A meat-free sausage roll (also known as a vegetarian sausage roll or vegan sausage roll) is a savoury pastry snack that contains a non-meat filling. The snack is an alternative to the conventional sausage roll that generally contains pork or beef. Meat-free sausage rolls are sold at retail outlets and are also available from bakeries as a take-away food.
The basic composition of a meat-free sausage roll is sheets of puff pastry formed into tubes around a meat substitute filling, before being baked. Common meat substitutes used to create the meatless sausage in a meat-free sausage roll include pea protein, mushrooms, soy products, lentils, quinoa, and beans. [1]
Linda McCartney Foods produce meat-free sausage rolls based on soya. [2] [3]
In the UK in 2019, the bakery chain Greggs launched a meat-free sausage roll [4] [5] made using the mycoprotein mixture Quorn. [6] It became one of the company's five best-selling products, and contributed to a 50% increase in their profits. [7]
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