ZeGeVege Festival to be Held in Zagreb in Early September
July 30, 2021 - Just a month before it takes place, the ZeGeVege festival was presented today in Zagreb.
The festival will be held in Zagreb on September 3rd and 4th, at Ban Jelačić Square. The event will be focused on a sustainable lifestyle, which is why the visitors will get edible spoons and straws, as well as biodegradable packaging. The Animal Friends Croatia association, one of the organisers of the festival also announced a wide selection of healthy and ecological plant-based food, cosmetics that were not tested on the animals, educational materials, and clothes made out of natural materials. The visitors will be able to test such products, which don't affect nature and our environment negatively.
We make choices every day, and those choices greatly impact the lives of many other beings around us. The sustainable lifestyle celebrated at the ZeGeVege festival is based on living in accord with nature and compassion shown towards others, as well as our planet. The vegan diet can help stop global warming, improve our health, save water and the forests around us and save numerous lives.
The ZeGeVege festival was first held in Zagreb in 2008, and back then the visitors signed the petition to ban single-use plastic bags. This year, those bags were finally banned by the Croatian legislature. This year's visitors will also have a chance to try out some of the multiple-use items, as well as some cosmetics sold without packaging.
The bio&bio chain of stores, selling eco-friendly products, has been the festival's partner for many years. This year, they decided to present their sustainable packaging at the festival. Sustainable packaging contributes to the reduction of plastic waste, so the organizers are hoping other companies might follow suit and reduce plastics in their packaging. Jadranka Boban Pejić, who manages the bio&bio brand, explained that their packaging of cereal, legumes, nuts, dried fruit, and seeds will be 100% biodegradable, made out of plant-based materials.
To read more about vegetarian and vegan food options in Croatia, read Total Croatia's guide to vegan and vegetarian Croatia.
First Croatian Plant Based Products Hit Shelves With 7 New Products
June the 20th, 2021 - The very first Croatian plant based products, well, outside of actual plants themselves, have hit the shelves. Seven brand new products made by a Croatian company for vegans and vegetarians are now available on the shelves.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian company Planet of plants is the first Croatian plant based product line that can now be found on store shelves. This is an innovative line of products that are 100% of plant origin, and they were jointly developed and produced by the well known domestic companies Zvijezda and PIK Vrbovec.
The collaboration of these two Croatian production flagships of the Fortenova Group (former Agrokor) has resulted in as many as seven products that are 100% plant-based, with 100% flavour; and do not contain eggs, gluten and soy, which is why they are suitable for both vegans and vegetarians as well as flexitarians.
The Planet of plants line contains a burger, salami, oil, mayonnaise, sauce, spread and diced. Apart from here in the Republic of Croatia, these Croatian plant based products can be found on the neighbouring Slovenian market, and from September onwards in Serbia, with a plan to expand sales to other foreign markets.
''We're extremely proud to be the first on the market to offer local consumers a line of plant based products, which is another proof that in Croatia we have the knowledge and experience to compete with others and with the help of fellow experts, we can develop products that keep up with the pace with global trends,'' said Slaven Ruzic, the director of PIK Vrbovec.
On the occasion of the presentation of the Planet of plants product line, Tomislav Alagusic, the director of Zvijezda, said: ''Plant alternatives to meat are the future of the food industry, so entering a new market is a logical continuation of business for Zvijezda. We're the market leader in the production of vegetable oils and this year we're celebrating 105 years of leading trends by introducing innovative products that meet the needs of consumers. Along with the Planet of plants product line, Zvijezda will also help to raise awareness of the importance of a plant-based diet among those consumers who aren't necessarily vegans and/or vegetarians.''
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