Plant-Based Meat: Seitan and TVP, Explained
Plant-Based Meat, Without the Mystery
Plant-Based Meat, Without the Mystery
Two ingredients do the heavy lifting on this menu — seitan and TVP. Here is what they are and how they eat.
Plant-Based Meat: Seitan and TVP, Explained
"Plant-based meat" conjures factory patties. The older, better tradition is simpler: seitan, made from wheat gluten, and TVP, textured vegetable protein — both cooked from scratch in kitchens for generations.
Seitan
Wheat flour with the starch washed away, leaving the gluten — dense, chewy, marinade-hungry. Ours is marinated, baked and shredded. It is the chick'n in the shawarma (30g plant protein, $12.95) and the "beef" in the Vegan Mongolian Beef & Basmati Rice (20.2g, $11.95). Because gluten is nearly all protein, seitan dishes carry the strongest numbers on the menu — the peri peri reaches 43.7g.
TVP
Textured vegetable protein — dried, then rehydrated and browned like mince. It is the base of the High Protein Spag-Bol (20.1g, $11.95), simmered with crushed tomato, garlic and mixed herbs.
How they compare at dinner
Seitan shreds and chews; TVP crumbles like mince. Shawarma and stir-fries want seitan; bolognese wants TVP. Neither needs apology — the dishes stand on their own.
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Plant-based meat — FAQ
What is plant-based meat made of?
On this menu: seitan (wheat gluten) and TVP (textured vegetable protein). Every dish lists its ingredients on its product page.
Is seitan suitable if I avoid gluten?
No — seitan is wheat gluten by definition. Our kitchen handles wheat gluten, peanuts, soy, sesame and other allergens; cross-contamination cannot be excluded.
Does plant-based meat have as much protein as meat?
Seitan dishes here run 20g to 43.7g of plant protein per meal — the per-dish figures are on each product page.
Try both traditions
Try both traditions
The shawarma for seitan, the spag-bol for TVP — delivered chilled.
Linked from this page: shawarma | Vegan Mongolian Beef & Basmati Rice | peri peri | High Protein Spag-Bol
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