Simple Swaps
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Milk
Soya, almond, coconut, oat, hazelnut, hemp, cashew.
Tip: At first, a bit of experimenting may be in order to ensure you find a plant-milk that you enjoy. Most people use different milks, for different purposes; for example, you may prefer soya milk in your tea, but oat milk on your cereal.
Brands
- Alpro – Soya milk , almond milk, coconut milk, oat milk, cashew milk, hazelnut milk, rice milk, flavoured soya milks.
- Oatly – Oat milk, including flavoured and professional-barista-style milks.
- Dairy-Free Dreams – Rice milk, oat milk, coconut milk, almond milk.
- Good Hemp – Hemp milk.
- Koko Diary Free – Coconut milk, including flavoured milks.
- Rebel Kitchen – Coconut milk
- The Mighty Pea – Pea-based milk.
- Supermarket own-brands* – Every supermarket has own-brand soya milks, with most now stocking own-brand almond, coconut and oat milks, including flavoured versions.
* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.
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Cheese
Most vegan cheeses are coconut, soya or nut-based.
Brands
- Violife – blocks, slices, shreds, cream cheese.
- VBites ‘Cheezly’ – Blocks
- Bute Island Foods/Scheese – Blocks, shreds, cream cheese, slices.
- Tyne Chease – Artisan blocks, cream cheese.
- Mouse’s Favourite – Artisan blocks, cream cheese.
- Follow Your Heart – Blocks, slices, shreds
- Daiya – Blocks, shreds
- MozzaRissella – Rice-based mozzarella.
- Supermarket own-brands* – Every major supermarket now has its own-brand vegan cheese in blocks, shreds and slices.
* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.
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Yoghurt
Dairy-free yogurts are usually soya, coconut, almond or cashew-based.
Brands
- Alpro
- Koko Dairy-Free
- Nush
- Sojade
- CoYo
- Supermarket own-brand dairy-free yoghurts*
* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.
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Butter
Plant-based butters are usually made from a blend of vegetable oils, including rapeseed, soya and coconut.
Brands
- Pure
- Flora*
- Naturli’ – spread and block
- Vitalite – spread and block
- Koko Dairy Free
- Supermarket own-brand dairy-free spreads*
* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.
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Sausages
Plant-based sausages and meat alternatives can be made from a number of different ingredients such as soya, wheat gluten, mushrooms, pea protein, vegetables and mycoprotein.
Brands
- Linda McCartney*
- Fry’s
- VBites
- Cauldron*
- Tofurkey
- Taifun
- Wheaty
- Quorn*
- The No Meat Company (exclusive to Iceland)
- Birdseye*
- The Meatless Farm
- Beyond Meat
- Richmonds*
- Naked Glory
- Moving Mountains
- Wicked Kitchen
- Supermarket own-brands* – Most supermarkets produce their own-brand frozen and chilled vegan sausages, with ‘Shroomdogs’ (made from mushrooms) being very popular…and delicious!* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.
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Burgers
Plant-based burgers and meat alternatives can be made from a number of different ingredients such as soya, wheat gluten, mushrooms, pea protein, vegetables and mycoprotein.
Brands
- Linda McCartney*
- Fry’s
- VBites
- Cauldron*
- Wheaty
- Quorn*
- Amy’s Kitchen*
- Sgaia Mheat
- Beyond Meat
- The No Meat Company (exclusive to Iceland)
- Strong Roots
- Birdseye*
- Naturli
- Naked Glory
- Wicked Kitchen
- The Meatless Farm
- Supermarket own-brands* – including Waitrose, Morrisons, Asda, Tesco, Marks and Spencer.
* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.
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Mince
Plant-based mince and meat alternatives can be made from a number of different ingredients such as soya, wheat gluten and pea protein.
Brands
- Fry’s
- VBites
- Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)
- Naturli’ Plant-Based Mince
- The Meatless Farm
- Naked Glory
- The No Meat Company (exclusive to Iceland)
- Supermarket own-brand* – including Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.
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Fish
Vegan alternatives to fish are often made form tofu or soya protein, as well as pea protein, combined with nori or seaweed to give it that ‘fishy’ flavour.
Brands
- Quorn*
- VBites
- Linda McCartney*
- Sophie’s Kitchen
- TKC*
- The No Meat Company
- Gardein
- Vivera
- Supermarket own-brand* – including Waitrose, M&S and Iceland.
* = Not all products from these brands are suitable for vegans. Please check the packaging.