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The Oumph! Burger coming soon

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This spring, Swedish food manufacturer Food for Progress is launching The Oumph! Burger, which is a plant-based premium burger for all burger lovers.

The Oumph! Burger will be sampled for the first time at the Fastfood & Café trade show in Stockholm this week.

“The Oumph! Burger is a burger for everyone who loves burgers!”, says Henrik Åkerman, Marketing Director at Food for Progress, the Swedish company behind the award-winning plant-based success Oumph!

Åkerman continues:

“When we created the Oumph! Burger, we took our inspiration from a juicy rare burger, but the difference is that the Oumph! Burger is made with entirely plant-based ingredients”.

Like all Oumph! products, The Oumph! Burger is made with soya beans, and the fine red colour comes from beetroot.

The Oumph! Burger is set to launch in all markets where Oumph! is currently available, starting in Sweden where the burger will hit supermarkets on the first week of May. Before this date it will be available from wholesalers and in a number of restaurant chains.

“We’re pleased to be showcasing the Oumph! Burger now, aiming for a wider launch later in the spring”, says Åkerman.

The Oumph! Burger weighs 113g, which is the equivalent of a Quarter Pounder. For foodservice, the burger will be sold in packs of forty, and for consumers, in packs of two. A smaller, 75g burger will also be available for foodservice.

The food trade show Fastfood & Café is taking place at Kistamässan in Stockholm on the 30-31 January. The Oumph! Burger is available for a limited sampling at the Unibake/Korvbrödsbagaren’s stand: G:06.

Check out the full Oumph! range on their website and be sure to follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Introducing the FGV Burger

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News you can eat.

As you have probably heard, Arancini Brothers Old Street location is turning 100% vegan for January 2018.

The entire menu is becoming plant-based for Veganuary (and hopefully longer) and to celebrate, they have added a burger they are calling the FGV Burger.

Check it out.

The FGV Burger features the famous mushroom zucchini risotto patty inside an organic bap plus double cheese, pickles, crispy onion, ketchup and mustard.

I’m absolutely drooling.

This is the burger of my dreams and I’m thrilled to see my name on their new vegan menu.

You can get your hands on the FGV Burger at Arancini Brothers Old Street location all month long. See the full vegan menu online here.

The soft launch for Old Street turning vegan is January 2, 2018 with the grand vegan re-opening in conjunction with my book launch is Thursday January 4. I’ll be there on January 4, so please say hello.

Hope to see you in store where you can grab an FGV Burger and an FGV book!

If you would like to buy the book but cannot make it to this celebration, you can buy a copy online here.

Doppleganger burgers

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After receiving 5 star reviews and enjoying a sell out string of pop-ups last month in Cambridge, Doppleganger Burgers are set to come to London in November.

At The Grocery, Kingsland Road on Friday 10th & Saturday 11th of November, 2017 attendees will have the opportunity to taste three of the company’s mouthwatering vegan burgers and sample their vegan date shakes.

Doppleganger Burgers are made from a marinated umami soya-protein patti, loaded with a range of signature toppings from vegan ‘bacon & cheeze’ to ‘hoision duck’, all served in a lightly toasted
bun.

Alfy Fowler, Founder and Head Chef at Doppleganger has said, “At Doppleganger we have one clear aim, to create 100% based plant based burgers that are accessible to everyone. Receiving such positive feedback from our last pop-up in Cambridge, we realised our next logical step was to come to London where the number of people in the capital adopting a vegan lifestyle has increased dramatically.”

Tickets to the pop-up event are limited and are available online here for £12.49 which includes a choice of
Doppleganger Burgers and a side of hand-cut fries. Diners will be able to purchase a selection of vegan wine and beer at the venue.

You can follow Doppleganger on Instagram.

New vegan burger at Tesco

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This might not be news to you, but I’ve never seen this vegan burger at Tesco before.

As far as frozen burgers go, I’ve got to say this one is rather unique for the mainstream UK market.

Roasted peanuts, peanut butter and brown rice make up the main part of this burger, while their are chunks of avocado, red pepper and edamame beans also featured.

Makes quite a departure from textured soy protein!

The product also features the ‘vegan’ graphic on the front of the box for which Tesco is becoming noticed in plant-based circles.

Have you tried this new burger? Or is it not new and I’m just a bit behind the times? How does it taste?

If you are interested in nutrition values and ingredient breakdown, see the product listing on the Tesco website by clicking here.

London pub launches vegan burger!

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Do you know the Lord Nelson pub in Southwark?

If you answered in the affirmative, you will probably also know this pub is famous for its burger menu but hasn’t been known for being vegan friendly.

Until now, that is.

From Monday April 4, 2016 you will be able to march up to the Lord Nelson and order yourself a spicy, chewy and entirely satisfying vegan jerk burger made by plant-based producers More Than Meat.

Barry from More Than Meat told me, “They are going to be adding a massive mouth filling almost 5 inch diameter, 200g (uncooked weight) version of our vegan More Than Meat Jerk burger to their menu. It is made with a blend of plant proteins and red kidney beans flavoured with warm spicy jerk seasoning, chilli, lime and thyme.”

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Barry also let me know that if the burger is a hit, there is a chance it will also be added to the menu of a pub in Battersea that is owned by the same people.

So that means you had better get over to Southwark and eat a lot of these beauties, London!

Visit the Lord Nelson online.

Visit More Than Meat online, like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.

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More Than Meat

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Do you remember when I wrote about More Than Meat burgers? Sure you do! (If you really don’t, click here)

More Than Meat has been serving up their brand of vegan meat alternatives for several months in Tunbridge Wells but the food vendor has moved on and is now trading once a week in a market situated in Richmond, West London.

I paid Barry and his food stand a visit yesterday, so scroll down and check out some of the tastiness I encountered.

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Burger with a view

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I’m about to break the vegan Internet.

London. Rejoice.

You can buy one of the nicest vegan burgers in the UK and consume it in one of the most glorious settings in London. This is happening right now in the capital and it is fabulous.

What the heck am I babbling on about? Check out this vegan burger.

20150406_180034Yep. That is a handmade burger patty in bread with cashew cheese and beetroot slices, served next to a bundle of crunchy fries. I can’t even.

This burger was one of the best meals I’ve enjoyed in London. I bet you wanna know where I got it, right?

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So fresh and so clean

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Before we move forward, we often have to look to the past, so I wanna ask you to cast your mind back to one of my most controversial posts.

My article about The Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green is infamous. People still talk to me about it and the content divides many vegans. Heck, somebody even referenced it recently in an article about why vegans should feel comfortable eating oysters and mussels! It is the blog post that won’t go away.

Read the original post here if you like, but in a nutshell I questioned why The Gallery Cafe fried their vegan burger in the same oil as halloumi and if this was a compromise of the vegan status of the food.

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