Terms and Conditions

Effective date: June 14, 2026

Welcome to Protein Deficient Vegan. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of proteindeficientvegan.com (the “Site”), operated by VeGAINS Fitness & Nutrition LLC, doing business as Protein Deficient Vegan (“we,” “us,” or “our”). By using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the Site.

Use of the Site

You may use the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes. You agree not to:

Use the Site in any way that violates applicable laws
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its servers, or connected systems
Scrape, harvest, or bulk-download Site content, including for training machine-learning models, except as permitted by our published robots.txt
Interfere with the Site’s operation or other users’ enjoyment of it
Impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone

Accounts

If you create an account on our shop, you are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all activity under your account. Notify us promptly if you believe your account has been compromised. Information you provide must be accurate and kept up to date.

Recipes, Nutrition Information, and Food Safety

Recipes are provided as-is. Results depend on your ingredients, equipment, and technique. Follow safe food-handling practices, including cooking foods to safe temperatures and proper storage.
Nutrition information is an estimate. Calorie, protein, and other nutrition values are calculated from ingredient databases and are provided for general information only. Actual values vary by brand, portion, and preparation. If you have strict dietary or medical requirements, verify nutrition information independently.
Allergens. Recipes may contain or come into contact with common allergens (e.g., soy, gluten, tree nuts, peanuts). Always check ingredient labels. You are solely responsible for ensuring a recipe is safe for your dietary needs and allergies.
Not medical or dietetic advice. Content on this Site is for general informational purposes and is not a substitute for advice from a physician or registered dietitian. See our Disclaimer.

Intellectual Property

All content on the Site — recipes, text, photographs, graphics, logos, e-books, and the protein database — is owned by VeGAINS Fitness & Nutrition LLC or its licensors and is protected by copyright and trademark law.

You may:

Cook our recipes for yourself, family, and friends
Share links to our recipes and posts
Pin our content on Pinterest or share it on social media using the Site’s share features, with attribution and a link back

You may not, without our prior written permission:

Republish a recipe, post, photo, or e-book in full on another website, app, or publication
Use our photographs or graphics in your own content
Sell, redistribute, or repackage our content, including paid meal plans and free e-books
Use our content to train or fine-tune machine-learning models for commercial recipe generation

If you’d like to feature a recipe, you may publish the photo (with credit) and a link to the recipe, but not the full ingredient list or instructions.

Trademarks

“Protein Deficient Vegan®” is a registered trademark of VeGAINS Fitness & Nutrition LLC with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Protein Deficient Vegan name, logo, and all related names, logos, slogans, and branding are trademarks of the Company and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. Nothing on the Site grants any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Site.

Shop, Purchases, and Refunds

Digital products (such as meal plans and e-books) are delivered electronically. Because they cannot be returned, all digital product sales are final, except where a download is defective and we cannot remedy it, or where applicable law requires a refund.
Physical merchandise (apparel, flags, and similar) is produced and shipped by our fulfillment partners. Sizing, care, and shipping details are listed on each product page. If an item arrives damaged or misprinted, contact us within 30 days with photos and we will arrange a replacement or refund.
Pricing and availability may change at any time. We may correct pricing errors and cancel orders placed at an erroneous price, with a full refund.
Taxes and customs. You’re responsible for any applicable sales tax shown at checkout and any customs duties on international shipments.
Payments are processed by third-party payment processors; we do not store your full card details.

User Content (Comments and Ratings)

By posting a comment or recipe rating, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license to display, reproduce, and moderate that content on the Site. You represent that your content is your own and doesn’t infringe anyone’s rights.

We may edit or remove comments that are spam, abusive, off-topic, or otherwise objectionable, at our sole discretion. We are not responsible for the content of user comments.

Free E-Books and Email

Free e-books are offered in exchange for joining our email list. You may unsubscribe at any time, and you may keep any e-book you’ve already received. Free e-books are for personal use only and may not be redistributed.

Unsolicited Ideas

Please don’t send us unsolicited ideas, recipes, content, or materials you consider your intellectual property unless we’ve signed a written agreement covering them first. If you do submit such material without an agreement, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, and distribute it in any media.

Advertising and Affiliate Links

The Site displays third-party advertising and contains affiliate links (including Amazon links — as an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases). We are not responsible for the content of third-party ads or the products, services, or websites they link to. Your dealings with advertisers and merchants are solely between you and them.

Third-Party Links

The Site links to third-party websites for convenience. We don’t control and aren’t responsible for their content, policies, or practices.

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VEGAINS FITNESS & NUTRITION LLC AND ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING RECIPES AND NUTRITION INFORMATION. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM THE SITE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE OR (B) USD $50.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless VeGAINS Fitness & Nutrition LLC from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your violation of these Terms or your misuse of the Site.

Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site (including shop accounts) at any time for violation of these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification) survive.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in the State of Indiana, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

General Provisions

Electronic communications. By using the Site or contacting us electronically, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically, and that electronic agreements, notices, and disclosures satisfy any legal requirement that communications be in writing.
Force majeure. Except for payment obligations, neither party is liable for delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control.
Assignment. You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a sale or reorganization of the business.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision or our right to enforce it later.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.
Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the policies they reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and VeGAINS Fitness & Nutrition LLC regarding the Site.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “Effective date” above reflects the latest revision. Continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

Contact

VeGAINS Fitness & Nutrition LLC Operating as Protein Deficient Vegan Contact: proteindeficientvegan.com/contact