So you pay other people to confine, rape, abuse and murder baby animals for you. That's all I hear when people say I'm not vegan but bla bla. Why aren't you vegan?
@@MerleONeal FYI: MorningStar Farms made an announcement some time ago that they would be making their products vegan/taking out the ingredients that made their products vegetarian instead of vegan… You should check every now and then when you are in the market to see if their ingredients have changed, because they have been MY vegetarian staple for decades when I feel like having a BLT. It is out of this world delicious! I microwave the strips though - I don’t grill them. I think you would be stoked just as much is I am with them - I can’t imagine the flavor and texture of them changing much just by them using a couple of substitutes for whatever the ingredients are that make it not vegan. My other favorite from MorningStar Farms is their fake breakfast sausage patties/sausage links. They are also freaking fabulous.
Yeah the Beleaf and Hooray is amazing!! its so sad that hooray went out of business! Im assuming someone will make something like theirs again because it was wildly good. A lot of times you can get bacon similar to beleaf at asian markets just sold as Vega bacon and it's identical.
I’m crazy about the Tofurkey smoked turkey! My Yorkie is crazy about it too. After I open it, I store it in a ziplock sandwich bag in the fridge & when she hears me zipping open the bag, she comes a running😋
I’m a vegetarian and for the last 3 years I’ve been loyal to the morning star one. But I tried the hooray one like 2 months ago and my god i have never looked back. Interested now to look for the be leaf one! Especially bc they are bigger lmao. The hooray one is also gluten free for those interested!!!!! Sometimes is hard to find alternatives for celiacs so i thought it was worth mentioning
MorningStar Farms breakfast strips have been my jam for decades as a vegetarian. They are so good! I also love their fake breakfast sausage patties/sausage links. Did you try those before as well? Some time ago they had announced that they were going to make their products vegan, so I don’t know if their ingredients has changed yet or not. I have never heard of the brand called “Hooray.“ Where did you find it? I wish Merle had shared where she found both the Be Leaf one and the Hooray one
If the bird sounds like a wooden toy it might just be a Woodpecker or a Jay? Could also be a Sphyrapicus or chickadee or some type of sapsucker. Hope this somewhat helps haha. Hugs from a fellow vegan birdlover!
How about getting your picks of the best ranking ingredients and creating a recipe from them? Would love to see your creative cooking side come out! Love all your videos!
Bummer about morning star bacon. Morning star needs to finish transitioning to fully vegan. They have gotten me on their burgers before. They said they were doing it in like 2022 😅
My audible gasp when i saw the ripple sponsor. I wish i was you. I hope I'm that successful one day. My fave is the unsweetened or vanilla milk with a fruit, some yogurt and ice like a lassi. Or just to soak a muffin in. Haven't tried the protein shakes yet 👁
14:07 did not know that morning star farms bacon wasn’t vegan, it’s my favorite out of any veggie bacon. Disappointing, I had to stop buying their veggie links, too, because it had egg and milk. The Morning Star Farms brand was one of the original meat replacement options widely accessible. My boyfriend was raised a vegetarian in rural Michigan in the 90s and says they were the only vegetarian brand you could find in the store. They’re also owned by Kellogg, which is probably why they’re at every Walmart in America.
Love these reaction vids! Can't wait to try the Be Leaf after this ;). The Sweet Earth Benevolent Bacon I can usually find at the Pasadena Whole Foods. Also, fun tidbit, a lot of regular "bacon bits" that everyone grew up with are in fact accidentally vegan, just always check ingredients, but they're often TVP based.
I had the same experience with Morning Star. I The products were BOGO at my grocery store so I picked up the bacon and sausage and didn't notice it until I went to make my breakfast. I was so pissed. I returned it and when I explained I thought they were vegan, they guy was like "it says veggie bacon" so I ended up having to explain to him that it had milk and egg which is in fact, not vegan.
