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You can improve the lives of animals while supporting American companies! Celebrate these U.S.-based brands and farms from our full Shop With Your Heart brand list that have either earned a meaningful animal welfare-certification recognized by the ASPCA or are an innovative plant-based alternative. Whether you’re on the hunt for more humane versions of your favorite foods or want to try something new, there’s something on this list for everyone.
Below is a list of brands that have earned one or more of these welfare certifications, or are made from plant-based ingredients ( ).
Chicken
- Amazon/ Whole Foods: 365 Everyday Value – chicken wings, breaded chicken nuggets, chicken breasts, chicken tenders
- Ayrshire Farm – all products certified
- Bilinski’s – chicken sausage, meatballs, patties
- Café Spice – chicken meals*
- Cooks Venture – all products certified**
- D’Artagnan – Green Circle chicken
- Farmer Focus – all products certified
- Hip Chick Farms – organic chicken fingers, meatballs, strips, breakfast sausages
- Mary’s Free Range Chicken – different products certified to different GAP levels
- Murray’s Chicken – all products certified
- Naked Truth – all products certified
- PastureBird – all products certified
- Smart Chicken – organic line
- White Oak Pastures – all products certified
- Alpha Foods – Chik’n nuggets, tamales, burritos, handheld pot pies
- Beyond Meat – sausages
- Dr. Praeger’s – Chick’n tenders, nuggets
- Field Roast – Fruffalo wings
- Match Meats – chicken
- Morningstar Farms – wings
- Quorn – sausages
- Sweet Earth – pizza, bowls, mini meals, burritos, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast meats, seitan, salad meal kits
- Tofurky – sausages
- Upton’s Naturals – chick seitan, traditional seitan
Beef
- Ayrshire Farm – all products certified
- Aspen Ridge – all products certified
- Baldwin Beef – all products certified
- Brasstown Beef – all products certified
- Country Natural Beef – ground beef *only sold in Whole Foods
- Creekstone Farms – Premium Black Angus beef
- Mariposa Ranch – all products certified
- Niman Ranch – all products certified
- Panorama – organic ground beef, hotdogs, steaks, various meat products *only sold in Whole Foods
- Perky Jerky – Premium Select: original, barbecue, teriyaki
- Redger Farms – all products certified
- Skagit River Ranch – all products certified
- Teton Waters Ranch – all products certified
- Western Grass Fed – organic beef hot dogs
- White Oak Pastures – different products certified to different GAP levels
- Alpha Foods – tamales, burritos, handheld pot pies, Alpha dog, Alpha burger, meatless meatballs, crumblebeef
- Amy’s Kitchen – burgers, meatballs, sausages, various prepared foodsbeef
- Before the Butcher – tips, ground, shreddedbeef
- Beyond Meat– burger, sausage, crumblesbeef
- Boca – burger, crumblesbeef
- Dr. Praeger’s – burgersbeef
- Field Roast – sausage, roastbeef
- Foodies Vegan – artichoke burgerbeef
- Hilary’s – burgersbeef
- Louisville Vegan Jerky Co. – jerkybeef
- Match Meats – beef
- Morningstar Farms – burgers, sausage, strips, ground, hotdogsbeef
- Quorn – burgers, meatballs, groundbeef
- Tofurky – burger, crumbles, sausagebeef
- Strong Roots – burgersbeef
- Sweet Earth – pizza, bowls, mini meals, burritos, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast meats, burgersbeef
- Upton’s Naturals – classic burger, ground seitanbeef
Pork
- Ayrshire Farm – all products certified
- Circle B Ranch – all product certified
- Fra’ Mani – all product certified
- Goodnight Brothers – all natural products
