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Animal rights & veganism discussed on BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze for 45 minutes
Click here to listen to Wednesday 2nd August’s Moral Maze on BBC Radio 4, presented by Michael Buerk. One of the less predictable arguments to result from Brexit concerns the rights and wrongs of chlorine-washed chickens. Perhaps chlorinated-chicken-gate made many people feel temporarily smug about UK standards of animal welfare, compared with those in other parts […]
Entering the post-milk era:
Why the Advertising Standards Agency ruling shows we are moving past dairy. Click here to read the full piece on Huffington post by Zephie Begolo from ProVeg.
Veganism discussed on the BBC
Following the news that the Advertising Standards Agency has approved an advert which labelled milk ‘inhumane’, the BBC assembled a panel to discuss veganism. Click here to watch (fast forward to 1:48:00.
Brand new magazine out now
Click here to read our latest magazine. What a busy few months it has been! In May we hosted our 52nd Annual General Meeting. A big thank you to Ori Shavit, who joined us live from Israel via Skype to talk about her role in building the vegan movement as well as the many fantastic […]
Rabbi Challenges Synagogues to Go Vegan
Acclaimed rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz will award $25,000 to synagogues that pledge to ditch animal products. Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz recently launched the Synagogue Vegan Challenge—a competition that will award $25,000 to synagogues that commit to hosting at least one vegan event every month for one year. The program will select five Jewish houses of worship in […]
Vegan cheese industry is set to be worth $3.5 billion by 2023
Thanks to growing consumer demand for cleaner, environmentally friendly, and animal-free sources of protein, we have seen an increase in the number of plant-based meat substitutes on the market — and apparently, in 2016 there was a 90 percent increase in the number of Google searches for the word “vegan.” According to some estimates, the plant-based meat market is […]
Ben & Jerry’s Non-Dairy ice cream coming to the UK
Ben & Jerry’s are set to launch a vegan range of ice creams here in the UK, following rave reviews in America. This follows recent news from Haagen-Dazs – who are launching 4 non-dairy flavours. Great news for dairy cows whose lives are cut short to just 5 years, when they should live for around 20-25 […]
Häagen-Dazs rolls out four decadent vegan ice cream flavours
Each of the four new Häagen-Dazs flavours begins with a core ingredient, like real Belgian chocolate, peanut butter, coffee, or coconut cream. Chocolate Salted Fudge Truffle This flavour blends rich Belgian chocolate with salted fudge and chunks of fudge truffle. Coconut Caramel This insanely delicious ice cream mixes coconut cream with ribbons of caramel. Mocha […]
Cutting through the competition with a razor sharp brand vision
Paul Brown is the founder of Bol Foods and ex Food Director of Innocent Drinks. Paul left Innocent to set up Bol Foods in 2015, since which time the brand has successfully established itself on the shelves of all major supermarkets and are on track to have sold over 10 million portions by the end […]