Comments on: Whole Foods – Vegan Chicken Curry Salad

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:05:48 +0000

I have seen and used Gardein “meats” at Fresh & Easy. They might also sell is at Mother’s Market.
For all locations and pictures of their products, go to this link: http://www.gardein.com/where_to_buy.php
Also, you can dig around their website for recipes.

I am ADDICTED to the Vegan Chicken Curry Salad. It is my mission to learn how to make it!

By: lane

lane — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:39:53 +0000

Hi Stephanie. The salad with “chicken” chunks, grapes, pecans, etc is the Vegan Chicken Sonoma Salad. We’ve actually blogged about it here. Jane really enjoys that one.
Short of writing to GPI, I don’t know where to get the product either. Our local Whole Foods doesn’t sell it as a stand-alone product.
Do you have Trader Joe’s in your neck of the woods? Our Trader Joe’s has two new products — “beef-less strips” and “chicken-less strips” which are manufactured in Canada. Are they Gardein? who knows, Trader Joe’s sells mostly private label stuff, so you never know who the real manufacturer is. Are they good? We don’t know. Jane mentioned she’d like to try them. I’ll certainly write a post after we’ve tasted them. (I’d guess not for another two weeks or so.)

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:27:27 +0000

Okay, so I did a little research and found that these tasty little bits are commercially available. They also make “beef”! The company is called Garden Protein International, and the product name is Gardein. So delicious… did I already say that? How can I get my paws on some of this?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:15:24 +0000

I’ve been vegetarian for 12 years, vegan for 3. This is sooo delicious. They also have another salad with the same “chicken” chunks, grapes, almonds, etc. I occasionally shop at my local Whole Foods in St. Paul, and they seem to have one of the two salads nearly every time I’ve been there. Does anyone know where to get this particular brand of mock chicken they use in these salads? It’s far “meatier” than some others I’ve tried.

By: lane

lane — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:28:12 +0000

Wow Chris, I’m so sorry to hear that. I figured they were a chain and if one of them offered something the rest would.
Our Whole Foods has a customer request board as you are walking out the door. If yours does as well, maybe you could write and ask for vegan prepared foods… Or speak to the customer service manager. We’ve found their customer service to be excellent.
– Lane

By: chris

chris — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:33:16 +0000

Awww, I’m so envious! The Whole Foods here (Dallas) looked at me like I had a unicorn horn growing out of my head when I asked them about vegan versions of their chicken salads.