A process for producing a vegan convenience food, wherein said process comprises, preferably consists of, the steps: (a) providing (i) a single vegan compatible raw material, or (ii) a blend of two or more vegan compatible raw materials, wherein said single vegan compatible raw material (i) and wherein at least one of said two or more vegan compatible raw materials of said blend (ii) comprises a native binder component, or (iii) a mixture comprising, preferably consisting of, a single vegan compatible raw material and at least one, preferably one, vegan compatible binder component, or (iv) a mixture comprising, preferably consisting of, a blend of two or more vegan compatible raw materials and at least one, preferably one, vegan compatible binder component; (b) comminuting said vegan compatible raw material (i), said blend of vegan compatible raw materials (ii) or said mixture (iii) or (iv) into a powder with a particle size between 100 and 1'000 μm, preferably by dry milling or cryo-milling; or comminuting said vegan compatible raw material (i), said blend of vegan compatible raw materials (ii) or said mixture (iii) or (iv) into a slurry, preferably by bowl cutting or homogenization, and optionally converting said slurry into a powder by lyophilisation or another drying method, preferably by lyophilisation; (c) adding water to said powder or said slurry of step b) to make a paste with a water content between 10 and 90 % on dry weight basis, preferably between 20 and 70 % on dry weight basis; (d) portioning or 3D-printing the paste of step (c) into a VCF shape, wherein preferably said VCF shape is selected from stockpile pieces, strips, sausages, ready-to-fry flat designs or any other VCF shapes; (e) wet heating the portioned paste of step (d) for solidifying said paste to generate the VCF; wherein the steps (a) to (e) are effected in said given order, and wherein said process does not comprise the addition or usage of an enzyme. (a) providing (i) a single vegan compatible raw material, or (ii) a blend of two or more vegan compatible raw materials, wherein said single vegan compatible raw material (i) and wherein at least one of said two or more vegan compatible raw materials of said blend (ii) comprises a native binder component, or (iii) a mixture comprising, preferably consisting of, a single vegan compatible raw material and at least one, preferably one, vegan compatible binder component, or (iv) a mixture comprising, preferably consisting of, a blend of two or more vegan compatible raw materials and at least one, preferably one, vegan compatible binder component; (i) a single vegan compatible raw material, or (ii) a blend of two or more vegan compatible raw materials, wherein said single vegan compatible raw material (i) and wherein at least one of said two or more vegan compatible raw materials of said blend (ii) comprises a native binder component, or (iii) a mixture comprising, preferably consisting of, a single vegan compatible raw material and at least one, preferably one, vegan compatible binder component, or (iv) a mixture comprising, preferably consisting of, a blend of two or more vegan compatible raw materials and at least one, preferably one, vegan compatible binder component; (b) comminuting said vegan compatible raw material (i), said blend of vegan compatible raw materials (ii) or said mixture (iii) or (iv) into a powder with a particle size between 100 and 1'000 μm, preferably by dry milling or cryo-milling; or comminuting said vegan compatible raw material (i), said blend of vegan compatible raw materials (ii) or said mixture (iii) or (iv) into a slurry, preferably by bowl cutting or homogenization, and optionally converting said slurry into a powder by lyophilisation or another drying method, preferably by lyophilisation; (c) adding water to said powder or said slurry of step b) to make a paste with a water content between 10 and 90 % on dry weight basis, preferably between 20 and 70 % on dry weight basis; (d) portioning or 3D-printing the paste of step (c) into a VCF shape, wherein preferably said VCF shape is selected from stockpile pieces, strips, sausages, ready-to-fry flat designs or any other VCF shapes; (e) wet heating the portioned paste of step (d) for solidifying said paste to generate the VCF;