Vegan Links
Is It Vegan? - a free app for your phone that will scan the item and tell you if it's vegan. It even asks you on the first use if you consider sugar to be vegan before they start - brilliant!
Barnivore - is a great website and app that tells you if your alchocol is vegan - very handy for wine!!
Animal Ingredients list - Lists all animal ingredients to make it easy.
Animal-Free - is an app for iPhone and Android that has a list of vegan and animal ingredients
Vegan Sources of Protein - list of healthy vegan protein options!
veganeatsandtreats.blogspot.com/Groceries
If you can't find what you're looking for in the supermarket, organic or health food shop then these sites are great for overall vegan needs.
AUSTRALIA
Stores:
Cruelty Free Shop is your one stop shop for vegan needs. Jessica also provides gift hampers and gets lots of seasonal goodies like vegan Easter eggs!! Delivered or free pick up from Balmain, NSW.
Vegans Choice Grocery (next to Green Gourmet Restaurant) - King St, Newtown
They sell all the mock meats they serve in the restaurant and they deliver and they also have their own range of vegan sauces. If you haven't been to the Green Gourmet Restaurant for vegan yum cha makes sure you try it!
Taste Organic - no doubt you have a health/organic store near you. This is my closest and has a good selection of vegan products.
Online;
The Arctic Vegan Store - vegan shoes, accessories, beauty, lifestyle.
Black Valentine - Australian vegan online store
Choices - Choices Gluten Free bakery delivers and has a wide range of gluten free and vegan bakery goods (even finger buns yum yum)
Gluten Free Shop - a gluten free online supermarket with lots of vegan products
The Goodness Company - Organic raw food products
The Green Edge - a vegan online supermarket
Lamyong - for vegan meats
Spoons Vegetarian Butcher - Newtown
The Personal Vegan Shop - for vegan bathroom & bedroom needs
The Possible Co - vegan shoes, wallets, belts, gloves & clothing
To Eat Well - vegan food products, mainly gluten free :)
Uproar - vegan food, health products and personal products
Vegan Baby - vegan baby & mum supplies (including food)
Vegan Essential - everything vegan!
Vegan Online - a vegan online supermarket
Vegan Perfection - a vegan online supermarket
USA
Stores:
Wholefoods Market - Nationwide
Good Earth - Utah
Native Sun - Jacksonville, Florida
Earth's Fare - East Coast
Online:
Vegan Essential - everything vegan!
The Vegan Store - everything vegan
Natural Candy Store - vegan candy!!
Places to Eat
A great source for local vegan restaurants/eateries are; your local Vegan Society websites, also;
VegGuide
Happy Cow
Veg Dining
USA
Loving Hut - vegan restaurant found across the USA
Wholefoods Market - found across the USA, has a salad/soup bar and coffee/sandwich deli that caters for vegans
UTAH
Salt Lake City & Park City
The Vertical Diner - love this place. Set up like a 50's diner it's 100% vegan amd caters for gluten free (even gluten free beer)
Sages Cafe - owned by the Vertical Diner crowd it's 100% vegan and has a great raw vegan range (even gluten free beer)
501 on Main - Park City, has a few vegan & gluten free options (even gluten free beer)
City Cakes & Cafe - vegan (and some gluten free) bakery and cafe!
Frisch - "Compassionate Eatery" is a vegan cafe in SLC, also sells Cakewalk cakes.
Cakewalk Baking Company - all vegan cakes and pies, it's not a retail store so you have to order in advance - gluten free available.
Passion Flour Patisserie - vegan French patisserie! Cakes, petit fours and croissants oh my!
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Cafe Sunflower - Atlanta, fine vegan dining, great for a date!
Savannah
Beetnix - juice bar & yoga studio, has salads and some raw food.
Macon
Back to Edenz - vegan southern style food buffet
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Cashew Plant Base Vegan Cafe - amazing vegan cafe with delicious cafe food and bakery treats!
