Greggs woos vegans with new meat-free sausage roll
UK’s largest bakery chain launches plant-based version of its best-selling product after a petition
Greggs has launched a vegan version of its popular sausage roll amid growing demand for meat and dairy free products.
The vegan pastry, filled with a bespoke Quorn filling and made using vegetable oil instead of butter, has gone on sale in 950 stores across the country today. It costs £1 – 5p more than the original.
The long-awaited launch comes after 20,000 people signed a petition by the animal rights group Peta last year asking the bakery chain to develop a vegan alternative to the bestselling pastry.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
It also coincides with the beginning of Veganuary, a campaign which encourages people to follow a plant-based diets during January.
This year in the UK, record numbers of people have signed up to Veganuary, according to The Guardian.
“The charity’s head of campaigns, Rich Hardy, said that on Sunday alone 14,000 people promised to go vegan for January – a rate of one every six seconds,” the paper says.
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of vegans in Britain more than trebled, with supermarkets, restaurants and high street cafes stocking a growing variety of plant-based products.
“Like many food retailers we have seen increasing demand for vegetarian and vegan products,” said Roger Whiteside, chief executive at Greggs. “We have been trying to develop a vegan version of our famous sausage roll for some time now.”
“It has not been easy but our taste panel customers all love this one, so we have decided to launch it as our contribution to Veganuary.”
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
-
Today's political cartoons - November 2, 2024
Cartoons Saturday's cartoons - anti-fascism, early voter turnout, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Geoff Capes obituary: shot-putter who became the World’s Strongest Man
In the Spotlight The 'mighty figure' was a two-time Commonwealth Champion and world-record holder
By The Week UK Published
-
Israel attacks Iran: a 'limited' retaliation
Talking Point Iran's humiliated leaders must decide how to respond to Netanyahu's measured strike
By The Week UK Published
-
Labour shortages: the ‘most urgent problem’ facing the UK economy right now
Speed Read Britain is currently in the grip of an ‘employment crisis’
By The Week Staff Published
-
Will the energy war hurt Europe more than Russia?
Speed Read European Commission proposes a total ban on Russian oil
By The Week Staff Published
-
Will Elon Musk manage to take over Twitter?
Speed Read The world’s richest man has launched a hostile takeover bid worth $43bn
By The Week Staff Last updated
-
Shoppers urged not to buy into dodgy Black Friday deals
Speed Read Consumer watchdog says better prices can be had on most of the so-called bargain offers
By The Week Staff Published
-
Ryanair: readying for departure from London
Speed Read Plans to delist Ryanair from the London Stock Exchange could spell ‘another blow’ to the ‘dwindling’ London market
By The Week Staff Published
-
Out of fashion: Asos ‘curse’ has struck again
Speed Read Share price tumbles following the departure of CEO Nick Beighton
By The Week Staff Published
-
Universal Music’s blockbuster listing: don’t stop me now…
Speed Read Investors are betting heavily that the ‘boom in music streaming’, which has transformed Universal’s fortunes, ‘still has a long way to go’
By The Week Staff Published
-
EasyJet/Wizz: battle for air supremacy
Speed Read ‘Wizz’s cheeky takeover bid will have come as a blow to the corporate ego’
By The Week Staff Published