If anyone get's their hands on King's vegan bacon..it's honestly a game changer! I've tried so many different v/bacon and that one is the best I've ever had ❣️🌱❣️
@@HappyVegan72 WHAT?!?! Damn. I was excited to try that! The problem I see around Knoxville is, too few Vegans, and too little shelf space for Vegan products, now that there are a ton out there. Stores (staffed by Omnis, mostly), have no idea what is good, what will sell, so they keep pulling great products to try out selling new ones, which, as always, when they first come out are too pricey.
I wonder if you air fry the hooray foods one it would be better since it's so oily? But that looks good! We have some good ones in Australia but they are very thick. Bacon is literally different here though it's more like what you see on a full English breaky
@7:53 -- When you did that my brain went straight to the Charlie's Angel scene when Cameron Diaz said "Its a Sitta pygmaea!" after she made the bird sound to help locate Bosley -- My personal Lol moment -- Thanks Merle 🤩
Cool video - thanks! Sad to see Hooray is out of business- I really wanted to try it - I’m on the East Coast so Beleaf isn’t available at least in stores-I love your ranking vids!
HI Merle! I'd look into a crow or a raven for your mystery bird noise, they can make some unexpected clucking-type noises. Also yes, goddamn Morningstar. I wish they had different colored packaging for vegan/vegetarian.
OMG, thank you for this video. I recently had Beleaf bacon at Plant Powered, but the worker there wasn't sure the brand, and didn't have the packaging. As soon as I saw it in the video I recognized it, as it has such a particular look. But now I think I might be more excited to try Hooray.
Everyone has said in the comments that Hoorah went out of business shortly after this video was made. They said that they posted the recipe on their socials though.
@@one-eyepadidally8449 I've actually been making the hooray bacon for a few months now. I love it and will never buy veggie bacon again, it's so easy. Let me know if you have any questions!
The first one, Lightlife, is the best for BLTs. Oh yeah, and not all Morningstar Farms stuff is vegan. They've been saying for 5+ years that they're working to make the whole line vegan but it hasn't happened. Tofurky is a brand that's been around forever. They also have lunch meat and sausages
I also live in LA. The sound you are hearing is probably a crow. It doesn't seem like a sound that a crow would make, but it is. They make a weird knocking noise, especially in the spring. Also -- 1.) an easy way to find products locally, is to just do a Google search (i.e. benevolent bacon) then click the "images" tab. It'll usually show you the stores that have the product. For example, my search showed this product available at Vons, Ralphs, Whole Foods and several others. 2.) If you live in LA I'm not sure how you didn't know Tofurky was a brand...their products are available in literally every store, all the ones listed above, plus Sprouts, Gelsons and so many others.It's often at the end of the produce dept with the store's selection of vegan stuff. Anyway, hopefully this is helpful!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Hooray Foods vegan bacon, but it requires special handling. Firstly, separate slices with a knife to prevent the pieces from coming apart when removing from the package. Secondly, use a toothpick to flip each piece because it'll stick to utensils and itself, and don't flip until it's firmed up a bit.
I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian but I don't eat bacon for religious purposes. I'm so glad you did this video. I would definitely try some of the higher rating ones.
You should definitely try the MorningStar Farms one that she didn’t try - it has been my vegetarian staple for decades and it is easily found in grocery stores. It really is fabulous! I microwave it as the best way to prepare it (just be careful to not over cook it). I also recommend their breakfast sausage patties/sausage links. They are also fabulous and honestly it’s hard to tell the difference from real meat and those sausages! I imagine since you don’t eat pork, that you also don’t eat breakfast sausage patties/links, so these will be awesome for you too. :)
Thank you for bravely trying all the different options. In My experience they can be absolutely amazing or 1,000% shoe leather.. Not a whole lot in between. You're doing God's work. 😅💕😘
Love the rankings, live by the rankings, die by the rankings! 😊 I've started watching videos on my Roku- so please say the brand name and it's ranking because I can't see the tiny writing and because you're so thorough in your review I forget what brand it is half way through. Luckily this was a short ranking but even still I forgot or missed the name and definitely had no idea what prices were since you only put them on the screen and didn't read it aloud as if we all have the same vision levels 😅.
