Vegan Trends

08/31/2026

Can’t wait to try these!!

08/29/2026

A new protein rating system compared 20 plant- and animal-based foods across health, affordability, and sustainability—and tofu came out on top.

Get the story —> https://vegnews.com/tofu-beats-meat-eggs-fish

08/29/2026

Lunchables nostalgia, without the meat or dairy.

Parmela Creamery’s Munch Box combines its plant-based cheddar with Prime Roots’ animal-free ham and crackers in the familiar stack-it-yourself snack-pack format.

And yes, the whole idea is basically a vegan answer to the Lunchables a lot of us grew up with.

The “ham” is especially interesting: Prime Roots makes it from koji, a fungus traditionally used in fermentation, rather than soy or animal meat.

Parmela originally launched the Munch Box in late 2025, but It’s now showing up at retailers including Giant Eagle and Woodman’s, as well as independent vegan and specialty grocers, with distribution through KeHE and UNFI.

It’s a small product, but it represents something vegans have been asking for for years: not necessarily an entirely new kind of food, just plant-based versions of the convenient, nostalgic stuff everyone else already gets.

08/26/2026

08/15/2026

A new study suggests a vegan diet may influence how our genes behave — and the changes appeared in just one month.

Researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Freiburg assigned 48 healthy adults to either a vegan or meat-rich diet and analyzed more than 800,000 DNA methylation sites before and after the trial.

The vegan group showed changes linked to immune function, metabolism and cell growth, including signs of a less inflammatory immune profile. Two epigenetic clocks, PhenoAge and GrimAge, also indicated a slowing of biological aging in the vegan group.

Not ready to go fully vegan? Researchers say "making plants the default and meat the exception" could potentially nudge inflammation-related epigenetic patterns in the same direction.

08/06/2026

A new study found that children and teenagers are significantly more open to giving up meat than adults typically assume.

Younger kids most often cited simple disgust at learning meat comes from an animal, while teens and older children were more likely to make an active ethical choice to go vegetarian.

Researchers found that shifting to a wholefood plant-based diet from age 20 could add a full decade to someone's life expectancy.

The same review found this shift could prevent 27 percent of deaths worldwide and spare more than 80 billion animal lives a year.

The kids aren't the ones dragging their feet on this. It's the adults telling them they can't.

07/28/2026

07/26/2026

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