Taste Testing 8 VEGAN CHEESES to find the BEST & WORST!
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Simple Truth Cheddar1:11
Vevan Cheddar 1:54
Daiya Cheddar 2:29
Violife Cheddar 3:03
Ciao American 3:24
Follow Your Heart American 3:49
365 Vegan American 4:12
So Delicious American 4:30
Vevan is an amazing company. I bought their pepper jack a while ago and unfortunately there was a packaging or expiration label mishap so it was moldy before I even opened it. I emailed them and instead of blaming the grocery store or the delivery cold-chain (cough Kite Hill cough cough) for the problem, they instead sent me a HUGE CRATE of properly packaged products. Like they sent me ALL their cheeses just because of one minor mistake. Makes up for it 110%.
That's awesome!
That's wild lol amazing!
A similar thing happened to me but with regular cheese...the company gave me a coupon :)
Let me tell you how much vegan cheese has improved over the last FIFTEEN years I've been doing this.
Agreed! Only 11 years for me, but I didn't even drink coffee back then because vegan creamers were not a thing yet. Gone are the days of making the pilgrimage to a Whole Foods just to find vegan products. It's so nice to see how far the world has come. 🥰
Ha! Agreed. I've been vegan for 19 years. The change in cheese quality has been remarkable. Considering what we used to have (first: nothing, and then cheese-coloured blocks that in no way tasted like cheese), things like cheese pull mean absolutely nothing to me. It's all taste and texture, because it took so long for anyone to get those right.
@@angelalee7012 I'm with you! Been vegan about 17 years. And there were also those cheeses that looked vegan but had casein in them. Very bizarre, haha!
Let me tell you about how it's improved in 20+ years! Vegan cheese barely existed. I used to put hummus on pizza for a "cheese" substitute! There was Veganrella, which was literally like eating crayons. Tofutti had some hard to find slices, and they were just kind of like a slice of hydrogenated oil. Honestly, almost every brand that's out there today is pretty solid. Dude gives Daiya shit, but honestly I think Daiya is very good.
@@PacDork I remember when Daiya came out at the NYC Veg Fest. People were going nuts. I was one of them. Haha! 😃
i’ve been vegan for 12ish years now and i gotta tell you we were S T R U G G L I N G to find vegan cheese. i am grateful for the variety we have now. also aldi’s store brand cheese is one of my faves
100% the old days were rough!
Do you remember a brand called Tofurella? No melt, no flavor, but better than nothing!
What's wrong with cheese ? Milking cows doesn't harm the cow. Vegan cheese is just plain stupid
Kraft plant based slices, both cheddar & American, are now my #1.
I'm going to comment before watching this and just say that I love making grilled cheese sandwiches with two slices of Follow Your Heart Smoked Gouda. I bake mine in the oven instead of on a pan. The bread crisps and the cheese melts perfectly every time.
Looking forward to this video.
Does the cheese not get dried out or a like a filmy kinda texture on top? I find that vegan cheeses melt best in a steamy environment and whenever i put them in the oven they dry out.
@@TheeBurgerDude I haven't seen any problems with mine. I use thick breads like Arnold and use either vegan "butter", or vegan "mayonnaise". But the "mayonnaise", doesn't crisp like the butter does and makes it chewy if I put too much. I always use Follow Your Heart Smoked Gouda so I can't talk about other cheeses. I toss it in the toaster oven on "Air Fry", on 400 degrees Fahrenheit until the bread is darkened. I've left them in the oven for even nearly twenty minutes or longer and I haven't noticed any issues. The cheese melts perfectly. Maybe it's just my oven. The cheese might have an oiliness to it, but if I remember from cow milk cheeses, they do the same.
