Our story
Made by chefs. Obsessed over in NYC.
Blackbird started in a Long Island City kitchen, hand-making seitan for the city's best restaurants. Today we make it for your freezer, the same way, by hand.
Founded by chefs in NYC and Philly
The original plant-based meat, made the hard way.
Seitan is a high-protein wheat protein, used as a meat alternative in East Asia since the 6th century. We started by making it for local restaurants. As more people asked to cook with it at home, we opened our own dedicated facility in NYC to make the best seitan in the western world. Hand-tossed, hand-battered, small-batch. Because good food is worth the effort.
The craft
Hand-made, small-batch. Hand-tossed and hand-battered in small batches, the way a chef would, never a factory line.
Our own kitchen. We built our own dedicated facility in Long Island City to control every step, from mix to freezer.
A short ingredient list. Simple, real ingredients and no synthetics. Food you would recognize, that happens to be plant-based.
"We wanted to bring the joy of restaurant cooking home, and make food so good you forget to ask what it's made of."
Blackbird Foods, Long Island City, NY
WHY BLACKBIRD?
cholesterol free
non-GMO
kosher
plant-based
ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS
Taste the difference.
Start with the best seller, or build your own box.