Loving Hut is a chain of vegan restaurants in which each restaurant is owned and operated independently and sets its own menu. There are locations in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, North America, and Oceania. As of 2017, the chain had over 200 locations in 35 countries.[1] Their slogan is "Be Vegan, Make Peace!"
The Loving Hut franchise has different service models ranging from fast food, fast casual to full service restaurants.[2] While each restaurant has the freedom to create its own menu, the Taiwan Loving Hut headquarters published a guide: Criteria for Vegan Food at Loving Hut. The guide lists ingredients as "Vegan", "non Vegan" or "Avoid" citing health concerns. Among the ingredients to avoid are MSG and other glutamates, artificial food coloring, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified foods or ingredients. Alcohol is prohibited in food or drinks and all restaurants are smoke-free, with some restaurants serving non-alcoholic wine and beer. The headquarters and regional sub-offices provide various services for all restaurants regarding food import and export, recipes, personnel and training. The franchise has a factory in Taiwan producing its own varieties of vegan