Vegan Food Essentials (India)

Going grocery shopping for the first time as a vegan can seem like a daunting task. Luckily, you don’t have to compromise on a lot, as vegan products and alternatives are now widely available in India. Here is a list of vegan food essentials that will help you transition with ease.

Basics

These vegan staples are also prevalent in a non-vegan diet, and are easy to find and cook. Most Indian dishes are already vegan, or can easily be made vegan with a few substitutions.

Tofu

Bread

Dry Pasta

Rice

Beans and lentils

Oats and grains

Seeds and nuts

Dry fruits

Plant Milks

Plant-based milks are better for your health and the environment, and are available with a variety of options like soy, oat, almond, hemp, etc. They have the same texture and are easy dairy milk replacements.

Sofit

Epigamia

Borges

Goodmylk

So Good

SoyFit

Natura by Borges

Oat Wow by Urban Platter

Butters and Ghee

These vegan ghees and butters have the same consistency and taste as dairy products and can be used as substitutes in both cooking and baking.

Emkay

Rare earth

Goodmylk

Hearth to hearth

Curds and Yoghurts

You don’t have to give up on these delightful treats when you go vegan. Moreover, plant-based yoghurts are much healthier than dairy yoghurts and are easily available with major brands.

Goodmylk

Peanut Curd

Epigamia Yogurt

Axia foods cashew yogurt

Chetrans Curd

Egg Substitutes

Have you ever tried a vegan omelette? Well, now you can. Egg substitutes from these brands look and taste just like eggs and will be a great addition to your shopping list.

Evo Foods

Plantmade

Meat Alternatives

Quite a few brands offer amazing mock meats made from soy. They also have ready-to-eat curries and biryanis, along with mock fish substitutes.

Good Dot

Mister Veg

Vezlay

Soya Chaap

Soy Chunks

Cheese and Nooch

Cheese is always a hard obstacle when transitioning to veganism, but now there are plenty of vegan cheese alternatives available, and the market is only growing. Along with that, nutritional yeast is a great and healthy cheese alternative.

Katharos

Live Yum

Violife

UP

Mystic Foods

Vegan Sweets

Our list of vegan food essentials in India would not be complete without sweets, so we also have vegan alternatives for that. These are a few places where you can find vegan sweets.

Vijay sweets

Zoipreet

Cherry on Top

My Pure Path

Kadhali

Back to the Basics

Bakeart

JustBe

Grainny’s

Dessert Safari

Rare Earth

Haldiram’s

Mayonnaise and Spreads

• Better spreads
• Chetrans mayonnaise
• Goodmylk mayonnaise
• Urban Platter vegan mayonnaise
• Funfoods by Dr. Oetker’s Vegan Mayonnaise

Ice creams and Chocolate

Sigalitis

Pipper Leaf

Vegan Mylk

Pascati

Mason and Co.

Zevic

Earth Loaf

Pacari

Indah

Daarzel

Jus Trufs

Lindt

Schmitten

Morde

Ice Cream

Vegan Bites

Brooklyn Creamery

Vegan Hearts

Nomou

Papacream

White Cub

Don’t forget to check out our Accidentally Vegan Products List in India for more food you can buy as a vegan.