Best Gluten-Free Snacks
August 18, 2021
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World Vegan Month is a great excuse to give the office snack cupboard a refresh. But choosing vegan office snacks doesn’t have to mean filling a basket with fruit or buying ten versions of the same cereal bar.
Some of the best vegan office snacks combine convenience, variety and great flavour: think crunchy vegetable crisps, boldly seasoned savoury snacks, pretzel thins, snack bars and plant-based chocolate treats.
The key is choosing snacks that people actually want to eat, whether they’re vegan or not.
For workplaces, there’s another consideration too: convenience. Finding interesting products, checking ingredients and ordering from several suppliers can quickly turn a simple office perk into another job on the to-do list. That’s where a curated office snack box can make things considerably easier.
World Vegan Month takes place every November, beginning with World Vegan Day on 1 November.
The event has its roots in the UK. The Vegan Society was founded in November 1944, when its founding members also coined the word “vegan”. World Vegan Day was introduced in 1994 to mark the Society’s 50th anniversary and was later extended into World Vegan Month.
For workplaces, November provides a natural opportunity to introduce more plant-based choices without having to overhaul the entire office kitchen.
In fact, The Vegan Society has previously suggested organising a vegan-themed lunch at work as one way to mark the occasion.
You could do something similar with snacks: dedicate a section of the snack cupboard to vegan discoveries, put together a World Vegan Day selection or simply introduce a few plant-based alternatives alongside your usual choices.
A good office snack needs to do more than carry a vegan label.
Individual portions are useful because they’re easy to grab between meetings and reduce the mess associated with large sharing bags. Shelf-stable products are another practical choice because they can sit in a cupboard or communal snack area without requiring refrigeration.
Variety matters too.
If every vegan option is a fruit and nut bar, employees aren’t really being given much choice. A better selection mixes sweet and savoury flavours with different textures: something crispy, something chewy, something chocolatey and perhaps something employees haven’t tried before.
Most importantly, choose snacks that stand on their own merits.
The aim shouldn’t be to find food that’s “good for a vegan snack”. It should simply be good food that happens to be vegan.
There’s far more choice in the UK vegan snack market than there was a few years ago. For World Vegan Month, try looking beyond the most obvious supermarket staples and introduce the team to a few different brands and formats.
1. EMILY Rainbow Roots Vegetable Crisps
For someone who enjoys crisps but wants to try something different from the usual potato varieties, EMILY Rainbow Roots are made from sweet potato, carrot and beetroot.
They’re colourful, crunchy and naturally create a little more interest in an office snack selection than another packet of ready salted crisps. EMILY currently confirms that its range is vegan-friendly.
2. Boundless Chips
Boundless is another interesting option for a workplace snack cupboard.
Its current chip range includes flavours such as Chipotle & Lime, Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar, Smoky Bacon and Sour Cream & Onion, with the range listed as vegan by the brand.
The flavours are useful if you want World Vegan Month to feel like a genuine opportunity to discover something different rather than simply removing non-vegan products from the cupboard.
3. Olly’s Pretzel Thins
Crisps don’t have to provide all the crunch.
Olly’s Pretzel Thins are oven-baked and available in individual 35g packs, making them particularly practical for offices. Current flavours include Salted Original, Multi-Seed Sesame, Sweet Chilli, Sour Cream & Onion and Oh So Cheesy and Olly’s confirms its Pretzel Thins are vegan.
A vegan cheesy or sour cream flavour can also be a fun addition for colleagues who still assume plant-based snacks mean missing out on familiar flavours.
4. Perkier Snack Bars
For the mid-morning coffee or afternoon desk-snack crowd, Perkier provides another format entirely.
The independent British company produces a range of vegan bars, with current flavours including Cranberry, Cocoa Orange, Salted Caramel and Madagascan Vanilla & Dark Chocolate.
Adding a bar alongside crisps and savoury snacks also helps prevent an office selection from becoming too heavily weighted towards one type of product.
5. LoveRaw Vegan Chocolate
World Vegan Month doesn’t need to become World No Chocolate Month.
LoveRaw specialises in plant-based chocolate, including its Cream Wafer Bars and Butter Cups. The brand’s focus is very deliberately on making chocolate that tastes good in its own right rather than treating “vegan” as the main attraction.
That’s exactly the approach we’d recommend for an inclusive office snack selection: choose products that vegan and non-vegan colleagues can enjoy together.
