People are trying to develop more healthy fast food restaurants. An example is Native Foods Cafe, which has been serving quick-service vegan food for over 20 years. This cafe avoids added chemicals with their vegan comfort foods. Smoked paprika is a popular ingredient to up the flavor. Protein is received mostly through grains and beans. This whole concept is part of a wave of people trying to eat healthier and live better lives. As larger companies move towards healthier alternatives, it will raise demand and help smaller companies too.

Key Takeaways:

• Fast food establishments that are also vegan are not a new concept, but they are slowly becoming more mainstream.
• Carolyn Corcoran, chef for “Native Foods Café,” suggests upping spice use in vegan settings, especially as vegan dishes can’t lean on milk, butter, or animal byproducts, for flavor.
• Corcoran surmises that as people are willing to spend more time examining labels and cooking the shift towards clean eating will happen naturally.

“A lot of people are looking to eat healthier, especially with all of the big farms and people finding out the hormones going into mass-producing things like chicken, beef, and pork.”

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