It is not always easy to find vegan substitutes for animal products. Despite the growing market, vegetarians are still looking for alternatives. Now butter and vegan eggs have arrived on the Eat Innovation!
If you are a vegetarian or just gave up eating meat for a while, we have introduced you to several interesting alternatives: vegan cheeses, vegan mayonnaise, coconut meat, pea milk ... but nothing to replace the good old dish of scrambled eggs with butter early in the morning. Calm down, the innovation has arrived and it brings butter and vegan eggs for everyone!
Let’s start, what’s the difference between vegan butter and margarine?
No, they are not the same thing. I explain: most margarines contain ingredients of animal origin such as whey or milk powder. In addition, some vegan butters also only have sustainably and ethically grown ingredients.
Qualy margarine (Brazilian brand): it does contain powdered milk whey and powdered milk.
There are several options of vegan ingredients to make butters: coconut oil, banana, soy, chestnut, olive oil among others.
Vegan butter Miyoko’s Kitchen (We have already mentioned this startup that also produces vegan cheeses here)
Vegan butter Earth Balance Natural and Smart Balance
We already have butter, what about the vegan eggs?
Eggs made with seaweed flour (click on the link to buy: Follow Your Heart – Vegan Egg – 4 oz.
There are some products on the market, the most innovative is made of seaweed flour. The use of algae is increasingly common in foods because they are abundant, inexpensive and easy to grow / collect, nutritious and versatile.
There are also options made from chickpea flour and tofu:
Eggs made of chickpea flour – Orgran
Tofu eggs, click on the link to buy: The Vegg – Vegan Egg Baking Mix – 6.0 Oz (Make Over 48 Large Eggs)
Another vegan alternative to eggs is the use of aquafaba. The use is spreading so much that an aquafaba meringue shop in New York has opened. Do not know what aquafaba is? We already talked about aquafaba in this post here.
Aquafaba meringues from the Meringue Shop
Even for those who like boiled eggs there is an option, The Gentle Chef teaches a homemade recipe with tofu.
With so many options it is much easier to have a vegan meal in the morning, right?
References: Your Daily Vegan, Organic Authority, Vegan Outreach, Food World News, Trendhunter, VegNews, Bon Appetit
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