Winners Announced of World's Largest Survey of Vegetarian Food, People & Places

VegNews, America’s premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine, has announced the winners of the 2005 Veggie Awards. With over 10,000 readers voting for their favorite vegetarian products in over 70 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 city. Vegetarianism is hotter than ever, and with health-minded New Year’s resolutions right around the corner, there’s 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 2006.

(PRWEB) November 1, 2005 -- VegNews, America’s premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine, has announced the winners of the 2005 Veggie Awards in their November/December edition. With over 10,000 readers voting for their favorite vegetarian products in over 70 categories, this annual survey is the largest of its kind in the world. The awards showcase the best of vegetarian in categories ranging from soy milk, veggie burger and restaurant to celebrity, website and even most veg-friendly city.

"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 stand outs:

Best Vegetarian Restaurant: Chicago Diner, Chicago

Best Vegan Restaurant: Millennium, San Francisco

Best Veg-Friendly Fast Food Restaurant: Subway

Best Veggie Burger: Boca Burger

Best Soy milk: Silk

Best Natural Foods Store: Whole Foods

Favorite Veg Celebrity: Woody Harrelson

Favorite Veg-Friendly City: San Francisco

Vegetarianism is hotter than ever, and with health-minded New Year’s resolutions right around the corner, there’s 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 2006.

The VegNews Veggie Awards recognize excellence in the vegetarian food industry. VegNews’ readers submit their ballots over the course of 6 weeks, 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 news-stands and is also available from the magazine’s award-winning website, http://www.vegnews.com.

All Veggie Award winners can be viewed at: http://vegnews.com/veggieawards_2005.html.

VegNews, America's premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine, has a readership of over 150,000 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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