Funny story. Many years ago I had a roommate who was about 10 years older than me. She owned the house, and she was vegetarian, and it was her house, her rules. Well, RULE. She had one rule: never, ever cook meat inside her house. So one day I was making some vegetarian bacon in the toaster oven, and she walks in from work screaming at me, "I thought I told you to never..." VIOLENT RETCHING NOISES ... "Never cook meat in my..." EVEN ANGRIER RETCHING SOUNDS ... "House!" I was like, "Chill, it's vegetarian bacon." She peekedin the toaster oven and said, "That smells great, can I try it?" I was like... You were just about to puke everywhere five seconds ago!! 😂😂😂 It was Morningstar.
I was just looking for Morningstar Farms Buffalo Wings, because I had them in the recent past and liked them. Haven't been able to find them in stores but saw them online just now in new packaging. It clearly says Vegan on the front of the package, but the ingredient lists shows butter, nonfat milk, and egg whites!! Now I don't know if that's what I was eating before, or they've changed the ingredients. Wow.
Update: Now I've found some online with different packaging that does NOT list those ingredients, so I don't know which version is currently available. This definitely reinforces being vigilant about ingredient lists.
I passed up horray thinking there’s no way they are vegan, gluten free, and soy free but they are! So expensive, but I gotta try it. They announced in September that they will be closing their doors so it won’t be around much longer.
All of you, people that have commented about Thrilling Foods Bakon made me curious & I have searched online. It looks amazing. I can’t find it locally but I plan to speak to the manager at the vegetarian market that isn’t far from me & see if I can convince them to carry it. Will you please tell me if it is a freezer or refrigerator product?
Because of this video I checked the label on my Morning Star Spicy Black Bean burgers and realized they weren’t vegan. Been eating them since I can’t find the Gardein Chipotle ones anymore. Trying not to beat myself up for not checking before! 😢 At least now I know!
@@MerleONealThank you for taking the time to reply. I cried for a bit just because I was disappointed in myself for not reading the label. I usually am SO GOOD about checking the labels! But life goes on and I learned a lesson that I needed to learn. 😊
So Morningstar was the only thing I use to have access to...then litelife came along. I also remember when I first learned Morningstar wasn't Vegan and was PISSED I hadn't read the ingredients before.
I’m vegetarian, but not vegan. I ate the Morning Star Farms bacon for years & it made the most awesome BLT’s! But, once I stopped eating anything that was laced with GMO’s, I had to stop eating Morning Star Farms products 😔 I actually liked it better than bacon. We always fixed them in the microwave & they were nice & crispy!
Veganbaconmakinveganbaconmakinvegonbaconmakin! I feel like we need a "The Vegans Have Gone Too Far" t-shirt but then again that may encourage angry meat eaters to buy it...that's perfect! 😈 The Light Life ones really did look like Beggin Strips 😅 Tempeh really is a great bacon substitute. I remember back in the 90s in the days of Bread & Circus before Whole Foods took over and my Mom's boyfriend at the time sauteing up some tempeh marinated in soy sauce as a bacon replacement. His cooking was probably my introduction to some plant based/whole foods cooking. I had NO IDEA BeLeaf made vegan egg or bacon 🫢 Their jerky is probably my favorite. Me now seeing you said the Morning Star Farm looks like Beggin Strips 😂 The deception of Morning Star STRIKES AGAIN! I wish they would just make all of their products vegan! 😭
I haven’t had it in so long but when i used to work in a vegetarian health food store, the sweet earth was my absolute favorite. I wonder if I could find that beleaf bacon I’m Hawaii it looked really good
The hooray bacon when I tried that i got super sick and never got it again. Sweet earth Love that stuff and I was eating it a bunch years ago till I found out in borderline celiac. Moring star my gosh I loved it till they changed the recipe. Lightlife Bacon sucks I hated it! Lightlife smoky tempeh love it but to much sodium. Tofurkey I got it once and tossed it out! There is one that is bakon and i get it a couple times a month for a treat and its just like bacon. My brother said its to real but good! My brother and i always try the new vegan things if we both can eat it. i cant have gluten milk eggs and some nuts. OS finding safe things is most of the time hard.
