8 exceptional vegan products from Expo West 2014

Whether they be cheese doppelgängers or never-before-seen snacks, Expo West 2014 played host to bushels of natural products for the plant-based eater.

We tasted sophisticated ways to use popular ingredients, such as spoonable chia eaten like yogurt, chickpea-cocoa dip, and retooled vegan stalwarts such as craveable seitan bacon.

So eat your hearts out, vegans. Here are the new top players in town.