NEVADA
The Wynn Hotel - , Las Vegas, the owner is vegan so all their restaurants have a separate vegan menu
Pura Vida - Las Vegas, this amazing Latin American fusion restaurant is 100% vegan and a lot gluten free
Komol Thai - Las Vegas, Vegan Thai restaurant
Namaste Indian - Las Vegas, has a great vegan selection
NEW YORK
Clara Cakes - if you're in NYC please cater your baked goods thought this shop which was started by a very inspirational 15yo vegan girl!
Beyond Sushi - NYC, vegan sushi bar...whaaa?!
MINNESOTA
The Herbivorous Butcher - Minneapolis, brother and sister team make vegan deli offerings
TEXAS
BBQ Revolution - Austin, vegan BBQ, oh my!
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Hawkers Asian Street Fare - vegan options
Sweet Theory - vegan baked goods
Fresh Jax Food & Yoga - vegan pantry items, juices/smoothies
Southern Roots Filling Station - vegan
The Present Moment Cafe - St Augustine
Miami/Palm Beach
Choices Cafe & Choices Kitchen
Della Bowls Food Truck
Manna Life Food
Plant Food & Wine
Christopher's Kitchen, Palm Beach Garden
The Keys
The Cafe - Key West, vegan options
Sugar Apple Organic Restaurant - Key West, vegan
Date & Thyme - Key West, vegan
Mindful Mermaid Cafe - Key Largo, vegan options
Hobo Cafe - Key Largo, vegan options
CANADA
Toronto
Yam Chops - vegan butcher, Toronto
AUSTRALIA
NSW
Bakeries
Organics Only - online store, most of the Shepherd Bakehouse products are vegan/gluten free
Healthy Feast - niche bakery in Leichhardt - vegan eclairs...enough said!
Funky Pies - vegan cafe in Bondi that make vegan pies and sausage rolls, products also available
Ruby Fruit - vegan sweet treats based in the Blue Mountains available at markets, for catering
Choices - Choices Gluten Free bakery delivers and has a wide range of gluten free and vegan bakery goods (even finger buns yum yum)
Restaurants/Cafes
Green Gourmet - vegan yum cha, Newtown & St Leonards, NSW
Bodhi in the Park - vegan yum cha, CBD, NSW
Harvest - vegetarian/vegan, Rozelle, NSW
Peace Harmony - Vegetarian thai, Newtown & CBD, NSW
Govindas - Darlinghurst, NSW
Mother Chu's - CBD, NSW
Basil Pizza - Newtown, NSW
Apt Cafe - Newtown, NSW
Green Lizard Vegan & Fusion Raw Food Cafe - Kings Cross
Nourishing Quarter - Surry Hills
Badde Manor - Glebe, NSW - cafe that does vegan & glebe
Cafe Momento - Blackheath
Peace Harmony - Vegetarian thai, Newtown & CBD
Iku Wholefood - vegan take away, Sydney wide
Burgerlicious - has gluten free and vegan burgers/wraps, Kings Cross/CBD/Newtown
Yulli's - vegan restaurant, Surry Hills
Loving Hut - is international!! - go to their website for your nearest location
Sadhana Kitchen - Raw vegan restaurant (and they do cooking workshops), Newtown
Ruby Fruit - 100% vegan cafe/bakery, Leura, Blue Mountains
Lord of the Fries - Glebe- vegan burger bar
VIC
Melbourne
Lord of the Fries - Various Locations, Melbourne - vegan burger bar
Earthly Pleasures Cafe - Belgrave, VIC
Bed & Broccoli - Australia's first vegan B&B - Katandra West, VIC
Loving Hut - Richmond, VIC
WA
Perth
Paws Vegan Cafe - Perth CBD is 100% vegan had plenty of choice for gluten free. Swan Valley Cafe - an amazingly beautiful vegetarian cafe in the Swan Valley
Fremantle Markets - has a stall called Thai Vegan Cuisine
The Raw Kitchen - raw vegan restaurant, Fremantle
DVDs/Books/Magazines
Food Inc - DVD, a good look at America's food industry
Earthlings - DVD, undercover look at the animal industry - this DVD changed my life!
