Whether they be cheese doppelgängers or never-before-seen snacks, Natural Products Expo West 2014, the largest convention for natural, organic foods in the country, played host to bushels of natural products for the plant-based eater.
We tasted sophisticated ways to use popular ingredients, such as spoonable chia eaten like yogurt, chickpea-cocoa dip, and retooled vegan stalwarts such as craveable seitan bacon.
So eat your hearts out, vegans. Here are the new top players in town.