Fans of “Shark Tank” probably recall the 2022 episode with Umaro Foods, a Berkeley company that makes vegan bacon out of seaweed.Investor Robert Herjavec put a slice of the product in his ...

If you’ve ever tried vegan bacon, you probably didn’t mistake it for pork. But when I recently made a vegan BLT with a new type of plant-based bacon, it was fairly hard to tell that it wasn ...

Bacon, the founders told the sharks, is just the beginning. They hope to use seaweed as a base for vegan pepperoni, salami, and other cured meats. They’re currently working on automating part of their ...

Seaweed’s versatility as a regenerative crop was on display at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif., last week, with brands highlighting its nutrition, texture and environmental ...

It’s piled high with lemongrass-marinated grilled tofu (or scrambled eggs, if you prefer), vegan cheese (or cheddar), Umaro seaweed bacon, sprouts from Edible Beats’ Beat Box Farms and ...

Here’s the truth: Vegan bacon has historically sucked. Most of the packaged varieties look and taste like salty cardboard, and while home made tempeh bacon is legitimately delicious, it has no ...