Whole Foods Market

Vegan Doughnuts at Whole Foods Market in Los Altos

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Large and well-stocked natural foods supermarket chain, acquired by Amazon.com in 2018. Offers selections in natural groceries and specialty foods, nutritional supplements and vitamins, fresh fruits and vegetables, as well home cleaning and natural body care products. Find vegan foods like tofu and soy products, plant milks, vegan ice cream, vegan cheese, frozen meals, vegan burger patties, cereals, nuts, and much more. Has deli and prepared foods department. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-10:00pm. Open daily.

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4800 El Camino Real, Los Altos, California, USA, 94022
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4 Reviews

First Review by groovyvegan

j_c_c

Points +73

Vegetarian

09 Jun 2021

Expensive and low quality - Edit

By far the most expensive grocery store in the area, with low-quality veggies. Their deli seems to have gotten rid of most of their vegetarian and vegan options over time as well.

You can find all the same stuff at the Safeway across the street for much cheaper (or the Trader Joe’s across the street as well, or the Sprout’s, etc etc etc).

Cons: Expensive

misabella

Points +3314

Vegetarian

27 May 2021

Another Whole Foods - Edit

It felt bigger than many yet the vegan options didn’t seem to multiply with the square feet of store. Typical vegan product selection and some baked goods, nothing particularly noteworthy.

Pros: Some standard vegan selections , Often good deal on organic blueberries

Cons: Not as much vegan as one might hope

vegan_mum

Points +305

Vegan

30 Aug 2012

the best Whole Foods outlet I've encountered yet - Edit

While I actively avoid the downtown Palo Alto location, this Whole Foods store excels for vegan groceries and has become my #1 shopping destination (supplanting the also excellent Country Sun Market). Currently they've got an Engine 2 Diet program (this is Dr. Esselstyn's son's "plant-strong" firefighter diet) going on and they've got prominent red Engine 2 Diet labels on all sorts of vegan foods throughout the store. Their prices can't be beat for organic vegan and gluten-free items, and their produce department abounds with a wide selection of local and organic fruits and veges (the only better produce I've found is at New Leaf Market in Santa Cruz) at reasonable prices (sometimes comparable to our local California Avenue farmers' market, though said farmers' market has [during summer] awesome, knock-your-socks-off organic peaches and pluots for $3 a pound whereas Whole Foods has merely good ones for $4 to $6 a pound). If it's bulk spices you need, don't even bother here -- just go to Country Sun -- but bulk beans, nuts, grains and cereals are great here. Also the staff are unusually friendly and alert -- not weird overly talkative friendly, but just plain old helpful and "would you like to taste that?" friendly.

Updated from previous review on Wednesday June 27, 2012

Pros: excellent organic produce, good prices, friendly staff

Cons: paltry bulk spices

groovyvegan

Points +299

Vegan

29 May 2010

Organic salad bar + vegan donuts. - Edit

I'm giving this Whole Foods 3 stars for their prepared food mostly because the produce at the $7.99 a pound salad bar is organic. One vegan option here that I enjoyed was hummus and pita bread. (Note that the only vegan salad dressing available is balsamic vinegrette which contains sugar. They also offer lemon juice.) Nothing is labelled "vegan" or "vegetarian," but at least individual ingredients are labelled.

The hot foods lunch and dinner bar was quite vegan unfriendly. The only vegan "entrees" were the potstickers and the vegetables with noodles. Otherwise, not a single main dish was vegan. There is also a breakfast bar here without many vegan options. The hashbrowns and the oatmeal might be vegan.

The "build your own" sandwich section did not offer a single vegan sandwich. None of the bread is vegan as all has an eggwash according to the employee there. They don't even offer bread for sandwiches that contain honey but is otherwise vegan. Very disappointing.

None of the pizza in the hot pizza section was vegan. My vegetarian friend had a slice and said it was the worst pizza he ever had.

Along the left side of the store, there are satays and burritos which may be vegan. Nearby there is a large selection of vegan donuts and pastries--more than I've ever seen in a store which was not a dedicated vegan bakery.

Pros: Vegan salad bar, Vegan Donuts

Cons: No vegan sandwiches, Limited vegan options at hot foods bar.