There are vegan versions available of various products that are not traditionally suitable for vegans – these pages are a guide to the types of products out there. Information on these pages refers to products on sale in the UK, although many will also be available in other countries.
Where to find vegan speciality products
– Large supermarkets, sometimes in the section with products for food allergy sufferers. Co-op and Sainsbury’s are better than most at labelling their appropriate own-brand products as suitable for vegans.
– Larger Holland and Barrett shops
– Your local independent wholefoods shop – worth discovering yours as they often have the best range of vegan products. HappyCow has a list of shops in the UK and worldwide.
– Mail order from Goodness Direct
Some vegan brand names to look out for
Entirely vegan: Redwood foods (sausages, cheese, meat-style chunks, fishcakes, deli slices and more – includes the Cheatin’, VegiDeli and Cheezly ranges), Fry’s,RealEat (sausages, frozen mince), Plamil (chocolate, mayonnaise), Alpro (yoghurt, soya milk), Sheese (cheese), Tofutti (ice cream, cream cheese, cheese slices),Swedish Glace (ice cream), Pure (margarine)
Some vegan products: Suma, Wicken Fen (sausages), Cauldron (felafel, tofu and some pâté – not the sausages and not most of the burgers), Linda McCartney (sausages, country pies and sausage rolls), Grassington’s (multigrain vegetable bakes, spicy bean burgers and their new meat-style products)
Meat-free but not vegan: Quorn, most (but not all) supermarket vegetarian burgers/sausages.
Product information pages
A-C
Bacon, burgers, chocolate, cream, custard
Alcoholic drinks
Cheese
Hard cheeses, cheese slices, cream cheese, feta cheese, parmesan, paneer
D-M
Fish fingers/fishcakes, gravy granules, haggis, honey, ice cream, margarine, mayonnaise, meat chunks/pieces, meat slices, minced meat, mincemeat
Milk
Soya milk, rice milk, oat milk, almond milk
N-Z
Paneer, parmesan, pesto, pies, sausages, sausage rolls, stuffed pasta, Worcestershire sauce, yoghurt
Vegan alternatives to Quorn
Quorn substitutes
*Disclaimer* Even if you read here that a particular product is vegan, it’s still worth checking the ingredients as manufacturers do sometimes change their recipes without warning, and although I try to check things regularly I may one day miss something. Information refers to products sold in the UK, ingredients may be different in other countries.