- Home Place Pastures – all product certified
- La Quercia – pre-sliced prosciutto, speck, pancetta
- Llano Seco – all product certified
- Newman Farms – all products certified
- Niman Ranch – all products certified
- North Country Smokehouse – Natural Deli ham: maple cured and black forest, organic applewood smoked bacon, natural fruitwood smoked bacon, organic kielbasa, bistro ham, natural sausages: andouille, chorizo, irish, smoky maple, whiskey fennel
- The Naked Pig Meat Co. – all products certified
- Thompson Farms – all products certified
- White Oak Pastures – all products certified
- Alpha Foods – tamales, burritos, handheld pot pies, Alpha dog
- Amy’s Kitchen – sausages
- Beyond Meat – sausages
- Boca – crumbles
- Dr. Praeger’s – sausages
- Field Roast – sausages
- Hilary’s – sausages
- The Jackfruit Company – smoked pulled jackfruit
- Match Meats – pork
- Morningstar Farms – links, patties
- Pig Out Chips – chips
- Quorn – sausages
- Tofurky – sausages
- Sweet Earth – pizza, bowls, mini meals, burritos, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast meats
- Upton’s Naturals – jackfruit: original, bar-b-que, sweet & smoky, Sriracha, Thai curry, chili lime carnitas, seitan: bacon, chorizo, Italian
Turkey
- Ayrshire Farm – all products certified
- Firefly Farms – all products certified
- Koch’s Turkey – all products certified
- Mary’s Free Range Turkey – different products certified to different GAP levels
- North Country Smokehouse – natural oven roasted deli slices
- White Oak Pastures – all products certified
- Amy’s Kitchen – loafs
- Field Roast – loafs, roasts
- Tofurky – roasts
Lamb
- Anderson Ranches – all products certified
- Niman Ranch – all products certified
- White Oak Pastures – all products certified
Seafood
At this time there are no welfare certifications that cover aquatic species. See our Plant-Based section for alternatives.
Eggs
- Albertsons – O Organics eggs, Open Nature cage-free white eggs
- Alderfer’s Eggs – all products certified
- Ayrshire Farm – all products certified
- Blue Sky Family Farms – all products certified
- Born Free Eggs – all products certified
- Carol’s Eggs – all products certified
- Central Market – organic pasture-raised eggs
- Contented Hen – all products certified
- Costco – Kirkland organic eggs
- Davidson’s Safest Choice Cage-Free Eggs – all products certified
- Eco Meal Cage-Free Eggs – all products certified
- Eggology – pure egg whites, cage-free
- Farmer’s Hen House – all products certified
- Giving Nature – all products certified
- Great Day – all products certified
- Green Meadow Organics – all products certified
- Happy Belly Cage-Free Eggs – all products certified
- Judy’s Family Farm – all products certified
- Lathem Farms – all products certified
- Natural Grocers – pasture-raised rggs
- Nature Fed Cage-Free Eggs – all products certified
- Nature’s Yoke Cage-Free Eggs – all products certified
- Nellie’s Free Range Eggs – all products certified
- Nest Fresh – all products certified
- New Seasons Market – cage-free eggs, free-range organic brown eggs
- Peckish – hard boiled eggs with seasoning
- Pete and Gerry’s – all products certified
- Phil’s Fresh Eggs – all products certified
- Raley’s – cage-free brown eggs
- Safeway – O Organic eggs, Open Nature cage-free eggs
- Sauders – cage-free brown eggs, free-range eggs, pasture-raised eggs
- Shaws – O Organics eggs, Open Nature cage-free eggs
- South Mountain Creamery Cage-Free Brown Eggs – all products certified
- Star Market – Open Nature cage-free eggs
- Stiebrs Farms – Sunrise Fresh eggs, Natural choice Eggs
- The Country Hen – organic brown eggs
