Aisle be your guide!
Each year, Natural Products Expo West sets the stage for what’s coming to grocery shelves and 2026 is already delivering a wave of new plant-based product launches. This is my fifth time attending the show in Anaheim, and in this running coverage post, I’ll be highlighting the most interesting new […]
Here’s a question that may sound simple but is a bit nuanced. Should a brand put “vegan” on their label? If you spend any time reading labels and ingredient panels in grocery store aisles (basically my part time job), you probably have strong feelings about this. And it turns out […]
Trader Joe’s has officially released one of the most surprising spring candy finds of the season: Gelatin-Free Marshmallow Eggs. Yep, the sugar-coated, egg-shaped marshmallow classic typically made with animal-derived gelatin. But not this time. I initially teased these on Instagram ahead of their official release. Now that Trader Joe’s has […]
Earth Balance, Miyoko’s, Trader Joe’s and the Return to DIY Vegan Butter If you’re a vegan baker, you may have noticed something lately and no, it’s not just you. The vegan butter sticks and blocks that many of us relied on for years have quietly disappeared from shelves. Not the […]
If you’ve ever felt a little conflicted about Oreos, this week brought an update that’s actually worth paying attention to. Mondelez International the parent company behind the Oreo brand, has officially updated its animal testing policy. The company now states on its website that it does not test on animals […]
Trader Joe’s just dropped something I genuinely never thought I’d see in the freezer section: vegan onion flowers. As far as I can tell, these are the first frozen, fully vegan blooming-onion–style product widely available in U.S. grocery stores and yes, that alone makes them worth talking about. They’re brand […]