VegNews Magazine Announces the Best Vegetarian Products, Places & People in the Largest Reader Survey of its Kind in the World

VegNews, Americas premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine, has announced the winners of their 2004 Veggie Awards. With thousands of readers voting for their favorite veg products in over 60 categories, this annual survey is the largest of its kind in the world. The awards showcase the best of vegetarian in categories ranging from soymilk, veggie burger and restaurant to celebrity, website and even most veg-friendly airline. Vegetarianism is more chic than ever, and with health-minded New Years resolutions right around the corner, theres no better time to go veg. The Veggie Awards feature the "best of the best" and are the perfect resource to help Americans get healthy in 2005.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 8, 2004 -- "These companies are leaders in the natural food industry and continue to develop high-quality vegetarian products. We are pleased to honor their accomplishments with a Veggie Award," said VegNews Magazine publisher Joseph Connelly.

Following are some standouts:

Best Vegetarian Restaurant: Millennium Restaurant, San Francisco

Best Veg-Friendly Fast Food Restaurant: Taco Bell

Best Veggie Burger: Boca Burger

Best Soymilk: SILK by White Wave

Best Natural Foods Store: Whole Foods

Best Veg-Friendly Airline: United

Favorite Veg Celebrity: Joaquin Phoenix

The VegNews Veggie Awards recognize excellence in the vegetarian food industry. VegNews readers submit their ballots, and winners are announced in the holiday edition of the magazine. The annual celebration of the best that veg living has to offer has become the most popular feature in the publication.

The issue is currently on the newsstands and is also available from the magazines award-winning website, http://www.vegnews.com.

All the winners can be viewed at: http://vegnews.com/veggieawards.html.

VegNews, America's premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine, has a readership of over 100,000 and is read around the world. Each issue is filled with the latest in vegetarian news, events, recipes, nutrition information, restaurant and product reviews, celebrity buzz and even vegetarian weddings. The Veggie Award" edition is published every year and demonstrates the growth and sophistication of the vegetarian industry. The magazine is headquartered in San Francisco.

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