Vegan Chicken Options to Eat Instead of Birds
Chickens are arguably the most abused animals on the planet. A PETA exposé of Australia’s largest chicken producer – which slaughters around 35% of chickens raised for meat in Australia, including Steggles and Lilydale “free-range” birds – found widespread cruelty in its breeding facility and abattoir.
Thankfully, there are more and more vegan chicken options showing up in supermarkets nationwide. Whether you’re craving “wings”, nuggets, or a patty, these vegan versions will tickle your taste buds – without any of the cruelty.
Vegie Delights
Available at Coles and Woolworths.
- Tender Fillets
- Chick’n Style Slices
- Tender Crumbed Schnitzel
- Crispy Chicken-Style Burgers.
Fry’s
Available at Coles and Woolworths.
- Golden Crumbed Schnitzels
- Chicken-Style Nuggets
Quorn
Available at Coles and Woolworths.
- Meatless Fillets
- Vegan Schnitzels
- Meatless Nuggets
Sunfed Chicken Free Chicken
Available at Coles
The Vegan Factor
Available at Woolworths.
- Chickenee Strips
- Chickenee Pieces (with pesto sauce)
Tofurky
Available at Woolworths.
- Plant-Based Chick’n
- Deli Slices
Gardein
Some Available at Coles and Woolworths, all at The Cruelty Free Shop.
- Crispy Chick’n patties
- Seven Grain Crispy Tenders
- Sweet and Tangy Barbecue Wings
- Mandarin Orange Crispy Chick’n
Eaty
Available at Coles and The Cruelty Free Shop.
- Sticky Teriyaki
- Peanut-Free Satay
- Thai Green Curry
Coco & Lucas
Available at Coles.
- Butter chickenless & basmati rice
- Chickenless rendang & jasmine rice
Lamyong
Available at Asian supermarkets and The Cruelty Free Shop.
- Vegan Salted Crispy Chicken
- Vegetarian drumstick
- Vegetarian fried chicken
- Vegetarian plain chicken.
Suzy Spoon’s
- Shredded Seitan
- Seiten Fillets
- Classic Schnitzel
Unreal Co
Available at Woolworths.
- Fried Chick’n Pieces
- Chick’n Nuggets
- Chick’n Schnitzel
- Chick’n Burger
Herb & Sons
Available at Coles.
- Chicken-Free Nuggets
- Chicken-Free Schnitzels.
With such a huge variety of vegan chicken options available, why would anyone want to kill and eat these inquisitive, intelligent animals? In nature, chickens form friendships and social hierarchies, recognise one another, love and care for their young, and enjoy taking dust baths and making nests. Those raised for their flesh are denied opportunities for expressing these natural types of behaviour and subjected to a great deal of unnecessary suffering.
If we can live happily and healthily without harming chickens, why wouldn’t we?
