How Good Are French Vegan Croissants?

Only one percent of the French population is vegan. France is known for its cheese and people here love butter: No other nation consumes more butter worldwide. It's also the most important ingredient in the most French of all pastries: croissants. In Paris, we tested whether a vegan pastry chef could inspire her butter-crazy compatriots to make croissants without butter.

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CREDITS
Report: Gönna Ketels
Camera: Maël Fuentes
Edit: Antje Lass
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[i]

wow, i can't wait to visit her bakery one day

[elizabethchan]

Bravo Mlle. Leconte, keep it up! Looking forward to visit your bakery someday! 😍👍

[tobiatic]

Nice idea. I think this is the croissant we should eat more in the future. It´s cheaper, healthier and vegan. The taste is on the same level as a croissant with butter.

[Kain_Mercer]

Very interesting video. I would have liked to see the response from the taste testers once the blind was removed, though!
What did the butter fans think, after realizing they preferred Vegan?

[avr]

Good initiative. Something different 👍🏻

[JacobA]

I bet all food can be veganised, so what are people waiting for?

[alexisgouet]

It's good too see, and everyone will comment about how we have vegan pastries in France but truth is I have never seen any in my town, which is quite a big town, and I didn't have a croissant since more than ten years. Hopefully it will spread.

[tocatchasnark]

I’ve made vegan croissants and they was miles more tasty than the shop bought ones .

[AnimationDunk]

Merci de donner de l'accessibilité au vegan à nos pâtisseries préférée, dans les autres pays les options sont nombreuses et accessible mais la France prend du temps à changer

[thedangerousbeauty]

She could also use vegan butter too...😊

[luci]

just curious but is heart disease prevalent in france?

[Sa-fdih]

Why not show the testers’ reaction after finding out they prefer vegan croissant?

[patrickd]

Margarine and vegetable oil in French foods just seems wrong. Glad people enjoy it though, having dietary restrictions in Paris seems challenging !

[brentlue]

Does anyone know the voice actor for the narration of this video? I swear I've heard him also voice for NHK.

[felipedilho]

but margerine has milk in it, so it is not really vegan, right?

[andrelima]

Unfortunately, margarine is not healthy. But that croissants should be tasty.

[berfunkle]

I grew up eating margerine, but I stopped eating the stuff once I was introduced to butter in my late teens. In fact, I grew to hate the taste of margerine. I would try a vegan croissant, but if the true difference between the two was butter or margerine, I suspect I wouldn't like the vegan style.

[andybarr]

Butter - one ingredient that can be locally sourced. It's production plays an important role in the environment.
Vegetable "oil" and soy "milk" - highly processed and full of chemical deodorizers and preservatives. Produced in unsustainable monocultures that destroy environments.

[alphacause]

While I appreciate the creativity of this vegan chef, it is completely unnecessary given that much of what drives the push towards veganism are erroneous views about health, misguided ideas about the environmental impact of animal agriculture, and unsound reasoning regarding the ethics of animal husbandry .

[VKTR_Tech]

Margarine is unhealthy and should honestly be illegal. This is disgusting.