This is a list of vegetarian and vegan companies that do not use animal products or animal-based products in their goods. Such companies include food manufacturers and cosmetics companies, among others.
Eat JUST, Inc. – founded in 2011 as Hampton Creek Foods, Inc. Several products, including non-GMO, egg-free, gluten-free, Kosher spread and dressing. Just Mayo launched in 2013.
Follow Your Heart – makers of Vegenaise and other vegan and vegetarian food products.
Food For Life Global – a non-profit vegan food relief organization founded in 1995 to serve as the headquarters for Food for Life projects. Food For Life engages in various sorts of hunger relief, including outreach to the homeless, provision for disadvantaged children throughout India, and provision for victims of natural disasters around the world.
Goshen Alimentos – Brazilian vegetarian and vegan food manufacturer.
Happy Family – manufacturer of vegetarian, organic Happy Baby foods.
Nature's Fynd – produces vegan foods, meatless and dairy-free, using nutritional fungi protein.
Daiya – Canadian dairy alternative food company located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Earth's Own Food Company – Canadian health food manufacturing company that manufactures the So Good soy beverage in Canada owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Eden Foods Inc. – organic food company in the United States[7] that produces the Edensoy line of organic soy milk.
Fry Group Foods – family-owned manufacturer of vegan meat substitutes founded by South Africans Wally and Debbie Fry in 1991.
Gardein – meat-free foods developed by Canadian Yves Potvin (formerly of Yves Deli Cuisine) as Garden Protein International, manufactured from soy, wheat, grains and vegetables, including pea protein.[10] Acquired by Pinnacle Foods in 2014.
Turtle Island Foods – produces Tofurky, a vegetarian and vegan alternative to turkey, as well other meatless products.[11]
Upside Foods – produces meat substitutes, located in the Bay Area, California
Others and unsortededit
JUST, Inc. – founded in 2011 as Hampton Creek Foods, Inc. Several products, including non-GMO, egg-free, gluten-free, Kosher spread and dressing. Just Mayo launched in 2013.
La Loma Foods – formerly Loma Linda Foods. Food manufacturer of "Loma Linda" brand vegetarian and vegan foods.[12] Acquired in 1991 by Morningstar Farms originator, Ohio's Worthington Foods, which was then acquired, in 1999, by Kellogg's and then, in 2015, by the Atlantic Natural Foods Company (Meatless Select, Caroline's brands), of Nashville, North Carolina.[13][14][15]
Morning Star Farms – Worthington Foods of Ohio developed vegetarian, soy-based meat alternative food products.[17] In 1999, Worthington Foods was acquired by Kellogg's and then, in 2015, by the Atlantic Natural Foods Company, without the Morning Star brand.[18][19] In the 21st century, Morning Star manufactures a variety of vegetarian foods.
Nayonaise – founded in Leominster, Massachusetts, in 1977 as Nasoya Foods, Inc., acquired by Vitasoy in 1990, which was then acquired by Pulmuone Co., Ltd. in 2016.
Perfect Day – American manufacturer of whey and casein produced for dairy via fermentation in bioreactors.
Ripple Foods – California producer of non-gmo, gluten-free, soy-free, non-dairy, pea protein-based Ripple dairy alternatives, made without carrageenans.[21]
Sahmyook Foods – South Korean food company producing a large range of soy milks and vegetarian products,[26] which is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
WhiteWave Foods – plant-based foods and beverages, and organic produce distributed throughout North America and Europe. WhiteWave was purchased by Danone on 7 July 2016, and was rebranded as DanoneWave, then subsequently rebranded as Danone North America, in 2018.[31]
Lush – cosmetics company that produces creams, soaps, shampoos, shower gels, lotions, moisturizers, scrubs, masks and other cosmetics using only vegetarian or vegan recipes.
Tropic Skincare – British natural skincare and cosmetics company.
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