Vegan butter, creamer and milk have come a long way
Some really good cheeses not mentioned in this video are miyoko’s cultured farmhouse cheddar slices and violife epic matured cheddar block. These 2 are by far and away the best vegan cheeses I’ve had. Miyokos has a stronger “sharpness” to it and I’d def recommend sticking to eating it melted but the violife epic matured is amazing as is and melted. I def think it is undisputedly the best vegan cheese and I highly recommend it
I haven't seen miyoko's slices in ages, I think they stopped making them? And I looked for the epic mature but didn't see it. I've only ever been able to find it at Whole Foods and the one by me has the amazing ability to be out of key ingredients when I go shopping for a video (and of course they are fully stocked when I don't need them)
www.greenqueen.com.hk/miyokos-creamery-discontinues-vegan-cheese-shreds-slices/
@@TheeBurgerDude oh wow, I actually hadn’t had the miyokos cheddar a while so I didn’t know this. And yeah I believe I’ve only ever gotten the violife matured cheddar block from Whole Foods as well. But they also have matured cheddar slices which I don’t think taste quite the same as the epic matured block(I could be crazy) but it’s definitely better than their standard cheddar slices and it’s available in stores other than Whole Foods
I miss follow your heart smoked cheese blocks, Daiya has some great cheese blocks especially the jalapeño havarti. Violife and follow your heart have a great smoked Gouda.
I would love to see your thoughts on Trader Joe's cheeses! They make cheddar slices, mozzarella and parmesean shreds. Also, it can be tougher to find, but Parmela creamery is amazing!
I'm planning on doing a Trader Joe's Haul / Easy Meals Video early next year! I'll try them out!
Good to know Re: Parmela. I have seen but not tried it yet and will give it a go next time I’m at my WF.
Im so happy to see your channel growing, Dude, you're awesome
Thank you for this video. Informative without a lot of silly giggling. It took me so long to find a video on this subject that was helpful. I appreciate your presentation.
So Delicious really is top tier. All of their non dairy products are my go to 👑
It's always hit or miss with brands when it comes to this stuff. For example, love the follow your heart vegan mayo, but really don't care for their vegan cheese. Meanwhile I find the SO Delicious vegan mayo to be absolutely disgusting, but I love their vegan cheese.
Still mind blowing to me that we have all this choice compared to when I was buying tofu hot dogs at my local co-op in the 90s.
Imo Hellmans Vegan Mayo taste really good. I love their classic non vegan mayo as well so it really was a easy transition
You've got the best vegan comfort food cooking channel, no doubt !!
At first, I was unsure as to why you used Sodium Citrate, melted the cheese, only to freeze the cheese again. The resulting melted cheese was stunning compared to any other cheese. Now I know what to do with any left over cheese sauce I make with Sodium Citrate!
This was dope, thank you for creating this video! 🎥🎥
Great tips on getting that melt going! Have you ever used a kitchen torch? If so, did it do the job? I love the deep analysis of all things vegan foodie related on your channel. It's a lot of fun and useful information too! Thanks, @theeburgerdude!! 😄
I saw the So Delicious while I was out the other day and got it because of this video. Oh man what a game changer! Thanks for convincing me to give it a shot, always just stuck to Violife before.
Thanks for the vid! I've been using Violife Cheddar and Provolone for my sandwiches, but' I'm gonna look for that Follow Your Heart Cheese. My local supermarket has the Follow Your Heart Egg replacers, so there's a chance they'll have the Cheese too.
Ty sir for your work.
My friend, I love to grill, and cook for my friends and family. One of my closest friends is vegan and your channel has given me the ability to
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I've been wanting to try the Vevan cheese...now I will! I actually like to make grilled cheese with a couple of different types (e.g. american or cheddar with mozzarella or provalone). I think the flavor profile is so much nicer that way. Sometimes, if I'm feelin' fancy, I'll use a smoked gouda and add some caramelized onions or provalone with sauteed mushrooms. Don't tell anyone, but sometimes I'll cheat and use caramelized onion jam if I don't have time to cook the onions. 🤫
I'm glad you did this! I thought Follow Your Heart was one of the best, for grilled cheeze too. Have you had their blue cheeze yet? It's absolutely amazing!
