Food for Progress

Multi award-winning plant-based Oumph! is launching in Lidl Sweden this week, where Pulled Oumph! will be a staple in the store freezers. The launch kickstarts with a promotional campaign where Lidl Sweden will sell four different Oumph! products; Pulled Oumph!, Grilled Spiced, Thyme & Garlic and Kebab Spiced.

​Busaba adds a new plant-based ​Oumph! dish to their permanent menu, starting today 12th of February. The Vegan Weeping Tiger Jay is a marinated triple cooked Oumph! in a dark soya and ginger sauce with green beans, spring onion, Chinese chives and red chilli.

This spring, Swedish food manufacturer Food for Progress is launching The Oumph! Burger, which is a plant-based premium burger for all burger lovers. The Oumph! Burger will be sampled for the first time at the Fastfood & Café trade show in Stockholm this week.

Multi award-winning plant-based Oumph! is continuing its expansion into new markets, with Tesco Ireland. Five Oumph! products are part of the initial launch: Pulled Oumph!, Kebab Spiced, The Chunk, Salty & Smoky and Oumph! Pizza Italian Style.

Award-winning plant-based Oumph! is hosting the show kitchen at ​Vegan Life Live at London's Alexandra Palace 9-10 March, as this year’s official kitchen sponsor. Oumph!'s chefs Fredrik Kämpenberg and Peter Segerblom will be cooking alongside a number of guest chefs, showcasing the versatility of Oumph! which makes it suitable for home cooking as well as for food service.

Oumph! Kebab Spiced has won Best New Food Product of the Year, awarded by Food Matters Live. Oumph! The Chunk has been awarded Gold by the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, in the category Food For Food Service. "We are excited and honoured to win two such prestigious awards", says Anna-Kajsa Lidell, Co-founder & Head of Progress Strategy at Food for Progress, the Swedish company behind Oumph!

Multi award-winning plant-based Oumph! is now available in 620 Holland & Barrett stores across the UK. 4 varieties are part of the initial launch: Pulled Oumph!, Kebab Spiced, Thyme & Garlic and The Chunk. Oumph! is made from soya beans and organic herb and spice mixes, and free from gluten and dairy. It's versatile and easy to cook, which makes it suitable for home cooks as well as food services.

​Anna-Kajsa Lidell, Co-founder & Head of Progress Strategy, Food For Progress, is one of the speakers at the Brand Innovations and Emerging Ingredients in the Future of Free-From seminars at Food Matters Live at ExCeL, London, at 12.30 on the 21st of November.

​​​​Oumph! is sponsoring the cooking area at VegFest in London 27-28 October. Plant-based Oumph! is made from soya beans and organic herb and spice mixes, and free from gluten and dairy. At VegFest London, vegan food and lifestyle blogger Romy London will be demonstrating the versatility of Oumph! which makes is suitable for home cooking as well as food service.

Oumph! and Food for Progress are exhibiting their award-winning plant-based foods at SIAL 21-25/10. ​Stand 6 A 005. "Exhibiting at SIAL Paris is part of our expansion plans", says Anders Wallerman, co-founder and Managing Director at Food for Progress. "Oumph! has helped increase a flow of new consumers to try plant-based food, and we'd like for Oumph! to create the same impact in new markets".