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New Vegetarian Colin the Caterpillar Sweets!
Colin the Caterpillar has changed for the better – he has become a beautiful vegetarian butterfly! Following on from the success of their veggie Percy Pig sweets, Marks and Spencer have just launched some brand new gelatine-free Colin the Caterpillar sweets. This time, instead of tweaking the appearance of the existing non-veggie sweet (like with [...]
Vegetarian Percy Pigs
Today Marks and Spencers lauched a new vegetarian version of their successful Percy Pig brand of sweets! These new gelatine-free Percy Pig fruit gums are called ‘Veggie Percy’ and each veggie Percy has a green ear, to distinguish it from the non-veggie Percy Pigs. The twittersphere has been getting very excited about this new launch [...]
8 Great Protein Sources For Vegetarians
Many people think that it is difficult to obtain sufficient protein whilst following a vegetarian diet. However, this is simply not true, as there are plenty of excellent protein sources for vegetarians, and in actual fact most meat-eaters consume much more protein than their bodies require.
Three boxes of Byron Bay Cookies to giveaway!
The lovely people at Byron Bay Cookies have kindly donated a selection of cookies for us to put to the test! Even more generously – they are donating a mixed box of cookies to not just one but to *three* very lucky competition winners! In the UK all Byron Bay cookies are approved by The [...]
Win Vegetarian Opti3 Omega-3 Supplements!
The health benefits of oily fish have been widely publicised. However, fish stocks are in decline, and many of us choose not to eat fish for ethical reasons. The good news is that the beneficial omega-3 oils can now be obtained from algae (which is where the fish obtain the oils from) and these algae [...]
Interview with Award Winning Veggie Chef Eddie Shepherd
Eddie Shepherd is an award-winning, Manchester-based professional vegetarian chef. In 2009 he won the prestigious ‘Cordon-vert’ cookery school’s ‘Chef of the future’ competition. His innovative and experimental approach to cooking has led to him being dubbed the ‘Heston Blumenthal of the vegetarian world’. At only 26 years old, Eddie Shepherd is starting to make a [...]
Competition to find the UK’s Tastiest Meat-Free Dish!
Linda McCartney Foods have launched a UK-wide competition to find the UK’s Tastiest Meat-Free Dish! Recipes can be submitted online at www.tastiestmeatfree.co.uk. The three best dishes will be chosen by a panel of experts, and these will then be judged and voted for by the public on ITV! The best news of all, is that [...]
Becoming a Part-Time Vegetarian
Being a vegetarian isn’t something I had ever considered. In 2006 that all changed when I met the lady who is now my wife. Jo, who has written every other post here at veggieadvisor.com, has been a vegetarian since she was very young. When we first started going out she made it clear that she [...]
Win Vegetarian Haribo and Goody Good Stuff Sweets!
To celebrate Halloween, we are hosting a competition to win a selection of vegetarian sweets. If you go Trick-or-Treating, you may end up with lots of sweets containing gelatine and non-veggie food colourings. So, just for you, we have tracked down some tasty vegetarian treats! To be in with a chance of winning, all you [...]
Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?
Vitamin D deficiency is a wide-scale problem affecting many people, not just vegetarians and vegans. It is estimated that more than 50% of people in the UK have insufficient levels of vitamin D and 16% have severe deficiency during winter and spring. So why is this so important? The consequences of vitamin D deficiency Vitamin [...]