Life changing! Salads of course but also on pasta with tomatoes and squash sauteed in butter! Great spread on breads too
I go with follow your heart for smoked gouda and their parm. So delicious is my go-to for American, cheddar, and mozzarella. Awesome vid, brotha.
totally agree about the chao!!! i looove it cold but never liked it any time i melted it
If you're in the mood for more product trials...I would LOVE to see vegan cheese cakes made from the 6 or so options AND your cream cheese recipe. I know, it's a big ask, but otherwise, I'm going to do it myself, not film it, and no one else will learn! ;-)
We don’t have any of those cheeses but violife epic mature cheddar with marmite makes a great toasty ✨💕
Follow Your Heart and Miyoko's are my favorite for my projects; gotta try that SO D. sliced cheese soon.
In the UK we have a new cathedral city cheddar, it's pretty good for melting but it's the best imitation of cheese I've ever tried for taste and texture.
Great video! Thank you for the grilled cheese tips.
I love Good PLANeT, Follow Your Heart, and Violife.
I've tried Violife, Chao, and Follow Your Heart, they're all decent cheeses. I always leaned towards FYH though, good to see you confirm this, now I"m craving grilled cheese. I've yet to try the So Delicious cheese, I'll look for that and try it. They make excellent vegan ice creams, the cashew-based ones are my favorite (when I want to indulge).
Follow Your Heart is my favorite too. Tied with Chao for me. I agree with you, that So Delicious cashew-based salted caramel is hands down the best vegan ice cream, IMO. 😄
@@SnazzyVeganLife cool to hear. Recently, I can't find the Follow Your Heart slices. They used to have them at Whole Foods, but I didn't see them there last time I went.
Thank you for volunteering as tribute to take one for the team (us!!) in completing this experiment. That’s a lot of bread and cheese!!
I just finished a week of meal prep with the kroger brand vegan cheese for grilled cheese and tomato soup. Budget is key and the flavor is good when melted and steamed with water
I love grilled cheese so much!!
I wish I could be picky with my vegan cheese but, the store usually only have a few options. Follow your heart is good. But Miyoko's is the gold standard! ✨️
Miyokos? Really? I may have to give them another try. I've stopped trying their products after tasting their "cream cheese".
@@thisistheaccountname I love their cream cheese. It's so tangy in a way I love.
@@jameshouse2982 When I tried it, it was basically hummus in taste, texture, and color.
Agreed, Miyoko's pepper jack slices made the best grilled cheese ever. They don't make it anymore though 😔
@JustTrollingAlong I don't get the love for miyokos either. I've tried a few of their cheeses and thought all of them were gross.
VioLife is my go to! Funny I have been eating a lot of grilled cheese and tomato soup lately since the weather cooled off
Man this was great!
I'll be changing my cheese alternatives now haha
Thanks dude!
For those in the uk, cathedral cheddar is amazing
How is vegan cheese made though cuz in countries like india you cant get it
It's usually a fat like coconut oil, and then flavorings and starches like tapioca starch. I'm planning on doing a homemade cheddar and mozzarella early next year!
Plz do a vid about that
Milta hai but it's very weird tasting and so expensive 🥲 I have tried many. They aren't good. Better to make your own cheese at home.
That's so crazy. The Chao makes the best grilled cheese imo. To be fair, I haven't had the Vevan, FYH, or So Delicious ones. I'll definitely have to try them
I need to get one of those smart griddle!!
@theeburgerdude Have you ever tried the tomato cayenne cheese from Chao? It's actually my favorite cheese on a grilled cheese, at least out of the ones I tried. I would rate it a 4.3/5 Thanks for sharing!
I just made grilled cheese for lunch yesterday. I used the so delicious american style. It didn't melt as well as I liked but it was still really good.
The Daiya blocs are so much better then the other products they have ! That's why the blocs makes the best grilled cheeze
FACTS! Their blocks are so much better
I've only seen daiya and violife in my local grocers, but I'll take a look for follow your heart next time.
I really appreciate the violife packaging though.
Thanks!
I love your channel man. I do wish you’d incorporate a little bit of the ingredients into the ratings. Like is one just cachews and spices and does pretty dang well, while the other is ultra processed consola oil where it’s hard to argue that it’s healthier than dairy cheese? That matters!
Now I’m craving a grilled cheeze sandwich! 😋😋😋 I haven’t seen that So Delicious one in any stores around me. I suppose either WF or TJ’s has them, but they are over an hour away. So far, I think I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve tried from So Delicious.
