Greggs vegan sausage rolls

[Druss]

And the meat ones are probably all the **** left over from trimming up the pork.

At the end of the day it seems like an appetising toss up between vegetable refuse/lab grown fungus and snouts/eyelids/testicles.

 

[hoppyscotty]

I had not had Greggs for years..used to have them regularly at school. With all the hullabaloo around Greggs at the moment I thought I'd re-introduce myself to them and got a sausage roll...yeah I wasn't impressed at all. Not good. I guess I've been spoiled over the years with sourcing my sausage rolls from a local butcher, not that I'm a great consumer of sausage rolls, but do enjoy them when I do. So no chance of me trying the vegan one. All I can say the Greggs Marketing team have played a blinder. Well done to them. They've created a real buzz around cheap and pretty sub par food.

I did try the vegan burger at McDonalds as everyone was raving about it, even meat eaters were saying it was as good as the meat alternatives. All I can say they must specially select people who say that because it was nothing like the meat burgers, was overly sweet, the meat had a soggy texture and was generally lacking in texture. And even less satisfying as their meat burgers.

As for meat trimmings going into sausages...well of course...thats the point. They were intended to make use of more of the animal and use up the trimmings from the better cuts of meat. Doesnt mean to say it's not good food and you cant make a good sausage that contains that. Should have a healthy dose of decent meat too. No different to having a nice rack of ribs and picking the bone and gnawing at all the stuff stuck to the bone, or gnawing at the bone of a chicken wing or thigh...thats basically the sort of tissue it is.

 

[MashBag]

This is marketing "Sell against"

The meat offering is bland like most other UPF, designed not to offend anyone & sell EleventyBillion, which results in tastes good to no-one.

Veg based one needs some food techs to make it tasty. Bingo tastes better than meat one it is an easy win... And the populace is lapping up veg anything regardless of the actual ingredients or processing.
And for them it is even cheaper to produce.

Winner winner non chicken dinner

 

[hoppyscotty]

And the populace is lapping up veg anything regardless of the actual ingredients or processing.
And for them it is even cheaper to produce.

Winner winner non chicken dinner

Well that is marketing in practice again, this time government backed..I've never tasted a veg option that is tastier than a decent meat alternative. Of course there are alot of crap meat products out there, so that is easy competition, but offer up a decent sausage/burger/steak slice option up against the best veggie or vegan option bred from slime in a laboratory test tube and not only is it in a different league in terms of flavour and texture its also healthier and not a poison to your system.

If we let the government and activists win this is the future of food in the not too distant future...well for us at least, you can bet those in charge will be tucking into a plate of proper meat and two veg:-

Support your local producers even if it costs you a bit more.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Doubt there is much meat in the sausage one.

Looks like that goes for the non vegan variety as well 20% meat

 

[Clint]

Dog food. Mind you I wouldn't feed my dogs that crap...

 

[Rodcx500z]

I worked in a bakery for 30 years, and i can say, the first time i saw the sausage mix the filling was the day i stopped eating them

 

[RichardM]

I worked in a bakery for 30 years, and i can say, the first time i saw the sausage mix the filling was the day i stopped eating them

This why I make my own sausage meat.
Pork belly, pork shoulder, minced myself, spices, herbs, salt, bread crumbs and water.

 

[fury_tea]

My wife is vegan, for ethical/environmental reasons. I eat a fair amount of vegan food because of that.

I've tried the vegan sausage rolls, they're ok I think. Taste a bit like stuffing before you put it in the oven to me.

I see that comment about "why do vegans want to eat things that taste like meat" crop up everywhere. It makes me laugh how people are so short sighted. My wife likes the taste of meat, she misses cheese and eggs etc but morally she won't eat them. But the alternatives give her a taste of something she can't have. If we're having sausage and mash as a family then we just do everything vegan apart from cooking our meat and vegan sausages separately, then we just have to cook 1 dinner instead of 2.

Personally, I think everyone should be thinking about reducing their meat intake, but that doesn't necessarily mean switching to ultra processed alternatives. They have their place for vegans/vegetarians, but lots are highly salted, more than meat versions and lots have questionable chemicals that you don't really want to eat on a regular basis. That being said, you don't have a sausage roll for the health benefits, do you? Moderation is key.

Vegan cheese though. I've tasted a few, even spent nearly £100 on a platter for her for Christmas and I couldn't stomach most of them myself. Each to their own but I couldn't see myself swapping any time soon.

That being said, I do a banging green lentil and bean spaghetti Bolognese though, it's different in texture and flavour to a meat one but that's ok. I put stuff like marmite, liquid smoke and soy sauce in to give it some umami. Also I unvegan it by putting proper cheese on.

Same with curries, we can do a really great vegan tiffin box where I personally don't miss the meat.

 

[Appleton Brews]

Why is a Vegan food using the word sausage? It a Vegan Roll. Which begs the question “How do you make a Vegan Roll”. Answers on a postcard please.

 

[Clint]

How'd you make a vegan roll?
Push him or her down a hill.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Vegan cheese though. I've tasted a few, even spent nearly £100 on a platter for her for Christmas and I couldn't stomach most of them myself.

I have tried a few vegetarian alternatives to meat but my problem is texture i have always had a problem with the texture of some non veggie food the first time i tried tofu, Quorn etc i was nearly sick.

