Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstream supermarket shelves

Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by raffraffraff on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:06PM (#26985177)

Anything that tries to be like actual cheese fails miserably and trends to be mostly fat (coconut) and starch with flavour added. Nutritionally terrible, usually very low protein compared with real cheese. At least with cashew cheese you are eating (mostly) cashews with some flavour added. Still higher in fat and lower in protein than a low fat cheese, but at least it isn't just starch and fat.

I use the liquid from sauerkraut or picked gherkins, garlic, onion powder and some salt, with the obligatory nutritional yeast. Just think of it as a nice pate.

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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by froh on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:47PM (#26987226)

Yes, and the lack of protein is horrible. When you are vegetarian, you partially substitute meat with cheese --- no way with these vegan look-like-cheese-somewhat products.

it's like 1.3g of protein per 100g (pseudo pasta 'cheese') vs 32g per 100g (Parmigiano-Reggiano) or 23g per 100g for Emmental cheese.

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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by blacksmith_tb on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:55PM (#26988333)

Depends a little on how puritanical you are - Trader Joe's makes a decent 'Mozarella Style' shredded cheese that's mostly almonds, but has casein from real cheese (to make it melt) and some flavor from parmesan. 40g of protein in a bag, not terrible, but not vegan, just less-dairy.

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