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From hummus to dairy-free sundaes, these are the bites (in no particular order) that even nonvegans will relish.

Chicago’s Upton’s Naturals is getting into the holiday season with its first vegan roast, which comes sliced, sauced, and ready to be stuffed into a leftovers sandwich.

Chicago vegan meat brand Upton’s Naturals combines its Upton’s Breakroom café with its doughnut shop Liberation Donuts into Liberation Kitchen, where it serves up vegan food, desserts, and support for emerging local brands.

Large corporations are investing heavily in the alternative protein market as the latter is predicted to grow rapidly from sales in 2020 to 2025.

Conglomerates have bought out several smaller companies as the meat substitute market is predicted to grow rapidly

Uptons Naturals Partners with Dot Foods Ethical Vegan Brand Ramps Up Restaurant and Foodservice Distribution of Its Meat Alternatives News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vegan food manufacturer, Uptons Naturals, has teamed with Dot Foods, the largest food industry redistributor in North America. The new relationship will increase availability of the brands popular 100% vegan meat alternatives for distributors, restaurants and foodservi...

Replies(2) The new Italian Beefless sandwich will have a similar flavor to the companys original Italian Beef sandwich but without the meat or animal products. (Photo Courtesy of Buona Beef ) CHICAGO — Chicagos iconic Italian sandwich chain is settling their beef with vegans. Buona Beef added a completely vegan sandwich to their menu on Monday and sold out of the new "Italian Beefless" at all 24 of its locations. The sandwich will be available for a limited time through this summer. The ve...

Shares This week, The Buona Companies (parent company of restaurant chain Buona) launched a vegan version of its Original Italian Beef sandwich. Bouna partnered with Chicago-based vegan brand Upton’s Naturals to craft the seitan-based vegan beef for its new Plant-Based Italian Beefless Sandwich which features a choice of hot or mild giardiniera and is served on French bread. The vegan beef sandwich is paired with a vegan gravy Buona created exclusively for the launch from vegetable broth, Buo...

Buona The Buona family opted to collaborate with Chicago-based seitan maker Upton’s Naturals to craft the plant-based "beef” for the sandwich. Buona Rolls Out Plant-Based Italian Beefless Sandwich for Limited Time April 26, 2021 The Buona Companies, owner and operators of the famous Chicago Family-Owned restaurant group, announced that it is releasing a new product specially for their vegetarian and vegan customers – a Plant-Based Italian Beefless Sandwich. This vegan friendly option wi...

Chicago’s Buona Launches Plant-Based Italian Beefless Sandwich Buona, Chicago’s original Italian beef chain restaurant, debuts a new menu item—a plant-based Italian beefless sandwich featuring Upton’s Naturals seitan—specially for their vegetarian and vegan customers. From the bread to the seitan to the veggie-based gravy and giardiniera, every aspect of this sandwich is plant-based, vegan-friendly, and prepared separately to ens...