Plant-Based Meat Company No Evil Foods Launching Online Butcher Shop, Expanding to New Markets

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No Evil Foods sausage hoagie at Mellow Mushroom/Photo by Sadrah Schadel

From Impossible Foods to Beyond Meat, lab-grown meatless eats are all the rage these days (just ask the New York Times). But foodies who prefer a more artisanal approach are finding a delicious alternative in No Evil Foods, an Asheville, North Carolina-based plant meat maker.

The cruelty-free, environmentally-friendly company introduced its three signature plant-based meat products just last year, and it’s already expanding into new states and launching an online store with nationwide delivery.

Behind No Evil Foods (the cleverest of company names) are Sadrah Schadel and Mike Woliansky, a dedicated team and couple who have become completely committed to growing this ethical endeavor.

“We started at farmer’s markets at the beginning of last year,” Woliansky says of the indie company’s inception. “It was really a ‘testing the waters’ kind of thing,” using recipes the couple had concocted in their home kitchen. “Plant meat,” they call it — their own unique twist on the ancient Buddhist tradition of turning plants into meat. Since its launch, No Evil Foods has grown rapidly; 50 percent year-over-year, in fact.

The company offers three varieties of plant-based meat: the Prepper (chicken-esque roast), the Stallion (Italian sausage), and El Zapatista (Mexican chorizo). They come wrapped in butcher shop-style brown paper and the production process is still done entirely by hand. Many of No Evil Foods’ customers aren’t vegan or vegetarian, but love the taste of the plant meat nonetheless.

As far as availability, the refrigerated meats are in select Whole Foods, Earth Fares and other specialty stores throughout Western North Carolina and the surrounding region; a Whole Foods in Georgia recently picked them up, too.

“Within six months to a year realistically we do want to be in the major markets within a four or five hour radius of Asheville,” Schadel says of the duo’s future plans. That includes Knoxville, the Atlanta area, the Triangle, etc.

Already, lots of local chefs have utilized the plant meats to create vegan-friendly dishes. In Asheville, Mellow Mushroom offers No Evil Foods sausage as a topping option, and Taco Billy, Bonfire Barbecue, and Wicked Weed (among others), have all brought the company’s products into the kitchen mix.

To help cater to people’s plant-based meat cravings from afar, the duo is launching the online No Evil Butcher Shop on September 30th. “It’s gonna be simple, straightforward bulk packages for people to order,” says Woliansky of the new endeavor. It will offer six-packs and variety cases. As far as delivery radius: “Anywhere in the U.S. for the most part. East coast, west coast and everything in between,” Schadel adds.

No Evil Foods products can be found in specialty stores and restaurants throughout Western North Carolina, as well as in select spots in Florida, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Georgia. As of September 30th, anyone in the U.S. can order online via NoEvilFoods.com

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Hannah Sentenac

Hannah Sentenac

A wizard of words, lover of all living things and vegan mac 'n cheese master, Hannah is the vegan girl behind bharmless.com. Her writing has appeared in Live Happy magazine, the Miami New Times, OneGreenPlanet.com, MindBodyGreen.com, FoodRevolution.org and numerous other publications and websites. She's obsessed with vegan pizza and crop tops, the holidays, and all things Los Angeles. You can reach Hannah directly at hannah@bharmless.com.

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4 Responses

  1. Avatar patricia says:

    Hurry and get Whole Foods in Northern California stocked (Santa Rosa, Sebastopol) . West Coast is waiting.

  2. Avatar Maria says:

    We need you across the pond! 🙂

  3. Avatar Mary Rose says:

    Here in Western New York, we have many vegan options but I would like to see much more. Vegan healthy fast food places would be appreciated, as well as more vegan food in other restaurants. And more natural food stores that will carry everything a vegan could possibly want!

  4. Avatar Alana says:

    We just got this brand at our Co Op in MN and I got the Stallion meatless sausages. They are so good they taste so close to real meat with all plant ingredients. I am not vegan, I am mostly vegetarian though and appreciate alternatives. The sausage has WAY too much sodium but other than that it’s excellent.

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