when vegan choices are restricted, that doesn’t fairly really feel like the most effective deal for plant eaters. Fortunately, Plantega—NYC’s widespread vegan bodega and deli idea—simply stepped in to alter all that. 

Plantega

Till December 17, Plantega is taking up Subway with a $5 sub deal of its personal. The distinction? Every of its delectable sandwiches is totally vegan. This revolutionary marketing campaign goals to popularize vegan sandwiches and encourage client trial by means of a delivery-only flash sale, accessible completely by means of Doordash. 

“We’re on a mission to make plant-based meals simpler to entry in all places,” Nil Zacharias, Founder & CEO of Plantega, stated in an announcement.

“Our answer to the advanced problem of shifting consuming habits and getting extra folks to strive plant-based meals is to make cost-effective, handy, and craveworthy choices extensively accessible by means of our distinctive deli-in-store mannequin,” he stated.

The lineup boasts six subs, that includes the Depraved Meatball Sub, Hen Tender Sub, Philly Meatball Sub, Ham & Cheese Sub, BBQ Meatball Sub, and Turkey & Cheese Sub. 

These subs incorporate high-quality elements from main manufacturers equivalent to Depraved Kitchen, WayFare Meals, Prime Roots, Vertage Meals, and Fabalish—all of which showcase their items both on the retail finish or within the deli choices accessible at Plantega-equipped bodegas. 

Plantega

“We all know as soon as folks strive our menu that includes iconic NYC bodega-style sandwiches (and extra) made one hundred pc plant-based, they’re hooked, and we’re excited to attract in much more folks with this marketing campaign showcasing six widespread and decadent subs at a ridiculously good worth,” Zacharias stated.

5Ikea’s vegan meatball Christmas tree

With Christmas proper across the nook, we’re all excited about our festive centerpieces. This 12 months, Ikea UK had an awesome thought for bringing its vegan meatballs to your vacation desk. As a part of a giveaway centered on its turkey-sized meatball, Ikea created a package that transforms its vegan meatballs right into a Christmas tree match in your vacation festivities.

Ikea

“Created utilizing a lot of veggie balls from the Ikea vary, the package comes full with a cone-shaped base to create a do-it-yourself plant-based showstopper,” Ikea stated in an announcement. 

The promotion ended earlier this week and Ikea selected 30 winners for the vegan meatball Christmas timber, which they will decide up at their chosen retailer proper earlier than Christmas.  

If you weren’t the fortunate winner of Ikea UK’s veggie meatball Christmas tree, crafting this centerpiece utilizing a number of baggage of Huvudroll can’t be too exhausting. If you happen to’re feeling additional festive, a number of meaty ornaments might be simply crafted from Ikea’s newly reformulated plant-based sizzling canine.