Whether you’ve gone vegan for January or for life, you’ll want to know what you can swap for flesh in your sandwiches, curries and salads.

Instead of meat and fish you’ll want to opt for decent high-protein alternatives in your weekly supermarket shop.

From tofu to vegan burgers, vegan sausages, and Quorn’s new vegan pieces, there are plenty of meat alternatives around.


Or if you’re going for an unprocessed or raw approach, you’ll want to stock up on specific beans, grains and pulses.

We’ve compiled a list of high-protein foods with the help of Veganuary to help you on your way.



Vegan ‘meats’ and substitutes

Fry’s Traditional Burgers, £3.15, Ocado

15.8g protein per 100g.

Linda McCartney sausages, £1.95 for six, Tesco or Sainsbury’s

22.5g protein per 100g – that’s more than chicken breast which has 20g.

Quorn Frozen Vegan Pieces, £2.49, Ocado

16g protein per 100g. Original Quorn products contain egg but these are fully vegan.

Fry’s Meat Free Mince, £3.15, Ocado

17g protein per 100g.

Linda McCartney Mushroom & Spinach Burgers, £1.75, Tesco and Waitrose

8g protein per 100g.

Cauldron Tofu, £1.50, Tesco

12.6g protein per 100g.

VBites VegiDeli Sage and Onion Slices, £1.37, Morrisons

21.3g protein per 100g. There’s tons of VBites VegiDeli products on Ocado, in Whole Foods, and in the fridge section of Holland & Barrett, too.

High-protein whole foods

Green split peas, 70p, Tesco for example

8.3g protein per 100g.

18.8g protein per 100g. You’ll find dried and tinned chickpeas in almost every supermarket and corner shop.

Green lentils, £1.15 for 500g, Tesco

8.8g protein per 100g.

Black beans, £1.75, Sous Chef

19g protein per 100g. One of the best beans in terms of high protein content. Pinto, black eyed and kidney beans are also good choices.

4.4g protein per 100g.

Shelled Hemp (Linwoods), £7.49, Holland & Barrett

35g protein per 100g.

Edamame beans, £2, Tesco

11g protein per 100g.

You can get an abundance more options in-store at Whole Foods (nine branches in the UK) and Holland & Barrett.

Products on out list are available from major grocery stores in the UK and for those who do food shopping online.

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