I’m not vegan but I’m obsessed with all the ranking videos 😂
So you pay other people to confine, rape, abuse and murder baby animals for you. That's all I hear when people say I'm not vegan but bla bla. Why aren't you vegan?
Me too!😂
Me neither, but I love all these ranking and meal recipes
Same!
Same girl!
I wonder if you rank many vegan chocolates bars next (preferably plant-based 'milk' chocolates).
Ohhhh GREAT idea, there are soome TRULY terrible ones lmao
@@MerleONeal Well, i can't wait to see what 'us lot' (viewer) want you to try out soon!
@@MerleONeal
FYI: MorningStar Farms made an announcement some time ago that they would be making their products vegan/taking out the ingredients that made their products vegetarian instead of vegan… You should check every now and then when you are in the market to see if their ingredients have changed, because they have been MY vegetarian staple for decades when I feel like having a BLT. It is out of this world delicious! I microwave the strips though - I don’t grill them.
I think you would be stoked just as much is I am with them - I can’t imagine the flavor and texture of them changing much just by them using a couple of substitutes for whatever the ingredients are that make it not vegan.
My other favorite from MorningStar Farms is their fake breakfast sausage patties/sausage links. They are also freaking fabulous.
Yeah the Beleaf and Hooray is amazing!! its so sad that hooray went out of business! Im assuming someone will make something like theirs again because it was wildly good.
A lot of times you can get bacon similar to beleaf at asian markets just sold as Vega bacon and it's identical.
wait they DID!??! was this super recent??
@@MerleONealYes, they did. I literally just commented about it. I’m devastated!
So sad about Hooray :(
You should do luncheon meats. I’m obsessed with Tofurkey’s peppered slices!!!
Literally me too! That’s what I had for lunch today 😅
@@madisynsexton3955 Me too!!!! Lol
I could eat a tofurkey peppered slices sandwich everyday, they never get old. Loaded up with tomato and lettuce, so good.
I’m crazy about the Tofurkey smoked turkey! My Yorkie is crazy about it too. After I open it, I store it in a ziplock sandwich bag in the fridge & when she hears me zipping open the bag, she comes a running😋
@@bunnielynn777 😂
Merle delivering vegan bacon DIRECTLY to Aria still in bed sent me 😆 y'all are amazing
the best service in town!
I’m a vegetarian and for the last 3 years I’ve been loyal to the morning star one. But I tried the hooray one like 2 months ago and my god i have never looked back. Interested now to look for the be leaf one! Especially bc they are bigger lmao. The hooray one is also gluten free for those interested!!!!! Sometimes is hard to find alternatives for celiacs so i thought it was worth mentioning
MorningStar Farms breakfast strips have been my jam for decades as a vegetarian. They are so good! I also love their fake breakfast sausage patties/sausage links. Did you try those before as well? Some time ago they had announced that they were going to make their products vegan, so I don’t know if their ingredients has changed yet or not.
I have never heard of the brand called “Hooray.“ Where did you find it? I wish Merle had shared where she found both the Be Leaf one and the Hooray one
If the bird sounds like a wooden toy it might just be a Woodpecker or a Jay? Could also be a Sphyrapicus or chickadee or some type of sapsucker. Hope this somewhat helps haha. Hugs from a fellow vegan birdlover!
How about getting your picks of the best ranking ingredients and creating a recipe from them? Would love to see your creative cooking side come out! Love all your videos!
I love this
Bummer about morning star bacon. Morning star needs to finish transitioning to fully vegan. They have gotten me on their burgers before. They said they were doing it in like 2022 😅
I wish they would either go organic or non-gmo!
