Plant power: Eight vegan meals put to the taste test

World Vegan Day on Friday celebrates animal-free food and clothing. While researching vegan options in Cork city, the wide variety on offer — cappuccinos, lattés and hot chocolates, milk substitutes such as oat, coconut, and soya alternatives — suggests huge demand.

There is a difference on menus and supermarket shelves since our first vegan survey last January, when I was hard pushed to find more than eight that tasted well. Some supermarkets have failed to embrace the concept in any interesting way, so if a dish wasn’t clearly labelled vegan, we didn’t buy it.