The Cause
Pastries and desserts play a big role in our world. They've often been associated with pleasure, love and abundance. We buy or make them to treat our loved ones or ourselves in various life occasions. We use them to communicate good feelings to one another.
However, as food technologies evolve, sweetness now comes with heavier burdens. Most pastries in the market contain little nutritional value, high amounts of refined sugar, unhealthy fats and artificial additives. They might temporarily please our eyes and taste buds, yet bring unease to our body and mind after they enter our belly. We seldom think about this because it's been accepted as a norm in contemporary food culture.
Meanwhile in the sweet food industry, excessive food waste, unsustainable use of plastic, industrialised productions of palm oil, eggs and dairy, are all adding pressure on the environment.
I know we can do much better than this. We all deserve better.
I switched to a plant-based diet in 2015, later studied Environmental Management at university, and started to engage myself in a more sustainable and healthier lifestyle. This growing awareness of wellbeing and sustainability gradually reshaped my standards for food. I wanted to create desserts that are not only exquisite and delicious, but also healthy, nourishing, with minimised impact on the environment.
So I dedicated myself to developing healthy plant-based recipes and founded Plant Symphony. The aspiration is to create better choices beneficial to the wellbeing of our kind, so more people can enjoy sweetness without worrying about their health or the environment.
With no dairy, eggs, gelatin, refined sugar, hydrogenated/palm oil, artificial flavours/colours/preservatives, every pastry is handmade with quality and sustainably sourced plant-based ingredients, minimising waste production and usage of single-use plastic during the making.
Every effort counts. Every change matters.
We deserve better, so let's create better, and become better.
Jade, founder & chef at Plant Symphony