Bettafish sandwiches are sold in Aldi in Germany, Denmark and Switzerland. So why not here? Considering that many other sandwiches go to waste as more people eat plant-based, it’s a mystery why supermarkets especially don’t stock more vegan options for people who want them. Nearly all the major supermarkets stock one or less vegan options, and even those tend to have palm oil (which most vegans won’t eat).
You can now easily recycle plastic food packaging (bar clingfilm) at kerbside or supermarket bag bins.
Rather than buy ready-made sandwiches, make your own with good bread, palm-oil-free vegan butter and favourite fillings. Read how to wrap sandwiches, without clingfilm.
Before making, read up on keeping people & pets safe in the kitchen. Don’t feed leftover sandwiches to garden birds or wildfowl due to stale/crusty/mouldy bread, salt and fat (which smears on feathers, affecting waterproofing and insulation).
Ready-made sandwiches are not ideal. But if you’re in a fix and you’re hungry for some ‘proper food’ (over a bag of crisps) then as supermarkets have almost obliterated local delis and sandwich bars, they have responsibility to add least offer something suitable.
M & S offer a few good choices, but too expensive for most people. Their ‘no-salt beef sandwich’ (a take on the Reuben) is delicious but extremely expensive for what it is.
And although Costa has unveiled a huge range of new vegan sandwiches, it does not say if it’s removed palm oil (the older items contain it).
Sainsbury’s offers a good VLT sandwich (made with La Vie bacon) and Aldi offers a good no-prawn sandwich, but they are not sold in all branches.
These vegan sandwiches in compostable packaging are sold in many Brighton shops.
Don’t eat chicken? Fed up with visiting the sandwich shop or supermarket for a quick bite to eat, and find that all there is a harissa wrap with hummus? Then ask them to stock THIS vegan chicken sandwiches and vegan chicken & bacon salad bowls. Supermarkets are about choice, so they should respect your choice, if you choose not to eat chicken!
Most items in this range are made from a blend of soy (not from Brazil) and pea protein, fortified with iron and vitamin B12 and (unlike real bacon say) is free from nitrates, which has been linked to cancer.
