What to give vegan at foodbank?

Pewmouse

Veganism is a moral choice, it's my choice and I would always support others. Vegan friendly items:


Jammy dodgers
Oreos
Dry pasta - as long as it doesn't state egg pasta on the packet and sometimes lasagne sheets are
Tomato based pasta sauce in jars
Canned lentils
Canned beans
Grains other than rice if they like them?
Linda McCartney sausages if you have use of a freezer
Some Quorn products (some contain egg)
Alpro desserts (they have long life ones)
Almond/Soya milk
Tofu + flavours and seasoning
Noodles (not egg ones)
Moser Roth dark chocolate from Aldi
New recipe dark choc digestives from Aldi but check packet as the recipe recently changed and old stock is no good
Mayola (can get in Tesco free from)
Pretty much any bread that is not brioche is ok


Lots and lots of products are accidentally vegan


Sainsbury's are the best supermarket for pre-made vegan choices.

Pewmouse

Forgot to add, I recently found dried falafel mix and dried soya mince in packets in Sainsbury's. These would be great store cupboard items for food banks to give to Vegans.

K9sandFelines

Pewmouse wrote: »

Forgot to add, I recently found dried falafel mix and dried soya mince in packets in Sainsbury's. These would be great store cupboard items for food banks to give to Vegans.

Yes I second this, the Granose mixes are available in most stores and they have. variety of falafel, sausage mix, burger mix, savoury mince and bolognese.

Chickpeas either dried or tinned can be made into a multitude of things, houmous for sandwiches and curries aswell as falafel. Lentils, dried preferably, for deal or bolognese. Pasta and couscous.

Maybe oatly cream or alpro, being as the client can't have tomatoes ; they may be able to make a base for a sauce from this.

Rice cakes or oatcakes could be ate instead of bread.

Agave nectar, rice syrup, date nectar, peanut butter, jam, marmalade.

The odd treat Mr Kipling Treacle tart is vegan, Foxs dark chocolate chip chunky cookies, Euroshopper cookies, Skittles (could be a tiny bag), rocky rice from
Pound shops are like crispy bars the chocolate orange is definitely vegan.

Maybe some vegan toiletries or cleaning? All Co-op own and most of Sainsburys are vegan friendly and cruelty free. Most supermarkets and pound shops sell Original source for a pound. Astonish and Easy do cleaning and laundry supplies too.

I will add more when it comes to me.

theoretica

suki1964 wrote: »

Seriously, if I was hungry enough to need a food bank, I'd even eat pease pudding

I find pease pudding makes a much nicer soup than many pea soups I have tried - just add water, a bit of salt and herbs. It was one of my first thoughts for this question.

Caterina

I volunteer at a food bank and some of the people who come to us do not actually have a kitchen, might live in a hostel with limited resources or in very difficult housing circumstances. Some have mental or physical issues that make it difficult for them to actually cook from scratch. So tins and easily reheatable food are very important items for people in these circumstances.

I am really glad to read that so many feel that it is in fact important to respect the wishes of the people who come to the food banks in need of food. It is hard enough to be in those hardship circumstances without being preached to about what one should or should not be eating.

And I can guarantee that the food bank client who takes advantage is virtually inexistent. Most are sad, destitute and acutely embarrassed to be forced to rely on food banks and it takes the volunteers a lot of compassionate work to put those people, entire families sometimes, at ease. The people who take the mickey about food banks are a myth and an invention of the tabloids.

Sunflower1227

Nutritional yeast is available in some Asda stores, last time I paid about £2.50 HTHs

Pewmouse

Had a little think and came up with a couple more items:


Aldi have started selling Pulsin' bars in different flavours and they are handy snack items.
Sainsbury's do some great things in their free from section, not all is vegan though but it 's clearly marked so easier to pick out if you are not vegan yourself.
Vitalite spread for toast.
Bisto original (Original only and must be proper bisto) is surprisingly vegan!
Aldi snackrite sweet chilli bites.
Tinned beans - good with a jacket spud.
Marmite, its good for vegans as it's fortified.
Cheap garlic bread - usually the supermarket own brands are ok. More expensive ones tend to contain dairy.
Aldi soupreme chunky veg soup.
Amy's kitchen veg barley, chilli and lentil soup in cans.
Asda sell canned veg chilli, meat free bolognaise, chickpea dahl, 3 bean soup.


The vegan womble is a great source of info can't post link I'm afraid as I'm too new.

Doom_and_Gloom

Gintotmelinda wrote: »

Hi all


Help needed at foodbank please. We have clients who are vegan and don't seem to cook a lot from scratch. Also are allergic to tomatoes and don't eat rice. We are struggling to provide.


Do vegans eat bread? Are there any biscuits that are vegan?


Thanks for any suggestions.


Gintot

As a vegan I can't imagine how it is possible to not really cook from scratch. I knew before I went vegan but veganism made it essential. Then again went I went vegan soya milk was the only alternative in supermarkets and predominantly Alpro at that.

Anyway the biggest problem you face is no tomatoes. That means tinned spaghetti and baked beans are out. However tinned beans and lentils just in water are perfectly fine or packet lentils/beans but you have to cook those. Tinned potatoes, basically all tinned vegetables should be fine. 100% wheat pastas of any kind, udon noodles and soba noodles are all vegan.
Oats with sultanas and a vegan milk (soya, oat, rice, coconut, almond, hazelnut etc) is perfect breakfast food.
Most bread is indeed vegan. Cream crackers are which people are usually suprised about.
Sainsbury light ginger biscuits are vegan and cheap too.

I find the easiest place to shop as a vegan is Mr S as they're good at labelling things as such so that is why I keep saying Sainsbury . You could use mysupermarket and click on the lifestyle and dietary part and click vegan for the store of choice. Usually it is correct. I know online you can find lists for what is vegan in stores but be careful as they aren't always up to date.

Oh braised tofu in tin is brilliant, I get it from Holland and Barrett. Mash the braised tofu up with some vegan mayo and tinned sweetcorn you have a good sandwich or wrap filling. Though I also put chopped cucumber and onion in that it works well without. For an even cheaper version of this I have used chickpeas instead of the tofu. Still good.

OneLeggedPig

PasturesNew wrote: »

Give them peas and tell them to think themselves lucky they've got anything. Nobody in Belsen turned away food and said "No thanks, I'm vegan".

You think Belsen is a good standard to set ourselves? People who are poor don't get to make moral choices?


OP most bread is vegan. Potatoes, oats for porridge, lentils, cans of beans, bagels, fruit if possible, bags of pasta, couscous, peanut butter, jam, dried fruit.

Gintotmelinda

Hi all


Thanks for contributing-some good ideas here. Much appreciated.


Gintot