- The Farmer’s Hen – cage-free brown eggs, organic cage-free brown eggs, hard cooked & peeled cage-free eggs
- Vital Farms – all products certified
- Vons – Open Nature cage-free eggs
- White Oak Pastures – all products certified
- Wilcox Farms – all products certified
- Winn-Dixie – Naturally Better cage-free eggs
- Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer – powder
- Ener-G Egg Replacer – egg
- Follow Your Heart – VeganEgg
- JUST – egg
Milk
- Organic Pastures – cream
- Summer Hill Goat Dairy – all products certified
- Working Cows Dairy – milk, whipping cream
- Almond Breeze – almond milks
- Califia Farms – almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, creamers
- Eden Soy – soy milk
- Good Karma – flax milk
- Milkadamia – macadamia milk
- New Barn – almond milk, coconut milk, creamers
- O Organics – almond milk
- Pacific Foods – almond milk, hemp milk, soy milk, hazelnut milk, rice milk, oat milk, coconut milk, cashew milk
- Planet Oat Oatmilk – oat milk
- Rice Dream – rice milk
- Ripple – pea milk
- Silk – soy milk, almond milk, oat milk
- So Delicious – almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, creamers
- Tempt – hemp milk
Butter & Spreads
- Green Valley Organics – all products certified
- Organic Pastures – raw butter
- Earth Balance – spread, sticks
- Miyoko’s Creamery – butter
- New Barn – organic buttery spread
Cheese
- Apple Valley Creamery – cow cheese
- Black Mesa Ranch – goat cheese
- Blue Ledge Farm – goat cheese
- Consider Bardwell – goat cheese
- Green Dirt Farms – sheep cheese
- Green Valley Organics – cream cheese
- Lazy Lady Farm – goat cheese
- Ludwig Farmstead Creamery – cow cheese
- North Country Creamery – all products certified
- Organic Pastures – cow cheese
- Shamrock Artisan Goat Cheese – goat cheese
- Shelburne Farms – cow cheese
- Surfing Goat Dairy – goat cheese
- Toluma Farms – goat cheese
- Field Roast – slices
- Follow Your Heart – slices, parmesan, shreds, cheeses, cream cheese
- Go Veggie – slices, shreds, cream cheese, parmesan, spread, dips
- Kite Hill – cream cheese, ricotta cheese
- Miyoko’s Creamery – cheese wheel, mozzarella, cream cheese, cheese spread
- So Delicious – shreds
- Zubiate’s Cocina – queso
Yogurt
- Green Valley Organics – all products certified
- Organic Pastures – raw kefir
- Redwood Hill Creamery – goat yogurt
- Califia Farms – almond-based yogurt, coconut-based yogurt, oat-based yogurt
- Harmless Harvest – dairy-free yogurt
- Kite Hill – yogurt, greek yogurt
- Silk – almond, soy
- So Delicious – yogurt
Condiments
- Green Valley Organics – sour cream
- Sir Kensington’s – mayonnaise, ranch, special sauce, Dijonnaise
- Earth Balance – dressing, sandwich spread
- Follow Your Heart – sauces, dressings, sour cream, Vegenaise, Vegenaise tartar sauce
- JUST – dressing, mayo
- Organicville – dressings, condiments
- Sir Kensington’s – Fabanaise vegan mayo
- Tofuna Fysh – fish sauce
- Wan Ja Shan – mushroom oyster sauce
- Zubiate’s Cocina – crema, queso
Snacks
- Peckish – hard boiled eggs with seasoning
- Artisan Tropic – chips
- Bee Free Granola Treat (contains honey) – granola
- Growing Roots – corn nuts
- Keep It Real Food Co. – granola, cookies, crackers, bars
- Nutty Goodness – fruit and plant bites
- OHi – superfood bars
- Pan’s Mushroom Jerky – jerky
- Pig Out Chips – chips
- PROBAR – bars, nut butters, energy chews
- Protein Puck – energy bars
- Rickaroons Energy Bars – bars
- Shanti Bar – bars
- Stoka Bar – vanilla almond and cocoa almond
- Thunderbird – fruit, nut, seed and spice bars
Sweets
- Big Picture Farm – all products certified
- Black Mesa Ranch – goat milk caramels
