Page 8 - Vegan Life - Issue 59 (February 2020)
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                                                              Fletchers Bakery
           Chicago Town launch                                Make No Bones Vegan Brioche
           Tomato-Stufed Crust
           Takeaway vegan pizza                               Approved by the Vegan Society, these brioche buns from
                                                              Fletchers Bakery and vegan restaurant, Make No Bones, are
                                                              the first available in UK supermarkets. They are sot, flufy
           New to Tesco, ASDA and Iceland stores,
           Chicago Town have released their                   and perfect for plant-based burgers, elevating a standard
           first-ever vegan pizza — the Tomato-Stufed Crust   sandwich into something really special. If you want to go
           Takeaway, which comes topped with sticky BBQ jackfruit and   the extra mile, lightly toast them in the oven before serving
           vegetables, including peppers and onions, along with dairy-  with your favourite vegan patty, lettuce and sauces for the
           free ‘mozzarella’. The exciting pizza, which is priced at £3.50,   ultimate lunchtime or dinner treat.
                                                              makenobones.co.uk
           has even been certified by the Vegan Society (vegansociety.
           org), ensuring you can eat it with a clear conscience that
           no animals have been harmed in the process of creating it.
           The pizza can be found in the frozen aisles of UK stores, and
           only takes 16 minutes to cook in the oven. The launch joins a
           myriad of new frozen vegan pizza options, including the two
           recent releases from pizza company, Goodfellas.

          God               Nestlé sells US ice cream
                            business following boom in
                            vegan marketplace
                            As more people shit to a plant-based
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                            lifestyle, an increasing amount of
                            companies are realising that the dairy
                            industry is not the way forward. It
         seems that Nestlé are embracing the world’s changing interests
         towards planet-friendly foods, having just sold their $4 billion
         US ice cream business, including the brand, Haagen-Dazs.
         Barron’s (barrons.com), reports: ‘Mark Schneider, Nestlé chief
         executive, has been restructuring the group’s portfolio as
         consumer tastes shit toward healthy products and the growth
         of some of its more traditional lines slows.’           Kettle Chips create vegan Sheese & Onion
            Nestlé also sold its US confectionary business and is             flavour crisps
         currently shopping its Herta cold cuts meat-based products   Crisp fans can rejoice — as another long-established brand
         unit, further suggesting a move towards a more vegan-friendly   announces a step into the vegan snack sector. In collaboration
         and eco-conscious customer                         with BOSH! — Henry Firth and Ian Theasby — crisp brand, Kettle
         base. Hopefully, this means more                   Chips, have created a plant-based Sheese & Onion flavour. The
         investment in plant-based foods,                   delightfully savoury crisps feature a red Leicester-style ‘sheese’,
         a move away from cruel and                         which is produced in a fully-vegan factory, ensuring that there is
         environmentally-damaging practices,                no cross-contamination with any animal products. You can find
         and, in turn, an increased variety of              the bagged snack in Budgen’s, Tesco and Morrisons stores, priced
         vegan oferings from their brands.                  at £1.99.


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