I wish you would show the ingredients shot on the package but great videos! Subbed. Thanks!
Bruh! Have you tried Good Planet brand? Melts like a freaking DREAM.
My fav is Voilife and Field Roast Chao.
My favourite is the Violife epic smoked cheddar style block
My dude, try Miyoko’s Roadhouse Cheddar spread in a grilled cheese or in a flour tortilla with some leftover Del Inferno. It’s the best I’ve found. No cheeze pull tho..
Thanks for the video. My favorite vegan cheeses are Follow Your Heart and Violife.
My favorite is follow your heart love their American cheese and their my go to cheese all the time love the cheddar and mozzarella too…
I love go veggie american slices .. Melts and taste great if u can get it try it
365 is my favorite! that's crazy
In UK Cathedral City (well known cheddar maker) have just released a plant based version and it is a whole level up. Pretty damn close to mature cheddar
I like Violife Mature Cheddar a little better than Follow Your Heart, but they are very close. I eat them on deli style sandwiches. Violife also has better packaging, resealable, easier to open, and easier to separate the slices. Thanks.
If you're ever in the UK, I would love to know your thoughts on the Cathedral City dairy-free cheddar slices.
I can’t believe the Follow Your Heart is higher than Chao. My FYH never melted until I put it with a slice of Chao. I don’t know which one tastes better because I’ve only eaten them together since and can’t remember their individual tastes, but Chao is not an inferior cheese.
sodium citrate is miraculous. I'm not vegan (though I eat vegan food very often!), and I use it to make cheese sauce with dairy cheddar, so I'm definitely gonna try it with vegan cheddar. tapioca starch has that gooeyness that makes a lot of sense here; brilliant!
I’ve been vegan for 5 years also, and I have to say, Violife and Follow your heart are our go to brands
What do you think of Mycoprotein and morning star brand? Quorn feels pretty special as a chicken substitute.
Do you have a video on jalapeño poppers? And if you have an updated version I wonder how you’d construct it.
I’d definitely want to try doing the vegan cream cheese with the jalapeño bits in it.
I do but I definitely wanna update it. I used takis so I need to do a classic one
@@TheeBurgerDude can’t wait!!
My new fave is Good Planet cheese.
I am just jealous at your access to vegan cheese my supermarket has just one option.
thank you so much
Holy Moses, if you can find Vevan’s mozzarella shreds, it’s instantly become my favorite pizza cheese!
Oh snap, I think they had that at Grocery Outlet too, I'll get it next time! Thanks!!
I’ve been virtually lactose-free for almost a decade and so while I use regular butter, I won’t use American style slices. Go veggie has been my go-to after an unfortunate brush with Daiya and Violife. Go Veggie cheese definitely tastes like any old American slice (I actually hate American cheese unless it’s melted)…but it does have that sour aftertaste. You don’t get the aftertaste when it’s inside the sandwich.
Chao doesn’t try to be a cheddar or american, and I believe that’s what makes it best cold. It’s cheesy-ish but you’re not trying to compare it to a cheddar or American
Have you seen the pepper jack version of Simple Truth vegan cheese in Kroger? That's what I currently get. So good!
I am yet to try that particular Violife flavor, but the rest of their stuff is next level, their greek white and "epic mature" are my favorite vegan chesses, and they taste so different as well
The epic mature is my absolute favorite!
I shouldn't be watching this just before bed, with no bread or vegan cheese in the house :D
What kind of camera are you shooting with, format, ediring software and export settings? :D Nice quality!
Thanks, I use Sony a6400s, and Premiere to edit. I have a link to my camera gear in the description!
I would like the Trader Joe haul!!!
If you want to make an outstanding grill cheese you need to cook it right. Violife is a 5/5 when you use a cheese slice and shreds around the corners. You get a cheese pull for days!
this made me crave grilled cheese so bad i need to go shopping lol
You gotta try the ultimate chick fillet!
violife cream cheese is great; kite hill chive cream cheese and kite hill butter is wonderful. Follow your heart cheese and mayo are great too. I bought a Daiya chese pizza once - never again!
when i was in america in 2020 i got the chao cheese to try in a grilled cheese but i ended up just eating the entire packet raw for the most part haha
Chao is my fav for grilled cheese 😅
My favorite mozzarella is Miyokos and Violife is my go to cheese
My favorite way to make a grilled cheese is to add some veganaise, Dijon mustard, and a little nooch to the bread on the cheese side. I've been using the Good Planet. But I actually like Daiya American 😆
What is nooch?
