Business & Brands

Business Development

Heather has invested significant personal funds as well as her time and energy into creating businesses that focus on improving human health, animal welfare and environmental sustainability.

Heather’s growing portfolio of plant-based enterprises is spearheaded by her pioneering dairy-free, meat-free, and fish-free food company, VBites Foods, which operates from 100% plant-based facilities in the UK and EU. Other growing companies include:

Alternatives Stores (a one-stop online shop for ethical food and everyday essential shopping); Sinless Eggs (ground-breaking egg alternates manufactured from pumpkin-protein – fried, boiled, poached, scrambled and sliced!)

Be@One Make up (vegan and cruelty-free premium makeup and affordable prices)

Vegan Omega 3 algal oil (the highest nutritional benefits derived from market-leading DHA and EPA levels).

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Chester Launch

VBites announces partnership with Holland & Barrett and opens its third outlet, VBites cafe, within Holland & Barrett’s Chester store. The launch was showcased by Oprah Winfrey in her segment, ‘ Where Are They Now’.

VBites Cafe Launch

Oprah Winfrey Feature

Food at the Fringe Brighton Food Festival UK

Heather showcasing her VBites food range.

VBites 1st Cafe Hove Lagoon opening

Heather discovered veganism in the early 90’s as an alternative therapy to traditional medicine. One of the issues faced was being able to source ingredients and trying to find suitable meatless meats and fish substitutes that she could use in her cooking.

Having searched high and low, Heather purchased a small vegan food company called Redwood in 2009 which was re-branded to VBites to align with her VBites Cafes. The product range was greatly expanded and the foundation was laid for a worldwide vegan food brand.

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New Generation of VBites Products

Launch of clean, high-protein alternatives including Chicken Burgers, Chicken Schnitzel, Kids Dino Nuggets & more.

2025

 Sinless Eggs Development

100% vegan fried, poached, boiled , scrambled or sliced eggs. Sinless Eggs are the perfect product to enrich your meal with cruelty-free, plant based egg alternates. Made using a pioneering pumpkin protein, you wouldn’t know the difference. 100% allergen free.

Alternative Stores

In keeping with Heather’s mantra of supporting small family businesses, she added the family run ethical, plant-based online shop, ‘The Alternative Stores’ to her portfolio in 2024.

The store serves as a one-stop shop for ethical food and everyday essential shopping, supporting hundreds of local family businesses with incredible and original products operate at scale. The store has won multiple awards and the founders, Dan John (who is heading to a well deserved retirement) and Zahra, his daughter, are delighted   with the acquisition, commenting: “We are excited for the future of Alternative Stores with such a passionate vegan pioneer in Heather Mills”.

2024

V-Omega Algal Oil

Over many years, Heather and her team, including acclaimed scientist, Alec Crowbank, perfected a technique that harvests nutrient-rich (plant-based) algae to create a healthier, marine-friendly product. A unique process uses biomass grown under controlled manufacturing conditions and naturally occurring micro-organisms instead of fish or other animals.

V-Omega3 is a 100% vegan Algal Oil manufactured in the UK from our-own biomass in carefully-controlled manufacturing conditions and contains high levels of  EPA and has 420 mg of DHA in every two capsules.

Be At One Vegan Make Up

Together with her friend, business partner, and longtime cosmetics professional, Milena Thacker, Heather has developed an entirely vegan, paraben-free, cruelty-free, high-quality cosmetics range that includes lipsticks, concealer, BB cream (foundation) and eye liners. The product has been lauded by fashion houses such as Chanel for being premium in quality but affordable in price. Made in Italy it’s easy to apply, smells like Papaya and stays put all day long!

2020

VBites Manufacturing Site Plant Based Valley

2019

VBites Manufacturing Site Peterlee

VBites Manufacturing Site Benton

VBites Ventures
Heather launched a start up investment scheme within her business to assist SME ( small to medium enterprises) entrepreneurs with plant-based ideas and vision to transform their ideas into fully-fledged businesses.

2018

VBites announces partnership with Holland & Barrett and opens its 3rd outlet, VBites cafe within Holland & Barretts Chester store. The launch was showcased by Oprah Winfrey ‘ Where Are They Now’

2015

Second VBites Cafe opened in Brighton UK. 

2013

VBites company named UK’s most ethical Vegan food supplier for the fifth year running.

VBites awarded Kosher and Halal Certificate for its range of products being 100% plant based.

2010

Hunts Point VBites Cafe opened to feed the children of the Bronx New York for free.
Honorary Chairwoman. Working with families to support the education and progress of the children of Hunts Point NY, USA and donating $1million of healthy food.

Heather donates $1million of plant based nutritional food to a non profit organisation introducing plant based foods and nutritional education in schools to educate the school communities.

Opening a free VBites Cafe to provide healthy food for school children of the Bronx.