Even before we got to the ad for Ripple. I was already in awe of Merle’s toned arms! Whatever workout life you’re on, it’s working!❤ you go girl!
omg THANK U
Ooh and we get an Aria appearance!! What a nice treat/bonus to this video!! Love!! ❤❤❤
My audible gasp when i saw the ripple sponsor. I wish i was you. I hope I'm that successful one day. My fave is the unsweetened or vanilla milk with a fruit, some yogurt and ice like a lassi. Or just to soak a muffin in. Haven't tried the protein shakes yet 👁
14:07 did not know that morning star farms bacon wasn’t vegan, it’s my favorite out of any veggie bacon. Disappointing, I had to stop buying their veggie links, too, because it had egg and milk. The Morning Star Farms brand was one of the original meat replacement options widely accessible. My boyfriend was raised a vegetarian in rural Michigan in the 90s and says they were the only vegetarian brand you could find in the store. They’re also owned by Kellogg, which is probably why they’re at every Walmart in America.
Well, if you're a vegetarian, I think you can still consume it, just not if you're a vegan.
Love these reaction vids! Can't wait to try the Be Leaf after this ;). The Sweet Earth Benevolent Bacon I can usually find at the Pasadena Whole Foods. Also, fun tidbit, a lot of regular "bacon bits" that everyone grew up with are in fact accidentally vegan, just always check ingredients, but they're often TVP based.
that is a VERY fun fact!
If you need to defrost things quickly, put them in a bowl of cold water in the fridge. Speeds things up tremendously.
thank you!!
Unfortunately Hooray has ceased production, but the founder posted the recipe on their socials!
The maple syrup trick is genius!!
I had the same experience with Morning Star. I The products were BOGO at my grocery store so I picked up the bacon and sausage and didn't notice it until I went to make my breakfast. I was so pissed. I returned it and when I explained I thought they were vegan, they guy was like "it says veggie bacon" so I ended up having to explain to him that it had milk and egg which is in fact, not vegan.
If anyone get's their hands on King's vegan bacon..it's honestly a game changer! I've tried so many different v/bacon and that one is the best I've ever had ❣️🌱❣️
Hooray went out if business. I guess I won’t be able to try :(
@@HappyVegan72 WHAT?!?! Damn. I was excited to try that! The problem I see around Knoxville is, too few Vegans, and too little shelf space for Vegan products, now that there are a ton out there. Stores (staffed by Omnis, mostly), have no idea what is good, what will sell, so they keep pulling great products to try out selling new ones, which, as always, when they first come out are too pricey.
Ooooohhhh a vegan ranking at Knott's, Six Flags and Sea world would be really cool!
i really don’t care for ranking videos except for yours 😂 please keep em comin (and never stop with the improv singing, they’re hilarious)
I'm vegetarian and love the morning star bacon. Depending on how you cook them though!!
I wonder if you air fry the hooray foods one it would be better since it's so oily? But that looks good! We have some good ones in Australia but they are very thick. Bacon is literally different here though it's more like what you see on a full English breaky
Adding Be Leaf and Hooray to cart immediately. Thank you 😁
Vegan “Bacon-Search” with Merle NEVER gets old👍😀
@7:53 -- When you did that my brain went straight to the Charlie's Angel scene when Cameron Diaz said "Its a Sitta pygmaea!" after she made the bird sound to help locate Bosley -- My personal Lol moment -- Thanks Merle 🤩
Thrilling Foods is the best out there! I hope you can try it sometime :)
i'll be tracking it down!
Louisville’s jerky is basically just soy curls, so I imagine the toppins are just the little crumbly bits from the bottom of the soy curl bag 😛
Sadly Hooray Foods went out of business and they had to close their production down. Whatever is left in grocery stores will be the last of it 😭😭😭
I wish I had known this when I discovered it on sale at Grocery Outlet, I would have bought a freezer full
Cool video - thanks! Sad to see Hooray is out of business- I really wanted to try it - I’m on the East Coast so Beleaf isn’t available at least in stores-I love your ranking vids!
Glad you enjoyed it! So sad about Hooray, right when I finally discovered them too :(
Great video!
Also: TVP and textured soy protein are the same thing
your discord notification at 7:53 really threw me off there for a second LOL
HI Merle! I'd look into a crow or a raven for your mystery bird noise, they can make some unexpected clucking-type noises.