 

[Jahfish]

My wife is vegan, for ethical/environmental reasons. I eat a fair amount of vegan food because of that.

I've tried the vegan sausage rolls, they're ok I think. Taste a bit like stuffing before you put it in the oven to me.

I see that comment about "why do vegans want to eat things that taste like meat" crop up everywhere. It makes me laugh how people are so short sighted. My wife likes the taste of meat, she misses cheese and eggs etc but morally she won't eat them. But the alternatives give her a taste of something she can't have. If we're having sausage and mash as a family then we just do everything vegan apart from cooking our meat and vegan sausages separately, then we just have to cook 1 dinner instead of 2.

Personally, I think everyone should be thinking about reducing their meat intake, but that doesn't necessarily mean switching to ultra processed alternatives. They have their place for vegans/vegetarians, but lots are highly salted, more than meat versions and lots have questionable chemicals that you don't really want to eat on a regular basis. That being said, you don't have a sausage roll for the health benefits, do you? Moderation is key.

Vegan cheese though. I've tasted a few, even spent nearly £100 on a platter for her for Christmas and I couldn't stomach most of them myself. Each to their own but I couldn't see myself swapping any time soon.

That being said, I do a banging green lentil and bean spaghetti Bolognese though, it's different in texture and flavour to a meat one but that's ok. I put stuff like marmite, liquid smoke and soy sauce in to give it some umami. Also I unvegan it by putting proper cheese on.

Same with curries, we can do a really great vegan tiffin box where I personally don't miss the meat.

Glad I'm not totally some on this. I do like the Greggs vegan sos rolls. They are quite salty though.

 

[Sozzled Sab]

My wife is vegan, for ethical/environmental reasons. I eat a fair amount of vegan food because of that.

I've tried the vegan sausage rolls, they're ok I think. Taste a bit like stuffing before you put it in the oven to me.

I see that comment about "why do vegans want to eat things that taste like meat" crop up everywhere. It makes me laugh how people are so short sighted. My wife likes the taste of meat, she misses cheese and eggs etc but morally she won't eat them. But the alternatives give her a taste of something she can't have. If we're having sausage and mash as a family then we just do everything vegan apart from cooking our meat and vegan sausages separately, then we just have to cook 1 dinner instead of 2.

Personally, I think everyone should be thinking about reducing their meat intake, but that doesn't necessarily mean switching to ultra processed alternatives. They have their place for vegans/vegetarians, but lots are highly salted, more than meat versions and lots have questionable chemicals that you don't really want to eat on a regular basis. That being said, you don't have a sausage roll for the health benefits, do you? Moderation is key.

Vegan cheese though. I've tasted a few, even spent nearly £100 on a platter for her for Christmas and I couldn't stomach most of them myself. Each to their own but I couldn't see myself swapping any time soon.

That being said, I do a banging green lentil and bean spaghetti Bolognese though, it's different in texture and flavour to a meat one but that's ok. I put stuff like marmite, liquid smoke and soy sauce in to give it some umami. Also I unvegan it by putting proper cheese on.

Same with curries, we can do a really great vegan tiffin box where I personally don't miss the meat.

Totally agree with everything you say. I'm veggie and the wife is vegan. You can make healthy nutritious and tasty vegan food at home and you know exactly what's going into it. With you on vegan cheese as well, even my dog turns it's nose up at it.
As far as greggs sausage rolls are concerned I'm not a fan either, they taste too much like the real sausage rolls that I remember.

 

[Appleton Brews]

As someone who is a meat eater, we have 2/3 veg mains per week and 2/3 seafood meals per week and if someone does not eat cheese I feel sorry for them. However being a Vegan is a choice for adults not children so they shouldn’t impose a diet like that on kids.

 

[Clint]

My Mrs doesn't eat much meat and one of my boys chooses not to eat any so we often have veg.
At the moment I'm enjoying a pork chop renaissance.

 

[Appleton Brews]

Pork in cider and sweet and sour pork are great meals.

 

[fury_tea]

As someone who is a meat eater, we have 2/3 veg mains per week and 2/3 seafood meals per week and if someone does not eat cheese I feel sorry for them. However being a Vegan is a choice for adults not children so they shouldn’t impose a diet like that on kids.

What other people feed their kids is up to them though. A vegan diet can contain most of the nutrients we need in our diets, but there's a few things like B12 that might need supplements. Vegans are usually more aware of the nutritional value of their diet than meat eaters, to avoid deficiencies. There have been a few stories about kids falling ill from eating a vegan diet that wasn't well balanced, but in the same breath childhood obesity and illnesses like type 2 diabetes are a big concern, and that's mostly among meat eating families.

I know a few parents whose kids eat chicken nuggets, fish fingers or pizza with chips every night. The kids refuse to eat anything else, apparently. My kid eats meat with me and we sometimes all have vegan food. It's always home cooked meals and I know his diet is better than a lot of his class mates. If he decides to follow his mum and eat a vegan diet when he's old enough to decide for himself that's fine but we're keeping that decision for him to make.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

However being a Vegan is a choice for adults not children so they shouldn’t impose a diet like that on kids.

And their animals.

 

[Appleton Brews]

What other people feed their kids is up to them though

No it’s not they have to ensure their children are healthy .