- Echo Farm Puddings – all products certified
- Surfing Goat Dairy – goat milk truffles
- Amy’s Kitchen – Minty Candy, Dreamy Candy, Sunny Candy
- Ben & Jerry’s – dairy-free line
- Breyers – non-dairy frozen desserts
- Coconut Bliss Ice Cream – ice cream, bars
- Frankie & Jo’s Vegan Ice Cream – cashew ice cream, coconut milk ice cream
- Häagen-Dazs – dairy-free line
- Hail Merry – cups, bites, bars, tarts
- Jack’s Paleo Kitchen – cookies
- JUST – cookie dough
- Leah’s Better Bites – bites, cupcakes, cake balls, brownies, Amore cake
- Lenny and Larry’s – The Complete Cookie
- Eat MUD – frozen mousse
- New Barn – AlmondCrème
- Ona Foods (contains honey)
- Paleo Treats – Bandito, Cacao Now!, Mustang bar (contains honey)
- Revolution Gelato – organic gelato
- Rule Breaker – cookie bites, brownie bites
- Snackin’ Free – bars, brownies, cookies, muffins
- So Delicious – mousse, frozen desserts, dessert bars, fudge bars, sandwiches, frozen dessert topping
- Sorbatto – Frosty Blue
- Sweet Loren’s – cookie dough
- This Pie Is Nuts – various pies
- Van Leeuwen – vegan ice cream
- Wink Frozen Desserts – ice cream, cookies
- You Are Loved – bites, cupcakes, truffles, tarts
Broths, Stocks & Soups
- Amazon/Whole Foods: 365 Everyday Value – organic chicken broth & stock, organic chicken noodle soup
- Llano Seco – pork bone broth
- White Oak Pastures – beef broth, poultry broth
- Beyond Broth – various vegetable broths
- Tofurky – gravy
Ready-to-Eat Meals
- Café Spice – chicken tikka masala, chicken curry, coconut chicken curry, butter chicken meatball, chicken vindaloo*, red chicken curry*
- Café Spice – aloo gobhi curry, Bombay dal palak, channa masala, yellow tofu curry
- Hilary’s – whole grain medleys
PLANT-BASED
- Alpha Foods – Chik’n nuggets, tamales, burritos, handheld pot pies, Alpha dog, Alpha burger, meatless meatballs, crumble
- Amy’s Kitchen–burgers, meatballs, sausages, various prepared foods
- Beyond Broth – tips, ground, shredded
- Beyond Meat – burger, sausage, crumbles
- Boca –burger, crumbles
- Dr. Praeger’s – burgers, Chick’n tenders, nuggets, sausages
- Field Roast – sausage, roast
- Foodies Vegan – artichoke burger
- Hilary’s – burgers, whole grain medleys, sausages
- Louisville Vegan Jerky Co. – jerky
- Match Meats – beef, pork
- Morningstar Farms – burgers, sausage, strips, ground, hotdogs
- Quorn – burgers, meatballs, ground
- Strong Roots – burgers
- Sweet Earth – pizza, bowls, mini meals, burritos, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast meats, seitan, salad meal kits
- The Jackfruit Company – pulled pork, various prepared foods
- Tofurky – burger, crumbles, sausage
- Upton’s Naturals – jackfruit, seitan
- Good Catch Foods – fish free tuna, crab
- Loma Linda – “Tuno” fishless tuna
- May Wah Vegetarian Market – golden fish filet, imitation crab steaks, vegan imitation scallops, imitation squid, Delicious Tuna & more
- Ocean Hugger Food – Ahimi *available in retailer sushi counters
- Plant Based Foods – Cavi-art
- Quorn – vegan fishless sticks
- Sophie’s Kitchen – breaded fish fillets, vegan crab cake, coconut shrimp, seafood jambalaya, Vegan Toona
- Tofuna Fysh – fish sauce
- Wan Ja Shan – mushroom oyster sauce
- Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer – powder
- Ener-G Egg Replacer – egg
- Follow Your Heart – VeganEgg
- JUST – egg
- Almond Breeze – almond milks
- Califia Farms – almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, creamers
- Eden Soy – soy milk
- Good Karma – flax milk
- Milkadamia – macadamia milk
- New Barn – almond milk, coconut milk, creamers
- O Organics – almond milks