Also yes, goddamn Morningstar. I wish they had different colored packaging for vegan/vegetarian.
just a big TEASE
You have to try ranking different vegan breakfast sausage ❤
I think the bird you’re hearing is a raven - they can imitate a lot of sounds and could be it from what I read. Hello from Dublin! 🤍
light life smart bacon work great in wedge salads or bacon egg n cheeses
A star is usually my go for bacon but belief they do have green eggs from what I hear so I'm going to pair that with that bacon be-leaf
The hooray bacon 🥓 kinda blew my mind! I had resigned myself to never experiencing bacon again!!! But then… I tried this stuff!!! So good
Oh yay!!! I love these!!! So excited for this!!! Thanks, our reigning vegan queen!! 🥰🥰🥰
OMG, thank you for this video. I recently had Beleaf bacon at Plant Powered, but the worker there wasn't sure the brand, and didn't have the packaging. As soon as I saw it in the video I recognized it, as it has such a particular look. But now I think I might be more excited to try Hooray.
Everyone has said in the comments that Hoorah went out of business shortly after this video was made. They said that they posted the recipe on their socials though.
@@one-eyepadidally8449 I've actually been making the hooray bacon for a few months now. I love it and will never buy veggie bacon again, it's so easy. Let me know if you have any questions!
@@NopeyMcNopeington
Where can I find the recipe? The other commentor wasn’t specific on what username and social media exactly to find the recipe at.
The first one, Lightlife, is the best for BLTs.
Oh yeah, and not all Morningstar Farms stuff is vegan. They've been saying for 5+ years that they're working to make the whole line vegan but it hasn't happened.
Tofurky is a brand that's been around forever. They also have lunch meat and sausages
I also live in LA. The sound you are hearing is probably a crow. It doesn't seem like a sound that a crow would make, but it is. They make a weird knocking noise, especially in the spring. Also -- 1.) an easy way to find products locally, is to just do a Google search (i.e. benevolent bacon) then click the "images" tab. It'll usually show you the stores that have the product. For example, my search showed this product available at Vons, Ralphs, Whole Foods and several others. 2.) If you live in LA I'm not sure how you didn't know Tofurky was a brand...their products are available in literally every store, all the ones listed above, plus Sprouts, Gelsons and so many others.It's often at the end of the produce dept with the store's selection of vegan stuff. Anyway, hopefully this is helpful!
Haha these are so entertaining, pls do the lineup before ranking them all!!
noted!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Hooray Foods vegan bacon, but it requires special handling. Firstly, separate slices with a knife to prevent the pieces from coming apart when removing from the package. Secondly, use a toothpick to flip each piece because it'll stick to utensils and itself, and don't flip until it's firmed up a bit.
Just moved cross country, and ooof one of the local restaurants had amazing house made bacon
***Vegan bacon
green flag
I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian but I don't eat bacon for religious purposes. I'm so glad you did this video. I would definitely try some of the higher rating ones.
You should definitely try the MorningStar Farms one that she didn’t try - it has been my vegetarian staple for decades and it is easily found in grocery stores. It really is fabulous! I microwave it as the best way to prepare it (just be careful to not over cook it). I also recommend their breakfast sausage patties/sausage links. They are also fabulous and honestly it’s hard to tell the difference from real meat and those sausages! I imagine since you don’t eat pork, that you also don’t eat breakfast sausage patties/links, so these will be awesome for you too. :)
Thank you for bravely trying all the different options. In My experience they can be absolutely amazing or 1,000% shoe leather.. Not a whole lot in between. You're doing God's work. 😅💕😘
yeahhh that's a good way to describe it hahaha- glad you enjoyed
Can I just say you look so incredibly gorgeous like the hair is giving the sunkissed skin is giving the dewy face is giving like I'm GAGGING
Also that Lightlife tempeh bacon when you shallow fry it in oil is soooooo good in BLTs/club sandwiches!!!
omg TY
Trying vegan cheese while watching this. Your impact!
