Q: Who is Upton’s Naturals?
A: Upton’s Naturals is a Chicago based natural foods producer specializing in vegan/vegetarian meat alternatives. Since 2006 we have offered a wide variety of gourmet seitan that is healthy, delicious and completely unique. Upton’s Naturals special method yields flavor and texture that is unsurpassed, and one look at our ingredients list proves our dedication to unprocessed nutrition.

Q: What is seitan?
A: Pronounced “say-tan”, seitan is a traditional Japanese product made from the protein in wheat (aka gluten). With an impressively meat-like texture and robust flavor, seitan is both high in protein and low in fat without the cholesterol associated with meat.

Q: So, it’s fake meat?
A: At Upton’s Naturals we like to think of our vegetarian sausage as real food; a real alternative to meat, made from real ingredients.

Q: Is it made from soy?
A: Upton’s Naturals seitan does contain a small amount of soy sauce, but unlike other meat alternatives that rely on isolated, defatted and extruded soy protein, our products are made from whole ingredients. Just wheat, soy sauce, water and spices. Quality ingredients and a little ingenuity means we do not rely on laboratory processes or chemical flavors.

A few important things to know about our products:

• low in fat
• high in protein
• low in carbs
• cholesterol free
• all natural ingredients
• no animal by-products
• 100% vegan/vegetarian
• certified Kosher by the CRC *excluding the Tamales