@@zombiewitch3668 nutritional yeast
💚 The spicy Good Planet slices are amazing for grilled cheeze, but so hard to find! I love them! 🌟
(Pre-video) "Hey I'm about to rock some grilled cheese sandwiches tonight for dinner, let's see if Burger Dude uses the same tricks / digs the same kind of cheeses we do.."
We'll have to give the So Delicious a shot. Have only tried the shredded So Delicious which we didn't like much. Agree on Daiya; everything Daiya I've ever tried has been inedible. The Chao is our favorite go-to for grilled cheese, sandwiches, and making mac & cheese.
Instead of butter on the bread, I like to use a thin layer of vegan mayo instead.
Awesome video....been searching for the perfect slice too for a treat. Funny thing is my dog who is cheese crazy spits out any vegan cheese 🧀
Oh! Lest we forget SoDelicious cashew milk salted caramel cluster ice cream. I take it out a few minutes early and let it start getting a little bit melty.
How can we tell when the pan is at 300 degrees? Is there a pan thermometer to measure this?
I just tried violife mozzarella shreds
it stinks so bad lol but taste good looking to try more tho
Best video ever
I really like the Violife Mature Cheddar and Cheddar slices, but they were sold out at the store one day, so I got the American Sandwich Slices instead…EW.
I don’t know why, but they don’t taste good at all, especially compared to the 2 cheddar varieties! They’re so different!
Follow your heart is my only go to.
Violife Smoked Gouda is my current favorite. But only eat it with some tofurky on Hawaiian bread
King's Hawaiian bread?
@@jameshouse2982 no its an off brand idk the name exactly
I love Violife feta and hard parm block, Shredding that one myself.They taste just like I remember. I love Chao original, to me tastes like mild swiss. I love daiya block cheddar, shredded myself but I cant seem to find it anymore. Never cared for any myka. I'll try your way of melting, I live grilled chz. Thanks
I like the Violife Parm. Their other cheeses taste like chevre to me, which I hate. Have you tried Follow Your Heart feta? And Bleu!
@@wideawake5630 I do like follow your heart feta crumble, I take some with me when I eat a greek salad at the restaurant. I also like FYH shaky chz for pasta etc.
@@wideawake5630 I forgot to say I have always hated anything to do with blue chz, so I would never try that one
The applewood Smokey vegan cheese is the only one I like melted
I been having a hard time finding vegan white bread... do you guys recommend any specific brands?
Some white bread are vegan by accident, I found my main bread brand just reading the nutrition labels in the store lol
Thank you for this.. I've been trying to find a good vegan cheese...
What are your thoughts on Miyoko farmhouse cheese?🤔
They discontinued their slices and shreds a while ago.
Vegan eighteen years, veg ten years before that.
The first seven years off dairy I did without. The fake dairy was so nasty. So I was a Polack living without sour cream!!! I was a huge fan of gourmet cheeses.
I have some faves now. Don't care for Chao, Violife tastes like chevre, which I hate, except their Parm wedge. I use Daiya shreds or, for mozz, the Follow Your Heart. Follow Your Heart that is always in my fridge, Bleu crumbles, feta crumbles, smoked Gouda slices. Tofutti sour cream and cream cheese. Kite Hill Greek yogurt. Grapeseed Veganaisse. Earth Balance butter, organic or original if they are out. Just Egg liquid for scrambles, Ener-G Egg Replacer for baking. Maple syrup instead of honey. Veganism no longer even requires sacrifice.
Btw I discovered when I layer Follow Your Heart mozz, Daiya cheddar, and Violife Parm on my Sunday ziti and bake it till I get a little black in spots, it tastes like asiago!!!
Dare I say I wanna see you make a Caesar salad video ? 😬