Your favourite vegan gift guide is back!
We’ve curated a round-up of great gifts for the festive season (and beyond) all of which are certified by the Vegan Trademark, meaning our team of vegan experts have ensured these products meet The Vegan Society’s trusted and strict standards:
- No animal-derived ingredients
- No animal testing by the company or on its behalf
If you're not vegan but shopping for vegan friends, a colleague or family member, these vegan gift ideas may be especially handy for you but of course, they are suitable for everyone!
Chocolate
For a chocolatey festive treat in the lead-up to Christmas, dinner parties, a gift for your colleagues and loved ones, or easy stocking fillers, here are some vegan-friendly options:
- Booja Booja vegan truffles along with their new Chocolate Wonders range in six flavours (including the Winter Special - Orange Scrunch) and dairy, soya and gluten-free Hot Chocolate.
- Galaxy Dairy Free Gift For You in Orange and Caramelised Biscuit as well as their Selection Box including Salted Caramel and Honeycomb 40g bars. All are dairy free, gluten free and Vegan Trademark certified.
- Moo Free Chocolates Santa Bars, White Choccy Snowballs, Choccy Coins and more.
- Raw Halo's organic single-origin cacao and organic coconut sugar bars including their Truffle Centres in Mylk & Hazelnut and Dark & Salted Almond.
- ASDA have lots of exciting chocolates to offer in their OMV! range including their Festive Choc Truffle Selection, Gingerbread Fudge, Popcorn & Pretzel Choc Slab and more. Check out their Extra Special and Free From ranges too. Just look for the Vegan Trademark on the front or back of the packaging as well as on their website.
Vegan Treats for the Christmas table
Help your host out if they’re not used to catering for vegan guests and take along the gift of a dessert that everyone can enjoy:
- Gu Plant Dessert Pots
- ASDA OMV! Billionaire's Dessert or Chocolatey Cake
- Just Love Vanilla Naked Cake – a great option for decorating with your own festive touches like redcurrants, cinnamon sticks, dried orange slices and of course, a dusting of snow in the form of icing sugar.
Wellness Gifts
LUSH and Oliver Bonas have a great range of gifting options perfect for pampering.
Explore LUSH's wide range of bath and shower products, skincare, makeup and fragrances at your local store or online.
We popped into our local Oliver Bonas in Birmingham to find a huge variety of wellness gifts (all packaged beautifully, too!). We especially loved their Sleep Heroes range. Stay tuned on our Instagram for a reel coming soon on everything we spotted!
Korean Skincare
Speaking of wellness, for the skincare lover in your life visit your local PURESEOUL for a K-Beauty gift or two from their vegan offerings. They (and their skin) will thank you! Look out for Vegan Trademark certified products from the likes of Haruharu Wonder, Beauty of Joseon, Athé, Aromatica, Purito SEOUL, I'm From and Dear, Klairs. Check out this reel for vegan gift ideas we spotted in PURESEOUL Brighton.
Don't forget to look out for the Vegan Trademark to help you easily identify vegan products at PURESEOUL, Oliver Bonas and LUSH.
Practical Gift Lovers
The best people to shop for if you ask me! Sometimes there's nothing nicer than knowing you've been listened to and for those doing the gifting, you know the gift will be loved and appreciated for its practical daily use and for getting one more thing ticked off their list for an easier life.
VEG 1 Multivitamins
Wellness starts from the inside and what better way to show how much you care than to help your loved one meet their nutritional needs with a bulk supply of The Vegan Society's very own VEG 1 multivitamin. Our VEG 1 supplement was made for vegans, by vegans (but it is suitable for all) and contains sought-after nutrients like vitamin B12, vitamin D, iodine and selenium. Shop the VEG 1 range on our website or eBay.
Gut-Friendly Gift Hamper
For the people in your life wanting to show their gut health a little more love, why not put together a hamper of these Vegan Trademark certified gut-friendly gifts featuring everything from probiotics to fibre-rich snacks:
- Cocos Organic Coconut Milk Kefir in Natural, Strawberry and Mango Passionfruit
- The Coconut Collab Gut Health Coconut Yog
- Blighty Booch Kombucha in six flavours
- Blighty Booch Blighty Baby Kombucha Starter so they can start their own brewing journey!
- Cleaspring Biokitchen Organic Sauerkraut (for both prebiotic and probiotic goodness)
- Clearspring Snack Organic Yaemon Tamari Roasted Almonds, Cashews, and Pumpkin Seeds
- Clearspring Unpasteurised Barley Miso Paste and Instant Miso Soup
Reusable Water Bottles
Have a pal who's spending far too much buying bottled water on the go? Help them stay hydrated and waste less with a reusable water bottle:
- MyVegan EcoBottle
- So Eco Reusable Water Bottle
Craft Lovers
For the crafts enthusiast in your life who loves knitting, crocheting and crafting, Wool And The Gang offer yarns certified by the Vegan Trademark in their Shiny Happy Cotton, Big Love Cotton, Ra-Ra Raffia and Tina Tape ranges. Again, look out for our sunflower mark for their vegan-friendly offerings!
Gifts for your companion animals
We couldn't forget the most pampered members of the family! Here are some vegan gift options to consider for your companion animals:
- bECOsy orthopaedic, washable, waterproof and wipeable bed for dogs and cats
- Pikes Pouches Neem & Tea Tree and Oatmeal & Lavender dog shampoo bars, Organic Hemp Seed Oil for Dogs & Cats and Dog Paw, Nose and Wrinkle Balm
- Cats and the City Tofu Cat Litter
- Faith In Nature dog shampoos in Lavender (Deep Cleansing), Chamomile (Gentle) and Coconut (Detangling)
We hope these vegan-friendly gift ideas make shopping for your loved ones stress-free and that you've stumbled upon a great gift or two here. Make sure to share our vegan gift guide with anyone who might find it useful, especially those you want to drop a subtle hint to!
If you shop any of these vegan gifts for your loved ones (or are a lucky recipient!), be sure to share photos with us and tag us on Instagram and TikTok.
By Vegan Society Marketing Officer, Nishat Rahman.
The views expressed by our bloggers are not necessarily the views of The Vegan Society.
