From meat alternatives and pasta to hard seltzers and cookies, there are so many great products to try from these AAPI-owned brands.
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’ve created this list of AAPI-owned vegan food and drink brands to support.
Love + Chew
Lauren Chew perfected the recipe for vegan, gluten-free superfood cookies made from minimal ingredients like almonds, date paste, and bananas. Packed with protein, fiber, and flavor, Love + Chew’s confections are proof that simple can be delicious. Find them now at select Costco, Sprouts, and other retail locations nationwide.
Courtesy of Love + Chew
Root Foods
Introducing our favorite veggie chips! Root Foods makes their crunchy bites out of whole vegetables that you can see! No additives, no chemicals—just sustainably farmed vegetables, a little oil, natural tapioca, and sea salt. Pick up a few bags of Root Foods at Sprouts, Mother’s Market, or Wegmans today!
Courtesy of Root Foods
Sanzo
Filipino American Sandro Roco founded Sanzo to offer clean-label, Asian-inspired sparkling waters. Each flavor is achieved using real fruit, without added sugars. So, take a break from your routine of La Croix and buy a pack of Sanzo to support this amazing AAPI-owned company.
Courtesy of Sanzo
Must Love
Co-owned by besties Hannah Hong and Mollie Cha, Must Love crafts one of the hardest-to-find s’mores ingredients—vegan graham crackers. These crunchy plant-based bites are sweetened naturally with dates, making them a great low-sugar graham cracker alternative as well.
Courtesy of Must Love
Hodo
Vietnamese American Minh Tsai started selling products at a farmers market in the Bay Area over 15 years ago. Now, he’s the owner of one of the fastest-growing companies in the plant protein category, the brand responsible for crafting Chipotle’s beloved Sofritas! In addition to its foodservice presence, Hodo offers a plethora of soy-based retail products—including their oh-so-convenient All-Day Egg Scramble.
Courtesy of Hodo
Jack & Friends
With a background in food science, Jack & Friends founder Jessica Kwong created a vegan jerky recipe that checks off all of the boxes. Featuring a jackfruit and pea protein base, this vegan jerky is free of the top eight allergens and made without any added sugars.
Courtesy of Jack & Friends
Coconut Whisk
Baking is so much easier with Coconut Whisk’s vegan, gluten-free baking mixes. Pancakes, waffles, chocolate chip cookies, and snickerdoodle cookies are a few of the goodies you can whip up! Since the company was founded by college students Bella Lam and Myles Olson, there are a handful of dorm-friendly vegan mug cake mixes as well.
Courtesy of Coconut Whisk
Green Mustache
Introducing the vegan, gluten-free version of Goldfish! Green Mustache’s “Cheddarish” Mustache Munchies are perfect for kids’ lunches, after-school snacks, and road trip noms. Oh, and did we mention they’re shaped like mustaches? So cute!
Courtesy of Green Mustache
The Herbivorous Butcher
The Herbivorous Butcher is the ultimate destination for all your vegan deli meat and cheese needs. In addition to its brick-and-mortar in Minneapolis, The Herbivorous Butcher sells products in local markets across the country and via nationwide shipping on its website. Load up your cart with flank steak, roast beef, Korean BBQ ribs, cheddar, mozzarella, and whatever else suits your fancy.
Courtesy of The Herbivorous Butcher
BOBABAM
Save yourself the time, coin, and hassle of going out for boba, and make some at home! While some boba pearls are made with non-vegan ingredients like honey or gelatin, BOBABAM’s Taiwanese instant boba is 100% vegan! Choose from Brown Sugar, Coffee, Matcha, Milk Tea, Mango, Strawberry, and Taro flavors—and get ready for a flavor-bursting beverage addition.
Courtesy of BOBABAM
Jinka
Jinka’s plant-based seafood products are tasty, convenient, and loaded with protein and Omega-3s! Their products include Original, Spicy, and Lemon & Dill Plant-Based Tuna as well as Plant-Based Calamari and Crab Poppers.
