‘Dive In’! Chesapeake Bay’s Mind Blown Wins PETA’s Best Vegan Seafood Award

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Time to shell-abrate! Ahead of the summer dining season, PETA has today announced its 2025 National Vegan Seafood Rankings—and Chesapeake Bay’s own vegan seafood company Mind Blown has hooked a spot.

Co-founded by mother-daughter duo Shelly Van Cleve and Monica Talbert, Mind Blown offers a boatload of plant-powered options—including crab cakes, dusted scallops, and crispy, crunchy fried shrimp—that satisfy the cravings of any “seafood” seeker who also wants to protect sealife. Mind Blown’s products are available to ship across the U.S. and are also offered at Wegmans locations on the East Coast.

“From craveable crab-free crab cakes to savory sea-friendly scallops, Mind Blown is serving up fintastic fare that leaves marine life where they belong, in their ocean homes,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk, who went vegan 48 years ago after learning more about lobsters. “Every winner on PETA’s list is enticing diners with innovative vegan products that will have even the pickiest of people clam-oring for more.”

Other winners on PETA’s list include (in no particular order) Gardein in Richmond, British Columbia; Jinka in Burlingame, California; Konscious in Richmond, British Columbia;Save Da Sea in Victoria, British Columbia; Fysh Food in Los Angeles, California; Oshi in Rehovot, Israel; Seed to Surf in Toronto, Ontario; and Cavi-art in Herning, Denmark.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out thatEvery Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. PETA’s free vegan starter kit is filled with tips to help anyone looking to make the switch. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.