- Pacific Foods – almond milk, hemp milk, soy milk, hazelnut milk, rice milk, oat milk, coconut milk, cashew milk
- Planet Oat Oatmilk – oat milk
- Rice Dream – rice milk
- Ripple – pea milk
- Silk – soy milk, almond milk, oat milk
- So Delicious – almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, creamers
- Tempt – hemp milk
- Quaker Oat Beverage – oat milk
- Earth Balance – spread, sticks
- Miyoko’s Creamery – butter
- New Barn – organic buttery spread
- Field Roast – slices
- Follow Your Heart – slices, parmesan, shreds, cheeses, cream cheese
- Go Veggie – slices, shreds, cream cheese, parmesan, spread, dips
- Kite Hill – cream cheese, ricotta cheese
- Miyoko’s Creamery – cheese wheel, mozzarella, cream cheese, cheese spread
- So Delicious – shreds
- Zubiate’s Cocina – queso
- Califia Farms – almond-based yogurt, coconut-based yogurt, oat-based yogurt
- Harmless Harvest – dairy-free yogurt
- Kite Hill – yogurt, greek yogurt
- Silk – almond, soy
- So Delicious – yogurt
- Earth Balance – dressing, sandwich spread
- Follow Your Heart – sauces, dressings, sour cream, Vegenaise, Vegenaise tartar sauce
- JUST – dressing, mayo
- Organicville – dressings, condiments
- Sir Kensington’s – Fabanaise vegan mayo
- Zubiate’s Cocina – crema, queso
- Artisan Tropic – chips
- Bee Free Granola Treat (contains honey) – granola
- Growing Roots – corn nuts
- Keep It Real Food Co. – granola, cookies, crackers, bars
- Nutty Goodness – fruit and plant bites
- OHi – superfood bars
- Pan’s Mushroom Jerky – jerky
- Pig Out Chips – chips
- PROBAR – bars, nut butters, energy chews
- Protein Puck – energy bars
- Rickaroons Energy Bars – bars
- Shanti Bar – bars
- Stoka Bar – vanilla almond and cocoa almond
- Thunderbird – fruit, nut, seed and spice bars
- Amy’s Kitchen – Minty Candy, Dreamy Candy, Sunny Candy
- Ben & Jerry’s – dairy-free line
- Breyers – non-dairy frozen desserts
- Coconut Bliss Ice Cream – ice cream, bars
- Frankie & Jo’s Vegan Ice Cream – cashew ice cream, coconut milk ice cream
- Häagen-Dazs – dairy-free line
- Hail Merry – cups, bites, bars, tarts
- Jack’s Paleo Kitchen – cookies
- JUST – cookie dough
- Leah’s Better Bites – bites, cupcakes, cake balls, brownies, Amore cake
- Lenny and Larry’s – The Complete Cookie
- Eat MUD – frozen mousse
- New Barn – AlmondCrème
- Ona Foods (contains honey)
- Paleo Treats – Bandito, Cacao Now!, Mustang bar (contains honey)
- Revolution Gelato – organic gelato
- Rule Breaker – cookie bites, brownie bites
- Snackin’ Free – bars, brownies, cookies, muffins
- So Delicious – mousse, frozen desserts, dessert bars, fudge bars, sandwiches, frozen dessert topping
- Sorbatto – Frosty Blue
- Sweet Loren’s – cookie dough
- This Pie Is Nuts – various pies
- Van Leeuwen – vegan ice cream
- Wink Frozen Desserts – ice cream, cookies
- You Are Loved – bites, cupcakes, truffles, tarts
- Beyond Broth – various vegetable broths
- Tofurky – gravy
- Café Spice – aloo gobhi curry, Bombay dal palak, channa masala, yellow tofu curry
- Hilary’s – whole grain medleys
Meal Delivery Services
- 22 Days Nutrition
- Food Flo
- Kitchen Verde
- Macro-Mediterranean
- Purple Carrot
- The Vegan Garden
- Veestro
- Vegin’ Out
*These products are welfare-certified; look for the GAP Step 2 logo on pack by Summer 2019.
**Available for pre-order, shipping July 2019
Check out our comprehensive label guide for more information about welfare certifications and claims and our list of certified farms by state to find a welfare-certified farm near you!
Please contact us at [email protected] if we have missed a company or product that should be on this list.
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