VegNews published its 2026 guide to store-bought vegan Thanksgiving roasts on 2 November, with writer Tanya Flink naming eight pre-prepared centerpieces in a list that also carries five homemade recipes. The picks run from a roast in commercial production since 1995 to one brand's first turkey-style centerpiece, which its own US product page listed as sold out when checked on 12 November 2026.
The outlet's headline says its team tried every store-bought option on the list. The eight entries cover roasts from brands that have sold holiday mains for years, products sold through specialist retailers, a meal-kit menu with a fixed delivery window, and roasts sold by preorder. The list does not carry prices.
The long-running brands
Tofurky, founded in 1979, began commercial production of its Holiday Roast in 1995. The roast is made from wheat and tofu and filled with wild rice and breadcrumb stuffing. The guide also points to the Plant-Based Holiday Feast, which pairs the roast with stuffing, gravy and a vegan brownie, and to a seasonal Ham Roast with Amber Ale Glaze.
Gardein's traditional Turk'y Roast is listed as large enough to serve eight. It comes with a cranberry, wild rice and kale stuffing and a homestyle gravy.
Field Roast appears three times. The Celebration Roast is made with sage, garlic and bread stuffing, and comes with a porcini mushroom gravy. The Sage and Garlic roast is built on butternut squash, onions and lentils. The Hazelnut and Cranberry roast is stuffed with rosemary, candied ginger and sausage stuffing, and encased in puff pastry. Flink writes that all three freeze well.
The 2026 selection is not a reprint of earlier guides. VegOut's own roundup of plant-based roasts for the holiday table, published in 2024, covered a different set of products, and the VegNews list includes a roast that did not exist then.
Specialist, soy-free and delivery options
Vegetarian Plus makes a whole vegan turkey that the guide describes as looking like the traditional centerpiece, down to a golden crisp outer skin, with stuffing and gravy included in the box. VegNews says it is not sold by mainstream grocery stores and directs readers to specialist retailers including Fake Meats and Vegan Essentials.
Big Mountain Foods makes a soy-free roast from a blend of fava bean tofu and pea protein, stuffed with vegetables, herbs and cranberries and sold with a mushroom gravy. It is listed as big enough to feed six, and Flink writes that it suits people with soy and gluten allergies. The guide places it in Whole Foods Market stores across the country; that is the outlet's reporting rather than a listing confirmed on the brand's own page.
Purple Carrot takes a different route. The meal-kit company's plant-based Thanksgiving menu is available to order for delivery between 16 and 23 November, according to VegNews, with Stuffing Roasts with Gravy as the main item. Those are made with cremini mushrooms, seitan and herbs. The same menu includes Cranberry Chipotle Relish, Lemon-Pecan Brussels Sprouts and Pumpkin-Cranberry Crisp.
The Herbivorous Butcher sells a 2.5-pound Stuffed Turkey Roast by preorder, alongside Maple Bacon, Cranberry Brie, White Cheddar Sauce and All-American Breakfast Sausage. The guide tells readers to place preorders as early as possible.
For cooks starting from scratch, the second half of the list sets out five recipes: a butternut squash stuffed with wild rice, mushrooms, glazed onions, roasted red peppers and spinach; a roast made with vegan beef grounds and a cranberry walnut stuffing; a whole cauliflower roasted in garlicky herbed oil; a herbed vegetable roast with garlic mashed potatoes; and a roasted sweet basil squash. Flink writes that those are generally for the patient and adventurous cook.
The new roast, and the one that is missing
Juicy Marbles, known for plant-based steaks and tenderloins, has added a turkey-style centerpiece called Granny's Roast, new for 2026. The company's US product page lists it at $29.99 for 21.2 oz (600 g), serving four, with 28 g of protein per serving and cooking instructions of 390°F for 25 to 30 minutes. It is labeled a Limited Edition.
That page showed the roast as out of stock when checked on 12 November 2026. The schema.org availability was set to OutOfStock, the page displayed "Out of stock" and the purchase button read "Sold out". VegNews, writing on 2 November, said the roast was available for preorder directly from the Juicy Marbles website. Shoppers planning a table around it should treat the product page as the live record of what can be ordered.
Co-founder Luka Sinček told VegNews why the brand built it. "Our customers go crazy for our beef-style 'Whole-Cut Loin' during the holidays for this reason," he said. "It gives them a realistic cut to satisfy their skeptical relatives, while bringing that 'big meat energy' we all want at the center of the table. So, once we cracked the 'Gobble-ish' flavor, we couldn't wait to release it for the 2026 holiday season."
One perennial name is absent from the 2026 list. VegNews writes that shoppers may be facing another year without the Trader Joe's Breaded Turkeyless Stuffed Roast. VegOut tracks vegan holiday products at Trader Joe's separately. Of the eight store-bought roasts named by VegNews, only the Juicy Marbles page was rechecked directly for this piece; the retailer and delivery details for the rest are as the outlet published them on 2 November.
