Vegan swaps
73 vegan alternatives, with exact ratios
Butter, eggs, cheese, honey, gelatin, fish sauce, leather, wool — what to use instead, how much of it, and the one tip that makes each swap actually work.
Vegan animal glycerin
Beauty & personal care
Use vegetable glycerin — skincare, toothpaste, food.
Vegan animal-hair makeup brushes
Beauty & personal care
Use taklon synthetic brushes — foundation and powder.
Vegan bacon
Meat & poultry
Use rice-paper bacon — crispy, smoky, blts.
Vegan beef mince
Meat & poultry
Use cooked green or brown lentils — bolognese, cottage pie, tacos.
Vegan beef stock
Pantry & condiments
Use dried porcini soaking liquid + soy — stews and gravies.
Vegan beeswax
Beauty & personal care
Use candelilla wax — balms and salves.
Vegan beeswax & stearic-acid candles
Home & cleaning
Use soy wax candles — everyday.
Vegan beeswax food wraps
Home & cleaning
Use candelilla-wax wraps — direct swap.
Vegan black pudding
Meat & poultry
Use beetroot and oat black pudding — full breakfast.
Vegan boar-bristle brush
Beauty & personal care
Use plant-fibre or bamboo bristle brushes — hair.
Vegan bone china
Home & cleaning
Use porcelain — fine tableware.
Vegan bone-char refined sugar
Pantry & condiments
Use organic or unrefined cane sugar — all uses.
Vegan butter
Dairy
Use vegan block butter (naturli, flora plant, miyoko's) — baking, laminated pastry, spreading.
Vegan buttermilk
Dairy
Use soy milk + 1 tbsp lemon juice per cup — pancakes, biscuits, soda bread.
Vegan caesar dressing
Pantry & condiments
Use cashew + caper + nutritional yeast dressing — homemade classic.
Vegan carmine (e120)
Beauty & personal care
Use beetroot powder — pink and red food colour.
Vegan cat food
Pantry & condiments
Use nutritionally complete plant-based cat food with taurine (benevo, ami) — only under vet supervision.
Vegan cheese
Dairy
Use cashew-based cultured cheese — cheese boards, spreading.
Vegan chicken
Meat & poultry
Use seitan — chewy, high protein, roasts and schnitzel.
Vegan chicken stock
Pantry & condiments
Use vegetable bouillon + nutritional yeast — everyday swap.
Vegan chicken-broth instant noodles
Pantry & condiments
Use vegan ramen packs — direct swap.
Vegan cochineal-coloured drinks
Pantry & condiments
Use beetroot or hibiscus-coloured drinks — reds and pinks.
Vegan collagen supplement
Beauty & personal care
Use vitamin c + amino-acid blends — skin support.
Vegan condensed milk
Dairy
Use coconut condensed milk — fudge, tres leches, coffee.
Vegan cow's milk
Dairy
Use soy milk — highest protein — coffee, baking, savoury sauces.
Vegan cream cheese
Dairy
Use cashew cream cheese — bagels and cheesecake.
Vegan croissants
Baking
Use vegan croissants (block-butter laminated) — bakery swap.
Vegan custard
Baking
Use custard powder + plant milk — classic uk custard.
Vegan dog food
Pantry & condiments
Use complete plant-based dog food (v-dog, omni, solo vegetal) — everyday feeding.
Vegan down feathers
Fashion & materials
Use primaloft and recycled polyester fill — jackets.
Vegan duck fat
Pantry & condiments
Use refined rapeseed oil + rosemary — roast potatoes.
Vegan egg noodles
Eggs
Use rice noodles — stir-fries and soups.
Vegan eggs (in baking)
Eggs
Use flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water) — cookies, muffins, brownies.
Vegan feather duvet
Home & cleaning
Use recycled polyester duvet — affordable, washable.
Vegan fish oil (omega-3)
Beauty & personal care
Use algae oil epa/dha capsules — direct source.
Vegan fish sauce
Seafood
Use soy sauce + lime + a pinch of sugar — everyday substitute.