VBites seaside Cafe opens in Hove UK

Purchased Redwood Wholefoods which became VBites Ltd. Vegan Ethical Food company.
Launched VBites, the UK’s largest 100% plant based food range, manufacturing dairy free /meat free / fish free products and deli alternatives. 24 Countries, 320 Products.

VBites Partnered with Flexiski to produce ethical vegan food for French ski resorts.
Launch in Hotel Saint Louis, Courchevel 1850.

2009

VBites Manufacturing Site Corby

2008

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VBites Development

100% plant-based production facility producing dairy-free, meat, fish and deli alternatives.

VBites has a long history of processing non-dairy ingredients and has been at the forefront of plant-based cheese technology for almost 30 years.

State of the art Production, In House Development, AA BRC Non Dairy, Meat and Fish Production, Global Distribution.

VBites Awards

The Sammie’s VBites Plant-Based Winner
Rochelle Lack, Greencore – Vegan Duk Bao Boy

2023

QVC online promotion VBites Mega Burger Sell Out

The V2 Awards – Manufacturer of the Year – Corby Site

2020

The Great Moshimo Challenge

Vegan Festival Awards UK VBites won ‘best vegan meat’ category.

Veggie Awards: VBites named most Innovative brand in the annual Veggie Awards, which acknowledge the best and most exciting veggie products on the market.

Hello Magazine – Best Vegan Restaurant List

2017

Best Meat-Free – Awarded by PETA – Pork-Style Sausage Rolls

2015

Best Faux Fish – Awarded by Viva! – Fish-Style Fingers

Best Vegan Cheese Brand – Awarded by Cook Vegetarian! for Cheezly

Best Faux Fish – Awarded by PETA for the Fish-Style Steak

2014

Best Innovation Award – Awarded by Holland&Barrett for the quality and breadth of our range

2013

UK Vegan Awards 2010 – Best Vegan Meat

The Vegetarian Society Awards – Best Convenience Food – Lincolnshire Style Sausage

VBites named most Ethical Food Supplier 5 years running.

2010

Cook Vegetarian! Awards – Best Meat Replacement – Streaky Style Rashers

Off The Hoof Awards – Best Veggie Burger –  VegiDeli Gourmet Burger

2009

Aduki Independent Press Australia – Best non dairy product – Cheezly

2008

Vegan Society Achievement Award

Vegan Environmental Awards  – Best Vegan Company

2007

Foods For Life Health Food Innovation Award – VegiDeli Cheatin Vegetarian Mince

The Vegan Society – Best Vegan Food Product Award for Cheezly

Foods For Life Award – VegiDeli Cheatin Vegetarian Mince

Vegan Society – Best Vegan Food – Cheezly

PETA, Proggy Award for progress – Cheatin’ Chicken Style Pieces

2006

Veg News USA Veggie Awards – Finest Food you can’t find in the USA – Cheezly

Vegan Society, Winner Best Vegan product – Thai Fish Style Cakes

2005

Vegan Society, Best Food Product – Supermelting Cheezly

Viva! Award for Excellence and Innovation – Best Vegan Food Products

2004

Natural Products, Best New Packaging Design 2003 – Making Waves range

Natural Products, Best New Food Products 2003 – Making Waves range

2003

Vegetarian Society, Best Vegetarian Convenience Food – Cheatin Streaky Style Rashers

2001

Vegan Society Readers Award, Best Established Vegan Brand– Streaky Style Rashers

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Taking action

Heather Mills is a vegan activist who has advocated for climate change action, including a global plant-based treaty. She has also called for a reimagining of agriculture. 

Heather has campaigned most of  her life to change the way people view and engage with animals, climate and the environment.

Heather believes that the production of meat, fish, and dairy is a major contributor to climate change, and that eating vegan is a way to help the planet. She has also said that climate conferences should serve plant-based food only. 

Bonn Climate Conference

Heather led a protest at the Bonn Climate Conference in June 2024, calling on UN officials to sign a plant-based treaty. She also handed out free hotdogs donated by her company, VBites

The Big Green Clash

Heather supports the Big Green Clash, an eco-focused rugby event that aims to inspire a more sustainable future. 

Business Development

VBites – Visit VBites website

100% plant-based production facility producing dairy-free, meat, fish and deli alternatives.

VBites has a long history of processing non-dairy ingredients and has been at the forefront of plant-based cheese technology for almost 30 years.

Sinless Egg – Shop Sinless Eggs

100% vegan fried, poached and boiled eggs plus a vegan egg filler.

Be At One Make Up Range – Visit the Be At One website

A cosmetic range that is 100% certified vegan, cruelty-free and contains no parabens.

V-Omega Algal Oil – Visit V Omega-3 website

Heather and her team have perfected a technique that harvests nutrient-rich (plant-based) algae to create a healthier, marine-friendly product

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