Love the rankings, live by the rankings, die by the rankings! 😊 I've started watching videos on my Roku- so please say the brand name and it's ranking because I can't see the tiny writing and because you're so thorough in your review I forget what brand it is half way through. Luckily this was a short ranking but even still I forgot or missed the name and definitely had no idea what prices were since you only put them on the screen and didn't read it aloud as if we all have the same vision levels 😅.
the morning star bacon not being vegan is one of the greatest betrayals
I love beleaf, a lot of my favorite vegan restaurants use it, but I was devastated by the ranking of upton's 😭😭 That one is my goto
Funny story. Many years ago I had a roommate who was about 10 years older than me. She owned the house, and she was vegetarian, and it was her house, her rules. Well, RULE. She had one rule: never, ever cook meat inside her house.
So one day I was making some vegetarian bacon in the toaster oven, and she walks in from work screaming at me, "I thought I told you to never..." VIOLENT RETCHING NOISES ... "Never cook meat in my..." EVEN ANGRIER RETCHING SOUNDS ... "House!"
I was like, "Chill, it's vegetarian bacon."
She peekedin the toaster oven and said, "That smells great, can I try it?"
I was like... You were just about to puke everywhere five seconds ago!! 😂😂😂
It was Morningstar.
Not a bacon lover just a Merle lover.
Please do lunch meat and dairy, like milk and yogurt!
I was just looking for Morningstar Farms Buffalo Wings, because I had them in the recent past and liked them. Haven't been able to find them in stores but saw them online just now in new packaging. It clearly says Vegan on the front of the package, but the ingredient lists shows butter, nonfat milk, and egg whites!! Now I don't know if that's what I was eating before, or they've changed the ingredients. Wow.
Update: Now I've found some online with different packaging that does NOT list those ingredients, so I don't know which version is currently available. This definitely reinforces being vigilant about ingredient lists.
A ripple sponsor is epic
🔥💚
I wish you had the ‘This Isn’t’ vegan range in the US! They have two different kinds of bacon and they’re both delicious
Thrilling foods bacon is absolutely insane. It’s SO good.
Never heard of it!
Great video. Bit disapointed Umaro bacon isn’t on here. Had big shark tank thing, few good reviews where sold online, but no real videos.
I’ve just read that Hooray Food it’s closing down 😭 I wanted to try their bacon !
benevolent bacon is at sprouts i think
You should try Thrilling Foods Bakon! 10/10
Would absolutely get down with this one, I hate pork, and I think this would be a really good vegan food segue for me
Give it a whirl!
I passed up horray thinking there’s no way they are vegan, gluten free, and soy free but they are! So expensive, but I gotta try it. They announced in September that they will be closing their doors so it won’t be around much longer.
The first one looks like the bagel chip in a bag if chex mix
If it's including egg protein, it's still consumable for vegetarians, just not for vegans, I guess. Overall, a great and informative video, thx.
if you do vegan jerky please make sure to include unisoy (teriyaki is my fave)...not the easieast to find tho
You should make merch with the vegans have gone too far on it. I’d buy it
truly not a bad idea
I'm literally so devastated that Hooray Foods just went out of business 😭
You really need to try Thrilling Foods bakon, that stuff is *incredible*.
All of you, people that have commented about Thrilling Foods Bakon made me curious & I have searched online. It looks amazing. I can’t find it locally but I plan to speak to the manager at the vegetarian market that isn’t far from me & see if I can convince them to carry it.
Will you please tell me if it is a freezer or refrigerator product?
Because of this video I checked the label on my Morning Star Spicy Black Bean burgers and realized they weren’t vegan. Been eating them since I can’t find the Gardein Chipotle ones anymore. Trying not to beat myself up for not checking before! 😢 At least now I know!
Don't beat youorself up! It was an honest mistake!
@@MerleONealThank you for taking the time to reply. I cried for a bit just because I was disappointed in myself for not reading the label. I usually am SO GOOD about checking the labels! But life goes on and I learned a lesson that I needed to learn. 😊
I love your videos 🥰
So Morningstar was the only thing I use to have access to...then litelife came along. I also remember when I first learned Morningstar wasn't Vegan and was PISSED I hadn't read the ingredients before.