6. Don’t Forget Simple Whole Food Options
Not every snack has to come in an exciting new packet.
Fresh fruit, dried fruit and suitable seed-based snacks can add balance and variety to an office selection. They’re particularly useful alongside more indulgent options rather than as a replacement for them.
Just remember that vegan does not automatically mean allergen-free. If employees have allergies or intolerances, always check the current product packaging and manufacturer’s allergen information before providing snacks.
One of the easiest mistakes to make when planning vegan workplace snacks is focusing on what employees can’t have.
Turn that around.
Instead of announcing that you’ve removed the non-vegan biscuits, introduce employees to something new.
You could create a small World Vegan Month discovery station, put out a mixture of sweet and savoury products and ask colleagues to vote for their favourite.
Another option is a blind taste test. Don’t tell people which products are vegan until afterwards and see which snacks come out on top.
For World Vegan Day itself, you could add plant-based snacks to meeting rooms, breakout areas or communal kitchens.
These ideas work because they invite everyone to participate. World Vegan Month doesn’t have to be relevant only to employees who already follow a vegan diet.
The challenge isn’t usually finding one vegan snack. It’s maintaining enough variety week after week or month after month.
Once you’ve found three products the team likes, it’s tempting to order exactly the same three again. Six months later, the snack cupboard isn’t quite as exciting.
Rotating flavours, brands and snack types can make a big difference.
One month might feature vegetable crisps, chocolate and popcorn; another might include pretzels, snack bars and something completely new.
This is also where specialist snack brands can be particularly useful. Employees may already know the vegan products stocked by their local supermarket. Introducing less familiar options turns an everyday office perk into a chance to discover a new favourite.
Finding those products individually takes time.
You have to discover the brands, check dietary information, decide how much to order, and potentially deal with several different suppliers. Then, just as you’ve found a good selection, it’s time to start thinking about the next order.
Snack Packs offers a simpler approach.
Our office snack boxes can be tailored around workplace requirements, including vegan options, with a varied selection delivered directly to your office.
For smaller teams or anyone wanting a regular plant-based selection, we also offer vegan snack boxes with a mixture of sweet and savoury snacks.
It’s less about filling a box with products carrying a vegan label and more about discovery, variety and convenience, finding snacks people look forward to trying and making it easier for workplaces to keep the cupboard interesting.
That can be useful during World Vegan Month, but it’s just as useful for the other eleven months of the year.
What are good vegan snacks for the office?
Good vegan office snacks include individually portioned crisps, vegetable crisps, popcorn, pretzels, snack bars, dried fruit and plant-based chocolate. Aim for a mixture of sweet and savoury options, flavours and textures rather than relying on one type of snack.
When is World Vegan Month?
World Vegan Month takes place every November and begins with World Vegan Day on 1 November. The celebration is connected to The Vegan Society, which was founded in the UK in November 1944.
How can workplaces celebrate World Vegan Month?
Workplaces could introduce a vegan snack station, arrange a plant-based lunch, run a vegan snack taste test or add new vegan choices to the office kitchen. The idea doesn’t have to involve changing everything for a month; it can simply be an opportunity for employees to discover something new.
Are vegan office snacks only for vegan employees?
Not at all. A well-chosen vegan snack should appeal to employees because of its flavour and quality, regardless of their usual diet. Providing snacks that more colleagues can share can also make the office selection more inclusive.
Can vegan office snack boxes be delivered in the UK?
Yes. Snack Packs provides office snack box delivery with vegan options available, making it easier for workplaces to receive a varied snack selection without sourcing each product individually.
Does vegan mean a snack is allergen-free?
No. A vegan product can still contain allergens such as nuts, peanuts, soya, sesame or gluten, and manufacturing environments may handle other allergens. Always check the individual product label and current manufacturer information when catering for an employee with an allergy or intolerance.
World Vegan Month is an ideal opportunity to look beyond the usual office snacks and discover how varied plant-based snacking has become.
You don’t need an entirely new office food policy. Start with a few good products, mix sweet with savoury, include different textures and give employees something they may not have tried before.
And if researching products, checking labels and placing multiple orders sounds like one job too many, Snack Packs can do the curating for you.
Great snacks, more variety, and one convenient delivery to your workplace- vegan office snacking doesn’t need to be complicated.