Skinny Bitch - book, a no nonesense guide to eating better, with a good look at what's really in food
Robin Robertson's -Vegan cookbooks & blog
Post Punk Kitchen - New York vegan chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz has a range of vegan cookbooks
Ani Phyo- books & blog for vegans who want to be raw and healthy
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer - the unbiased truth behind factory farming
Vegan Indulgence - by Sydney vegan chef Leigh Drew - yummy sweet treats
Eat to Live - Dr Joel Fuhrman
Living Vegan - Australian vegan lifestyle magazine
Laika - new vegan lifestyle magazine out which is available in print and digital
The China Study - T. Colin Campbell, PhD & Thomas M. Campbell II, MD
Recipes/Vegan blog sites
Here are some websites I've used to get vegan recipes;
Vegans Have Superpowers - my blog, has vegan/gluten free recipes and other vegan stuff
Vegan Corner - Interntional hub for all things vegan
Fat Free Vegan - a US Mum's fat free vegan recipe blog
Vegan Chef - a wesbite with many vegan recipes (youo can search by ingredient!)
Vegan Easy - recipes and what to have in the pantry
Vegan Family UK - Good for special occasion cooking
Choose Veg - has recipes and information about being vegan
Veg Web - this is where random people post their vegan recipes, so there's a lot!
Vegan Gluten Free - for those of us (moi included) who are both vegan and GF it' can be tough, but here's some blogs by fellow suffers!
Cupcake Kitteh - she has vegan bake sales and a list of eating our vegan in Sydney
Parsley Soup - vegan recipes
Cooking from 1,000 Vegan Recipes - Robin Robertson's blog (vegan mayo, yum!)
The Post Punk Kitchen - New York vegan chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipes
Manifest Vegan - Gluten free vegan recipes yay!
She's Doing a Great Job - vegan blog and recipes
Vegan Eats - New york vegan cafe owner shares his blog and recipes
Vegan Yum Yum - blog & recipes
Veggie Num Num - blog & recipes
What Do Vegans Eat? - blog & recipes
Vegan Baking - vegan baking recipes
Vegan Dad - great recipes for parents
Stuff About Stuff - blog for vegan parents
ZB's Vegan Recipes - recipes from Sydney chef Leigh Drew aka ZuckerBaby
Animal Rights Australia - free forum for Australian vegans
Veg for 30 Days - Australian nutritionist's blog (she's also a mum and does food courses)
Chef Mayra of Pura Vida just started her YouTube channel!
Vegan Societies
Australian - Veg Society
NSW - Veg Society
VIC - Veg Society
QLD - Veg Society
SA - Veg Society
WA - Veg Society being organised as we speak
ACT - Veg Society
TAS - Covered by VIC Veg Society
NT - if anyone knows of a veg soc in NT please let me know
UK - Veg Society
USA - Veg Society
General Information
Animals Australia - is Australia’s second largest and the most dynamic national animal protection organization
Animal Ingredients list – lists all animal ingredients
Animal Rights Australia - vegan blog/chat site for Aussies
Choose Cruelty Free - is an Australian organisation that lists the companies that don't test on animals. Not all of these companies are vegan - they all have codes next to the name to specify which ones are.
Animal-Free - is an app for iPhone and Android that has a list of vegan and animal ingredients
Foodditive - this very easy to use website lists the additives broken down by code and ingredients and their meanings.
Food Facts - Althought this is a US site it's great for telling you the ingredients and nutritional information about all food whether fresh, packaged or processed.
PETA - US animal rights site
Vegan Beauty Review - is a super awesome website dedicated to vegan beauty products.
Sunny road tests samples given to her by vegan companies or just stuff she's found out on her own. It's an US site but a good chunk of the companies do ship to Australia, although they can't ship nail polish. Not just cosmetics and skin care but also shoes, bags accessories etc.
Voiceless - is an independent non-profit think tank dedicated to alleviating the suffering of animals in Australia.
Why Veg - for information on veganism
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