Plant Veda’s PlantGurt earns Best in Show award at Planted Expo

VANCOUVER — Dairy-alternative food manufacturer, Plant Veda Foods Ltd. earned the Best in Show award in the snack category at Planted Expo on June 5, 2022.

More than 200 vegan edible and lifestyle businesses gathered for Planted Expo, which also garnered an audience of 10,000 attendees.

As the highlight of the event, attendees sampled hundreds of products and cast their votes for the Best in Show Awards in five categories including lifestyle, snack, sip, savoury and sweet.

Plant Veda’s mango version of the spoonable yogurt took home the award in the snack category. PlantGurts are formulated with a combination of oats, cashews, peas and coconut agave and real fruit to bring taste without adding refined ingredients.

The PlantGurt will soon be available to consumers in certain Whole Foods Market locations in British Columbia.

“Developing plant based yogurts which have the right texture and taste is very difficult and I am very thankful to our team for working hard to constantly improve the formulation,” stated Sunny Gurnani, CEO of Plant Veda.

“I am looking forward to a successful launch of our yogurts at Whole Foods.”

The company also announced that Michael Yang has tendered his resignation as a director and president of the company, and the company’s chief executive officer, Sunny Gurnani, will fill the vacancy on the board and assume the role of president.

The company says Yang will continue to advise Gurnani during the transition period as he takes responsibility for his new roles.