3 Mar 2025

Vutter: The vegan butter that's sweeping NZ's top food awards

From Nine To Noon, 11:35 am on 3 March 2025
Images of Patrick Malloch and Aline Fonseca at the NZ Food Awards, plus images of the vutter product.

Photo: Supplied: Feliz Wholefoods

Love butter, but worried about what it could be doing to your health? Aline Fonseca and Patrick Malloch are the founders of Feliz Wholefoods, and the creators of Vutter - or vegan butter.

It's based on a recipe developed by Aline, who's a chef herself, and has evolved into a number of different flavours; hemp seed oil, one with slow roasted garlic and one that's made from avocado.

Their Avo Spreadable Vutter has been the surprise success - despite only coming out 6 months ago, it carried away the chilled award category and the Supreme prize at the New Zealand Food Awards last year.

Aline and Patrick are passionate vegans - and say they just wanted to make something that was healthy, honest and sustainable.