Courtesy of Jinka
Immi
Instant ramen just got fancier, cooler, and more nutritious! Immi’s line of vegan instant ramen flavors is low in carbs, high in protein, and packed with flavor. In flavors such as Roasted “Pork” Tonkatsu,, Spicy “Beef,” Tom Yum “Shrimp,” and Black Garlic “Chicken,” these noods give us life!
Courtesy of Immi
Fila Manila
Filipino American Jake Deleon created Fila Manila to showcase his parents’ recipes. The line of vegan, gluten-free Filipino sauces and condiments range from Adobo and Kare-Kare to Banana Ketchup and Ube Spread.
Courtesy of Fila Manila
Mekhala
Inspired to create simple and accessible plant-based foods, Daphne Hedley and Jang Bauerle founded Mekhala. The vegan food brand offers a range of Southeast Asian, East Asian, Indian, and Thai cooking pastes, dressings, sauces, and meal starter kits. Everything is organic, all-natural, plant-based, gluten-free, and nut-free.
Courtesy of Mekhala
nutpods
Want your morning cup of coffee to taste like coffee cake, cookie butter, or pistachio? With a wide range of vegan coffee creamer flavors in sweetened and unsweetened varieties, nutpods has everything you need to make your flavored coffee dreams come true.
Courtesy of nutpods
The Only Bean
It’s no secret that beans are good for you! But who said you had to eat them straight up? The Only Bean makes Organic Bean Pasta and Crunchy Roasted Edamame Bean Snacks from organic, non-GMO beans. Whether you need noodles to make spaghetti and vegan meatballs or are looking for a travel-friendly vegan snack, The Only Bean has a product for you.
Courtesy of The Only Bean
Spread The Love
It’s peanut butter jelly time! Co-founded by Filipina immigrant Val Fishbain, Spread The Love sells drool-worthy vegan, palm oil-free nut butter and jam spreads that will take your sandwiches to the next level.
Courtesy of Spread The Love
Nectar
Step aside, White Claw! AAPI-owned Nectar is a hard seltzer brand with Asian-inspired flavors. Whatever flavor you choose—Asian Pear, Yuzu, Lychee, Li Hing Pineapple, to name a few—each can contains 0g of sugar, 1g of carbs, and 90 calories. Best of all, there’s no weird aftertaste!
Courtesy of Nectar
gimme Seaweed
Snacking is more fun when seaweed is involved! South Korea native Annie Chun has introduced America to one of the best healthy snacks on the market—seaweed snacks! With a full serving of vegetables per 10g and vitamins such as B12 and K, gimme Seaweed’s organic, non-GMO seaweed snacks and nori sheets are nutritious, sustainable, and oh-so-savory.
Courtesy of gimme Seaweed
OmniFoods
OmniFoods has taken the world by storm with its line of plant-based pork products, making it easy to veganize traditional AAPI dishes like Spam musubis and bao buns. In addition, OmniFoods offers a portfolio of vegan seafood alternatives and appetizers like potstickers and spring rolls.
Photo by Allie Mitchell
SPIRIT Almond
What’s crunchy, flavorful, and travel-friendly? SPIRIT Almond’s vegan snacking nuts! One pack contains 7g of protein, 3g of fiber, 14g of healthy fats, and over 20 antioxidants. Choose from the Japanese-inspired flavors of Black Garlic, Koji Salt, Mustard, Curry, Miso, and Seaweed.
Courtesy of SPIRIT Almond
Free AF
To save the time and hassle of making an alcohol-free beverage from scratch, order Free AF’s pre-made canned mocktails! The AAPI-owned brand’s portfolio includes all of the classics—Aperol Spritz, Vodka Spritz, Paloma, and Cuba Libre. Each variety is vegan, gluten-free, all-natural, and low in sugar and calories.
Courtesy of Free AF
Hot Jiang
Hot Jiang has all the elements of a brand we love—spicy vegan products, great branding, and owned by an epic female entrepreneur! Their portfolio of chili oils, inspired by authentic Chinese flavors from Kunming, Yunnan, are the perfect addition to your next bowl of noods.
Courtesy of Hot Jiang
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