Private company

Follow Your Heart

Logo: https://followyourheart.com/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

American vegan food company

Follow Your Heart is a vegan and vegetarian food company that began in 1970 as a restaurant in Canoga Park, California. In 1977, they began selling Vegenaise, an egg-free mayonnaise substitute whose name is a portmanteau of vegetarian and mayonnaise.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1970Founded1

Follow Your Heart is a vegan and vegetarian food company that began in 1970 as a restaurant in Canoga Park, California. In 1977, they began selling Vegenaise, an egg-free mayonnaise substitute whose name is a portmanteau of vegetarian and mayonnaise.2

Products and brands

  • vegan food

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1970Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$449.0K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $449.0K in all. PPP loans $449.0K.$0$200K$400K$600K2020 · PPP loans: $449.0K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$449.0K$449.0K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 6, 2020$449.0K PPP loan (first draw) from City National Bank4To FOLLOW YOUR HEART, Canoga Park CA; $454.1K forgiven Jun 4, 2021