Monday 28 June 2010

Brazilian vegan products

Since we have arrived in my city, Belo Horizonte, I've been buying a lot of vegan products. Some of those I tried when I lived here, others are new ones. It's great to see how vegetarianism and veganism are becoming more known in Brazil. It's a slow process but it's working. Yesterday I went to a health fair and all the food there was vegetarian or vegan (I will blog about in the next days).

Here there is a small list of some of the stuff I bought:

1. Biscuits/cookies: I love them and Brazil has some good options. My favorite one is not exactly a biscuit but I love it: Goiabinha. It has "goiabada" (one kind of sweet done with sugar and guava) inside and it's really delicious.




2. Naturis soja: soya chocolate pudding.


3. Guarana with açaí: Guaraná Antartica is a national soda made with the fruit guaraná. It's really good and I miss it (Matteo bought a big bottle of Guaraná Antartica in Dublin, at the Brazilian store, but it was out of gas and it was too much expensive, so we just gave up on trying to have it there). And now there is this new option, with açaí (if you're not Brazilian, you know the fruit as "acai" but it is written with the "ç" and it sounds like "assai" - something like that). It's amazing. I could drink it everyday.



4. Batata palha temperada: this is a kind of potato chips in strips, very crisp and tasty. This one has also onion and parsley and it's perfect with a lot of sandwiches. I really miss it.

5. Shampoo and conditioner Ecologie: this company is very good and does not test on animals. I choosed the products made with pomegranate and wheat protein and they're really awesome.


I'll have more products to post in the next days.

PS. It's winter here and I'm enjoying amazing sunny days with 20°C. Today it's colder, so it's 13
°C.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

ainda não tinha visto esse pudim da batavo! vou procurar :D

Maria. said...

Eu sempre tive muita dificuldade para ler rótulos e descobrir se era ou não vegan. Aqui é mais prático, pois vem com o "V" na embalagem! Eu trouxe Guaraná Antartica para minhas crianças experimentarem e eles não gostaram! --'

All about... (vegan) food said...

Procura ele sim porque é uma delícia!

Maria, eu também fico muito incomodada com essa questão das embalagens aqui, até já postei sobre isso. Não sei como está ou ficou a proposta de lei para melhorar essa questão, mas espero que seja aprovada pois ajuda muito na hora das compras.

Bianca said...

Mmm...I bet those potato sticks are yummy! We have something like that here called Shoestring Fries, and they come in a can. So, so good. I haven't had them in years.

Anonymous said...

Oi Glauce, aqui é a Juliana que era do Infect, seu blog tá bem legal, tá na minha lista de feeds faz um tempinho!

To com um blog sobre cosméticos cruelty-free, dá uma olhada qdo puder:
http://crueltyfreemakeup.wordpress.com

Bjo
Juliana

Clarissa said...

Esse pudim é novo? Ou é só a embalagem que mudou?
Meus pais trouxeram um monte de goiabinha também pra mim, adoro!! <3
Essa batata com ervas sempre foi vegan? Eu lembro de ter leite, mas vai ver que era outra marca...

All about... (vegan) food said...

É o mesmo, só mudou a embalagem.
Essa batata sempre foi vegan, mas acho que é a única mesmo, as outras que eu já tinha olhado quando morava aqui não eram, mas a gente comprava dela antes também. Uma delícia, até com miojo :P

Clarissa said...

Miojo rules!
Ontem mesmo eu pensei que nunca mais comi miojo, desde que vim pra cá. hehe. Mas eu gosto de cozinhar o miojão por uns 20 minutos~!! hahaha

All about... (vegan) food said...

Eu cozinho até também e gosto dele sem caldinho! Vou levar um pra você então! =D

Carissa said...

What a nice blog :) You are so lucky to be able to find so many vegan products! I wish we had more choices here. I am following your blog now, check mine out too when you can!

Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...

Ooh, I want those biscuits!

Juliana said...

esse pudim da batavo eu nunca vi pra vender :/

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