Businesses
Brands, restaurants, retailers, and services that make the plant-based life easier to live.
- brand est. 2009Beyond Meat
Los Angeles–based plant-based meat company that helped mainstream pea-protein burgers, sausages, and ground beef analogues in the late 2010s.
- restaurant est. 2013Crossroads Kitchen
Los Angeles fine-dining vegan restaurant, opened by chef Tal Ronnen in 2013, that helped redefine plant-based cuisine as a fine-dining category.
- brand est. 2008Daiya Foods
Vancouver-founded plant-based cheese and dairy company best known for its meltable tapioca-and-pea-protein shreds, widely used on pizza and in foodservice.
- brand est. 2011Eat Just
San Francisco food-technology company whose mung-bean-based JUST Egg is the largest-selling vegan egg product and whose GOOD Meat division pursues cultivated meat.
- brand est. 1997Field Roast
Seattle-founded vegan grain-meat company known for artisan sausages, Celebration Roast, and a wheat-and-vegetable base rather than soy isolates.
- media est. 2011Forks Over Knives
American whole-food plant-based media brand, born from the 2011 documentary film and now publishing recipes, a magazine, meal plans, and cookbooks.
- brand est. 2003Gardein
Canadian plant-based meat brand founded by chef Yves Potvin, known for frozen chick'n strips, fishless fillets, and beefless ground.
- service est. 1999HappyCow
Global vegan-and-vegetarian restaurant directory and review platform, one of the oldest resources of its kind on the internet.
- brand est. 2017Heura Foods
Barcelona-based plant-based meat company built on Mediterranean ingredients, one of the fastest-growing vegan brands in Southern Europe.
- restaurant est. 2012HipCityVeg
Philadelphia-founded fast-casual vegan restaurant chain, built around plant-based sandwiches, bowls, and shakes priced for everyday eating.
- brand est. 2011Impossible Foods
Redwood City biotech food company known for its soy-leghemoglobin-based Impossible Burger and its patent-heavy approach to plant-based meat.
- restaurant est. 1988Mildreds
London-founded vegetarian-and-now-vegan restaurant group, one of the oldest continuously operating plant-based restaurants in the United Kingdom.
- brand est. 2014Miyoko's Creamery
California-based maker of cultured, artisanal plant-based cheeses and butter — one of the most influential vegan dairy brands of the 2010s and 2020s.
- brand est. 2015NotCo
Chilean plant-based food-tech company using a machine-learning system, Giuseppe, to formulate vegan analogues of milk, mayo, burgers, and ice cream.
- brand est. 1994Oatly
Swedish oat-drink pioneer whose barista-formula product and confrontational marketing helped turn plant milk into a default café option worldwide.
- media est. 2016Plant Based News
UK-founded vegan and plant-based news outlet, covering food industry, animal rights, climate, and nutrition stories for an international audience.
- brand est. 2016The Herbivorous Butcher
Minneapolis vegan butcher shop, opened in 2016 by siblings Kale and Aubry Walch, one of the first dedicated plant-based butcher shops in the United States.
- retailer est. 2013The Vegan Kind
Glasgow-founded vegan online supermarket and subscription-box company, one of the largest vegan-only retailers in the United Kingdom.
- service est. 1944The Vegan Society
UK-registered charity founded in 1944 that coined the word "vegan" and now runs the Vegan Trademark, one of the most widely used vegan certifications worldwide.
- brand est. 2019THIS
London-based plant-based meat company, known for pea-and-soy chicken pieces and bacon rashers designed to match the sensory profile of animal products.
- brand est. 1980Tofurky
Oregon-based independent vegan brand best known for its soy-and-wheat-protein holiday roast, one of the longest-running plant-based meat companies in North America.
- retailer est. 1997Vegan Essentials
One of the earliest online-only vegan retailers in the United States, founded in 1997, stocking food, cosmetics, clothing, and household goods.
- restaurant est. 2006Veggie Grill
American fast-casual fully plant-based restaurant chain, founded in 2006 in Irvine, California, one of the first all-vegan chains to scale to multiple locations.
- service est. 2018Veggly
Vegan and vegetarian dating app, founded in Brazil, used by several million people across Latin America, Europe, and North America.
- media est. 2000VegNews
American vegan lifestyle and food magazine, founded in 2000, one of the longest-running commercial vegan media properties.
- brand est. 1990Violife
Greek-origin plant-based cheese brand, now part of Flora Food Group, distributed in more than 50 countries and widely used in European foodservice.
- brand est. 1990Vivera
Dutch plant-based meat company, one of the largest producers of vegan meat in Europe, now part of JBS.