Vegan gelatin
Pantry & condiments
Use agar agar — firm set jellies, panna cotta.
Vegan ghee
Dairy
Use vegan ghee (coconut + sesame blend) — dal, curries, high-heat frying.
Vegan gummy sweets
Pantry & condiments
Use pectin-set gummies — direct swap.
Vegan heavy cream
Dairy
Use full-fat coconut cream — curries, desserts, whipping.
Vegan honey
Pantry & condiments
Use maple syrup — pancakes, glazes, baking.
Vegan ice cream
Dairy
Use oat-based ice cream — closest texture to dairy.
Vegan isinglass-fined beer & wine
Pantry & condiments
Use unfined or vegan-certified beer — everyday drinking.
Vegan keratin hair treatment
Beauty & personal care
Use hydrolysed soy or wheat protein — strengthening masks.
Vegan lanolin
Beauty & personal care
Use shea butter — nipple balm, dry skin.
Vegan lard
Pantry & condiments
Use vegetable shortening — pastry and pie crust.
Vegan leather
Fashion & materials
Use cactus leather (desserto) — bags and jackets.
Vegan marshmallows
Pantry & condiments
Use vegan marshmallows (dandies, freedom) — s'mores and hot chocolate.
Vegan mayonnaise
Eggs
Use aquafaba mayo — homemade, cheap, neutral.
Vegan meringue
Eggs
Use aquafaba (chickpea water) + sugar — pavlova, macarons, mousse.
Vegan milk chocolate
Pantry & condiments
Use dark chocolate 70%+ (check for milk fat) — baking and snacking.
Vegan oyster sauce
Seafood
Use mushroom stir-fry sauce — direct supermarket swap.
Vegan parmesan
Dairy
Use cashews + nutritional yeast + salt, blitzed — pasta, risotto, soups.
Vegan pâté
Meat & poultry
Use mushroom and walnut pâté — toast and canapés.
Vegan pesto
Pantry & condiments
Use nutritional yeast + cashew pesto — pasta and sandwiches.
Vegan pork scratchings
Meat & poultry
Use puffed rice paper crisps — crunchy snack.
Vegan prawns
Seafood
Use king oyster mushroom stems, scored and seared — garlic prawns, paella.
Vegan puff pastry
Baking
Use vegetable-fat puff pastry (most supermarket blocks are already vegan) — tarts, pies, sausage rolls.
Vegan ranch dressing
Pantry & condiments
Use vegan mayo + plant milk + dill + garlic — dips and salads.
Vegan royal icing
Baking
Use aquafaba royal icing — piping and flooding.
Vegan sausages
Meat & poultry
Use seitan sausages — bangers and mash, grilling.
Vegan scrambled eggs
Eggs
Use crumbled firm tofu + kala namak + turmeric — classic scramble.
Vegan shark squalene
Beauty & personal care
Use olive-derived squalane — serums and moisturisers.
Vegan shellac (confectioner's glaze)
Pantry & condiments
Use carnauba wax (e903) — shiny coatings.
Vegan silk
Fashion & materials
Use cupro (regenerated cotton linter) — linings and slip dresses.
Vegan tallow soap
Home & cleaning
Use olive oil castile soap — body and hands.
Vegan tuna
Seafood
Use mashed chickpeas + nori + vegan mayo — sandwiches and jacket potatoes.
Vegan vitamin d3 (lanolin)
Beauty & personal care
Use lichen-derived vegan d3 — same d3 form.
Vegan whey protein powder
Pantry & condiments
Use pea + rice protein blend — complete amino profile.
Vegan whipped cream
Dairy
Use chilled coconut cream + icing sugar — pies and hot chocolate.
Vegan wool
Fashion & materials
Use organic cotton — everyday knits.
Vegan worcestershire sauce
Pantry & condiments
Use vegan worcestershire (biona, annie's) — direct swap.
Vegan yogurt
Dairy
Use coconut yogurt — thick, rich, dessert-style.
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