USA: PETA Names Top 10 Restaurants Offering Vegan Sausage for Oktoberfest

From peta.org

As Oktoberfest celebrations return across the U.S., PETA is raising a stein to restaurants that are making the festivities friendlier for animals by serving delicious vegan sausages. From meat-free bratwurst and currywurst to house-made seitan specialties, these spots are proving that compassionate eating never means sacrificing flavour.

Here are PETA’s picks for the nation’s top spots for vegan sausages this Oktoberfest season: 

1. Dat Dog

New Orleans, Louisiana
Oktoberfest meets Mardi Gras with the Vegan Banger, a vegan bratwurst on a toasted sourdough bun and topped with sauerkraut, dill relish, grilled onions, tomatoes, and Creole mustard.

2. Gerhard’s Brats

Minneapolis, Minnesota
This brat-focused food truck and catering vendor serves up a Field Roast Vegan Sausage piled with classic toppings such as sauerkraut, diced onions, hot peppers, and Düsseldorf mustard.

3. The Vanguard

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Start out with the Vegan Brat, crafted from house-made seitan, then topped with kraut and onions, or take it a step further by adding some vegan cheese sauce. They also offer a Vegan Chorizo Sausage seasoned with smoked paprika, chipotle, and oregano, topped with tomato, onion and jalapeño.

4. Hollerbach’s German Restaurant

Sanford, Florida
Add the Wegan Wurst, a Beyond Meat sausage, to a variety of dishes or get it as part of the Vegan Wurst Teller, an entrée of two vegan sausages served with sweet red cabbage and fries. Be sure to check out the entire vegetarian menu with clearly marked vegan options!

5. The German Knodle

St. Petersburg, Florida
Order the award-winning Vegan Mushroom Sausage with a side of Sauerkraut and fries. Want to add a little spice? Get the Vegan Curry Sausage, or celebrate Oktoberfest to the fullest, and get both.

6. Urban German Wursthaus

Portland, Oregon

The savoury Vegan Wurst is served in a soft pretzel bun and topped with tangy alongside a pickle spear, giving this classic German-inspired meal a compassionate twist. Don’t forget the vegan Schnitzel Bites!

7. Hofbräuhaus Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio
At this Bavarian-style beer hall, compassionate guests can order a grilled vegan bratwurst on a vegan-friendly bun with Düsseldorf mustard, served with a side salad with balsamic vinaigrette.

8. Fassler Hall

Tulsa, Oklahoma
It’s hard to pick between the Beyond Bratwurst topped with kraut and Dijon mustard, and the Beyond Spicy Italian Sausage served with grilled peppers and onions. We say bring a friend so you can try both or go back for seconds.

9. Leavenworth Sausage Garten

Leavenworth, Washington
Feast on the smoky and flavourful Field Roast Smoked Apple Sage Sausage, piled high with vegan toppings like sauerkraut, relish, banana peppers, jalapeños, ketchup, and onion from the condiment bar, while wandering the streets of this Bavarian-themed destination.

10. The Schnitzel Garten

Eagle, Idaho

Rounding out this year’s winners is the Vegan Wurst, which features two Beyond Meat bratwursts served with sauerkraut and a side of your choice (make sure to ask for the vegan options). Order the Small Sausage Plate made vegan if two brats are just too much.

Frankly, we think you can celebrate Oktoberfest without harming anyone, like pigs who enjoy listening to music, and cows who can form close bonds and grieve when they lose loved ones. The meat industry painfully mutilates pigs and cows and crowds these individuals onto filthy feedlots before slaughter. Leave pigs and all other animals off your plate this Oktoberfest and year-round. Can’t make it to any of these spots? Look for vegan sausage from Field Roast, Beyond, and others at your local grocery store and make your own Oktoberfest platter at home. Complete the meal with a vegan-friendly beer.

https://www.peta.org/lifestyle/food/vegan-sausage-restaurants/?fbclid&pl=46_10_0

Most UK Meat-Eaters Find Factory Farming Unacceptable, Vegan Society Survey Suggests

From vegconomist.com

Factory farming of animals for food is unacceptable to 65% of UK adults, according to the second edition of The Vegan Society’s Empathy Index, a survey in which 82% of the 2,000 respondents eat meat. Those figures mean that, at a minimum, more than half of the meat-eaters surveyed object to the system that produces most of the UK’s meat. Citing Compassion in World Farming data, the charity states that 85% of UK farmed animals are factory farmed.

The UK charity added two farming questions to the index this year. The second found that 23% of respondents consider organic animal farming unacceptable. The factory farming result is close to recent research by Project Phoenix, which found that 67% of UK adults see factory farming as morally wrong or concerning. The same research found that 96% of UK adults either do not know how many animals are factory farmed or underestimate the number.

Image: Joachim Suss on Unsplash

Opposition to cosmetics testing climbs

The index was first run in 2024 and has used the same method in both waves. A nationally representative sample rates 29 forms of animal use on a four-point scale, from “completely acceptable” to “completely unacceptable.” Between 2024 and 2026, opposition to testing cosmetic ingredients on animals rose from 84% to 87%, a statistically significant increase. Among female respondents the figure was 90%. Testing medicines on animals was considered unacceptable by 71%.

Home Office figures show 2.54 million procedures on animals in the UK in 2025. That was the year the government published a roadmap to phase out animal testing. The Vegan Society says many products marketed as cruelty-free still contain animal-derived ingredients, such as collagen, keratin and beeswax. The charity has studied this labelling problem in its earlier consumer research on vegan cosmetics.

The largest change in the index concerned greyhound racing. The share of people who find it unacceptable rose from 55% to 60%. The Welsh and Scottish parliaments passed bills to ban the sport in March 2026.

Wool and horse riding remain widely accepted

Hunting deer is now unacceptable to 77% of respondents, up from 74%. Hunting foxes with dogs is unacceptable to 87%. The three least accepted activities were dog fighting, bullfighting and fox hunting with dogs, all of which are illegal in the UK.

At the other end of the scale, the three most accepted uses were riding horses, using animals in film and TV, and wearing sheep’s wool. The number of people who find zoo visits acceptable also rose, from 77% to 79%. Meanwhile, 85% of respondents called themselves animal lovers and 3% did not.

“The forms of animal use that we track in the Empathy Index are not all the same; some cause much greater suffering than others. However, we want to challenge the idea that animals exist to satisfy the needs and wants of humans,” the Vegan Society said.

https://vegconomist.com/studies-numbers/most-uk-meat-eaters-find-factory-farming-unacceptable-vegan-society-survey-suggests/