Meat-free sausage roll explained
A meat-free sausage roll (also known as a vegetarian sausage roll or vegan sausage roll) is a savoury pastry snack that contains a non-meat filling. The snack is an alternative to the conventional sausage roll that generally contains pork or beef. Meat-free sausage rolls are sold at retail outlets and are also available from bakeries as a take-away food.
Composition
The basic composition of a meat-free sausage roll is sheets of puff pastry formed into tubes around a meat substitute filling, before being baked.
Linda McCartney Foods produce meat-free sausage rolls based on soya.[1] [2]
In the UK in 2019, the bakery chain Greggs launched a meat-free sausage roll[3] [4] made using the mycoprotein mixture Quorn.[5] It became one of the company's five best-selling products, and contributed to a 50% increase in their profits.[6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Vegetarian Sausage Rolls . lindamccartneyfoods.co.uk . 28 May 2020.
- Web site: New Vegan-friendly Releases From Linda McCartney Vegan Life Magazine . 13 February 2017.
- News: Greggs vegan sausage rolls: Londoners split on 'insanely popular' pastry as some stores in capital sell out . London Evening Standard . 3 January 2019 . 8 January 2019.
- News: Zoe . Williams . Half-baked: what Greggs' vegan sausage roll says about Brexit Britain . The Guardian . 7 January 2019 . 8 January 2019.
- News: correspondent . Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs . How Quorn makes the filling for Greggs' vegan sausage rolls . 21 May 2019 . The Guardian . 17 May 2019.
- News: Godwin . Richard . The vegan halo: how plant-based products are transforming British brands . 9 September 2019 . the Guardian . 3 September 2019 . en.
