The best vegan brands as voted for the Vegfest Awards 2018

VegfestUK played host to its own vegan Awards Ceremony on Saturday, October 27th 2018 at VegfestUK London, with 18 awards trophies up for grabs after 6 weeks of voting online by the public which gathered altogether 7,086 votes in total.

The Awards, which celebrated its 12th year since its inception in 2007, promote the best vegan brands and groups in the UK market. In 2018 the Awards boasted altogether 18 categories with 10 nominees each and the nominee who gathered the most votes after the 6-week voting period was chosen to be the winner in their category.

The Awards Ceremony was hosted by VegfestUK PR manager and VeggieVision founder Karin Ridgers, with the awards trophies handed out to winners by presenter Sarah-Jane Crawford.

Here are the full results and some images from the event I captured on Saturday:

Best Vegan Festival
Total number of votes cast: 3794

Nominee / Number of Votes
*Vegan Life Live London 869*
UK Vegan CampOut 834
Bristol Viva! Vegan Festival 509
Animal Aid Christmas Fayre 306
West Midlands Vegan Festival 291
Live A Better Life (LABL) Vegan Fair Liverpool 289
Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival 249
Vevolution 189
Newcastle Vegan Festival 157
North East Vegan Festival 82

Best Vegan Bags
Total number of votes cast: 3259

Nominee / Number of Votes
*Matt & Nat 718*
The Lovely Things 607
Lifestyle International Limited 588
Beyond Bags 484
LaBante London 312
Hetty Sam 238
Paguro Upcycle 141
Thamon London 57
Watts Kork 53
Moddanio 45

Best Vegan Superfood Brand
Total number of votes cast: 3129

Nominee / Number of Votes
*Vivo Life 748*
Vega 659
GOOD Hemp Dairy Free 541
Naturya 398
Revolution Foods 362
The Culinary Caveman 118
SuperFoodLx 83
BodyMe 82
Sambazon UK 66
Pure Recharge 53

Best Vegan Ready Meals
Total number of votes cast: 3222

Nominee / Number of Votes
*One Planet Pizza 974*
Tideford Organics 512
Mr Nice Pie 446
Badgers Vegan Kitchen 394
Pie Baby 263
VeGain Meals 208
Mr Lee’s Noodles 153
Vegbred 114
Vegetarian Caviar Club 74
Pep & Lekker 66

Best Vegan Magazine
Total number of votes cast: 3126

Nominee / Number of Votes
*Vegan Life Magazine 845*
Vegan Food and Living Magazine 548
PlantBased Magazine 442
Simply Vegan Magazine 423
Vegan Living Magazine 331
T.O.F.U. Magazine 162
Positively Vegan Magazine 153
The Hectic Vegan Magazine 82
Vilda Magazine 81
Vegan Trade Journal 43

Best Vegan Online Resource
Total number of votes cast: 4200

Nominee / Number of Votes
*HappyCow 1078*
Plant Based News 905
The Vegan Society 560
LIVEKINDLY 398
Veganuary 359
Viva! 269
Barnivore 217
Animal Aid 162
vanilla bean 116
Go Vegan World 113

Best Vegan Cleaning Brand
Total number of votes cast: 3613

Nominee / Number of Votes
*Astonish 860*
Method 602
Ecoleaf 408
Living Naturally 398
Ecozone 391
Bio-D 329
Norwex 200
Ecoegg 150
humblestuff 146
The Goodwash Company 108

Best Vegan Bodycare
Total number of votes cast: 3331

Nominee / Number of Votes
*Eden Perfumes 892*
Dr. Bronner’s 658
Buddha Beauty 570
Indigenous Beauty 300
Shea – Me 296
Yaoh 137
Fair Squared 131
Fruu 129
IUVO 105
Optiat 96

Best Vegan Clothing
Total number of votes cast: 3011

Nominee/ Number of Votes
*Viva La Vegan 731*
ETHCS 656
Wear Your Voice 272
Hempish 258
Anticarnist 237
HeartCure 210
A Kind Living 180
Vegan Deviant 159
New Spirit 151
Stay Close Clothing 142

Best Vegan Footwear
Total number of votes cast: 2952

Nominee / Number of Votes
*Vegetarian Shoes 599*
Beyond Skin 592
Will’s Vegan Shoes 569
Eco Vegan Shoes 337
Ethical Wares 236
Freerangers 174
Bourgeois Boheme 125
Freet Footwear 119
The Third Estate 113
ALIVE Boutique 71