TVP is just soy protein, it's the same thing, just FYI.
I thought it stood for Textured Vegetable Protein?
@@bunnielynn777 it does, and soybeans are a vegetable.
@@madprunes I guess I always think of them as a legume
I was watching you pull out the Morning Star and was thinking- Oh I hope she reads ingredients before she takes a bit.
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Maybe you already knew this but your name is how we call blackbird in french. So it would make sense that you love bird. 🐦
The bird noise is probably a Raven
You should’ve mention Hooray is going out of business!!!!!!
I didn't know!
Aahhh, I miss the old kitchen..! Why “S” is red and “F” is green?? Green means go, red means stop )))
I tried that Hooray, but it was super gross. Looking forward to trying Beleaf now though.👍
I've only had the Morning Star and i really like it (i'm just vegetarian)
My sister, mom, and I made lentil soup with veggie bacon one time and it gave us all diarrhea and a stomach ache hahaha
I’m vegetarian, but not vegan. I ate the Morning Star Farms bacon for years & it made the most awesome BLT’s! But, once I stopped eating anything that was laced with GMO’s, I had to stop eating Morning Star Farms products 😔 I actually liked it better than bacon. We always fixed them in the microwave & they were nice & crispy!
I’m so so late but have you seen people using avocado to make pasta dough?!?
Was anyone else confused on the bacon bits where it said beet juice and thought it said beef juice or was that just me 😂
I can't believe that I'm the only one who decides which Merle video to watch based on what she's wearing! I'm not proud of myself! 🙄🙂
You should try doing the LightLife SmartBacon in the skillet too. In the end it was the only one that didn’t get the same treatment!
I tried the Lightlife in a skillet & didn’t like it at all. It didn’t taste a thing like bacon!
My Wegmans had hooray for half off 3.50, only had 3 left. Got them all.
Im so sad
Veganbaconmakinveganbaconmakinvegonbaconmakin! I feel like we need a "The Vegans Have Gone Too Far" t-shirt but then again that may encourage angry meat eaters to buy it...that's perfect! 😈 The Light Life ones really did look like Beggin Strips 😅 Tempeh really is a great bacon substitute. I remember back in the 90s in the days of Bread & Circus before Whole Foods took over and my Mom's boyfriend at the time sauteing up some tempeh marinated in soy sauce as a bacon replacement. His cooking was probably my introduction to some plant based/whole foods cooking. I had NO IDEA BeLeaf made vegan egg or bacon 🫢 Their jerky is probably my favorite. Me now seeing you said the Morning Star Farm looks like Beggin Strips 😂 The deception of Morning Star STRIKES AGAIN! I wish they would just make all of their products vegan! 😭
Lmao okay that’s brilliant
Yay I see you with my all time favorite all vegetarian inc
Aww be leaf same as all veg Inc 😊
I'm really disappointed with MSF for those non-vegan ingredients.
I think you can sing . I hope you sing do you believe by Cher 🙏🏾
I haven’t had it in so long but when i used to work in a vegetarian health food store, the sweet earth was my absolute favorite. I wonder if I could find that beleaf bacon I’m Hawaii it looked really good
i hate how benevolent bacon was discontinued. why??
Arent regular bacon bits usually just TVP?
very sad she didn’t try the thrilling bakon
I feel like a lot of vegan food is a "you get what you pay for" kind of deal.
The hooray bacon when I tried that i got super sick and never got it again.
Sweet earth Love that stuff and I was eating it a bunch years ago till I found out in borderline celiac.
Moring star my gosh I loved it till they changed the recipe.
Lightlife Bacon sucks I hated it!
Lightlife smoky tempeh love it but to much sodium.
Tofurkey I got it once and tossed it out!
There is one that is bakon and i get it a couple times a month for a treat and its just like bacon. My brother said its to real but good! My brother and i always try the new vegan things if we both can eat it. i cant have gluten milk eggs and some nuts. OS finding safe things is most of the time hard.
You should try thrilling food bakon