About Kosbaar | Plant-Based Frozen Meals from Cape Town
Kosbaar means "precious" in Afrikaans.
It's a word chosen with care — because Adien believes the best meal is one that nourishes you without harming other living beings. Good food shouldn't have to come at another creature's expense.
A Founder With Roots in Plant-Based Food
Adien's journey in plant-based food began long before Kosbaar existed. In 2014, she founded Plant — one of Cape Town's pioneering plant-based food businesses — and spent four years building it into something meaningful before selling in 2018.
But the gap she'd identified in the market never left her mind.
Convenient frozen meals made with real ingredients. Food that tastes amazing without the usual compromise. A product that fits into real, busy lives without asking people to choose between care and flavour.
So she started Kosbaar.
Food That Respects Everything It Touches
From Kosbaar's kitchen in Cape Town, every product is made with care — for the people eating it, for the animals it doesn't harm, and for the planet it belongs to. The range is plant-based and plant-friendly, rooted in real ingredients, and built around the belief that eating well should never feel like a punishment.
Some of it is wholesome. Some of it is a little naughty. All of it is made with love.
Our Mission
To make real-food convenience a reality — delicious, plant-based frozen meals that fit into busy lives without compromise.
Our Vision
To prove that the smallest shift — one plant-based meal at a time — adds up to something bigger. Not a sacrifice, not a lifestyle overhaul. Just delicious food that happens to be kinder, and a world quietly changed by the choice.
Our Values
Real Food — Quality ingredients, made with care. What you see is what you get.
Convenience Without Compromise — Quick to prepare, but never boring and never an afterthought.
Balance — Mostly wholesome, with the occasional indulgence — because life is genuinely for living.
Respect — For the people eating the food, for the animals it protects, and for the planet that makes it all possible.
Food Worth Caring About
In a world of shortcuts and compromises, Kosbaar shows that food can be fast and made with intention. That what we eat every day can reflect how we feel about the world around us — the people we share meals with, the animals we share this earth with, and the planet we're borrowing from the next generation.
Every product that leaves the Kosbaar kitchen carries that conviction with it.
Because good food isn't just fuel. It's a small, daily act of care — for yourself, and for everything precious around you.
Kosbaar. Made in Cape Town, with every living creature in mind.
Kosbaar means "precious" in Afrikaans.
It's a word chosen with care — because Adien Aggenbach believes the best meal is one that nourishes you without harming other living beings. Good food shouldn't have to come at another creature's expense.
A Founder With Roots in Plant-Based Food
Adien's journey in plant-based food began long before Kosbaar existed. In 2014, she founded Plant — one of Cape Town's pioneering plant-based food businesses — and spent four years building it into something meaningful before selling in 2018.
But the gap she'd identified in the market never left her mind.
Convenient frozen meals made with real ingredients. Food that tastes amazing without the usual compromise. A product that fits into real, busy lives without asking people to choose between care and flavour.
So she started Kosbaar.
Two Ranges, One Philosophy
Kosbaar offers two distinct ranges, both rooted in the same belief that food should be delicious, plant-based, and kind.
The Kosbaar Range is made by us, in our Cape Town kitchen — every product crafted with our own hands and the same care that started this whole thing.
The Collective Range is our curated selection of superior vegan products from trusted partners who share our values. Because great plant-based food exists beyond our kitchen too, and we believe in celebrating it.
Food That Respects Everything It Touches
From Kosbaar's kitchen in Cape Town, every product is made with care — for the people eating it, for the animals , and for the planet. The range is plant-based and plant-friendly, rooted in real ingredients, and built around the belief that eating well should never feel like a punishment.
Some of it is wholesome. Some of it is a little naughty. All of it is made with love.
Our Mission
To make real-food convenience a reality — delicious, plant-based frozen meals that fit into busy lives without compromise.
Our Vision
To prove that the smallest shift — one plant-based meal at a time — adds up to something bigger. Not a sacrifice, not a lifestyle overhaul. Just delicious food that happens to be kinder, and a world quietly changed by the choice.
Our Values
Real Food — Quality ingredients, made with care. Convenience Without Compromise — Quick to prepare, but never boring and never an afterthought.
Balance — Mostly wholesome, with the occasional indulgence — because life is genuinely for living.
Respect — For the animals it protects, and for the planet that makes it all possible.
Food Worth Caring About
In a world of shortcuts and compromises, Kosbaar shows that food can be fast and made with intention. That what we eat every day can reflect how we feel about the world around us — the people we share meals with, the animals we share this earth with, and the planet we're borrowing from the next generation.
Because good food isn't just fuel. It's a small, daily act of care — for yourself, and for everything precious around you.
Made in Cape Town, with every living creature in mind.
Kosbaar
… because you are,
…because we are
…because they are.
