Available frozen, the four savouries – a saag aloo slice, a chickpea roll, a vegan sausage roll and a spicy chickpea and kale pithiver – are designed to help caterers tap into the vegan food-to-go market.
The vegan saag aloo is an Asian-inspired lattice puff pastry slice generously filled with potatoes, onions, spinach and a spiced mango chutney and finished with an authentic tikka sauce.
The vegan spiced chickpea roll is a puff pastry filled with chickpeas blended with sweet potato, red peppers, onion and tomato, seasoned with a blend of Moroccan-style spices and kibbled chilli and topped with smoky paprika.
The vegan sausage roll is a filling of onion, wheat protein, garlic and mushrooms, seasoned with rosemary, thyme and oregano, wrapped in golden flaky puff pastry and lightly topped with parsley.
The vegan spicy chickpea and kale pithiver is a round, enclosed, puff pastry pie filled with sweet potato, kale and chickpeas enrobed in a spicy tomato-based sauce. Seasoned with garlic, cumin, cinnamon, coriander and apricots and lightly topped with parsley.
Paul Maxwell, trade-marketing manager at ARYTZA and a vegan for 24 years, said: “Insight from the Vegan society recently highlighted veganism – alongside gluten free- as the most difficult diets that sites have to cater for, so we realise there are many sites which are still unsure of how to satisfy vegan diners.
“Put simply, the vegan requirement is not all that different from that of meat eaters. Whether you’re one of 3.5 million UK vegans, 7 million vegetarians, or the growing number of flexitarians, the only requirement, apart from being free from animal ingredients, is something that tastes great!
“These new vegan bakes are so delicious and simple to prepare that they remove the had work at the very outset. All that’s left for caterers to do is profit from innovative bakes with ingredient combinations that will appeal to anyone – meat eaters included – looking for new and exciting flavours."