The Best Vegan Cream Cheese | 9 Brands, 1 Winner
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- We are back with another vegan taste test. This time we are testing vegan cream cheese brands and we have 9 different ones, plus a bonus, to try side by side!
Ultimately, there was 1 clear winner!
Let us know in the comments which taste test we should do next.
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3:30 Wayfare and Trader Joe’s vegan cream cheese
7:30 Daiya vegan cream cheese
9:13 Tofutti vegan cream cheese
11:46 GoVeggie vegan cream cheese
14:15 Miyoko’s Vegan Cream Cheese
19:02 Kite Hill vegan cream cheese
22:23 Violife vegan cream cheese
25:45 Treeline vegan cream cheese
29:23 Spero Sunflower vegan cream cheese
32:23 What’s the Best Vegan Cream Cheese Ranked
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What taste test should we do next?
Have you done sour creams yet?
Healthy soda
Sour cream!
How about vegan pizzas? Or VFC from the UK. I think I saw they are selling it on different online stores now. Cheesecake?
Sour cream please
Idk y’all the chive kite hill cream cheese has my wallet in a choke hold lol, it’s my fav! I’ve used the plain one to make cream cheese icing and that was good too, but I’m not a plain cream cheese person so I can’t take up for it on its own.
I could eat a whole tub of that chive cream cheese by myself 😂🤦🏻♀️
@@GabyP17 i’m saying, it’s so good! ✨😂😂
That chive kite hill is MAGNIFICENT!
YES! 100%
Im going to try it!
The story of tofutti is suuuuper interesting and heartwarming. I only recently found out because the founder died this year.
oh wow! I have to look into this. it’s one of my favorites
Aaw ..bless him for making the best vegan cream cheese in the world.
I ate it for years.
Tanya is on the counter blushing rn ✨😂😂
I’ve been vegan for 13 years so I’m very familiar with Tofutti. 😂 It’s not very good by itself, but it’s good for the base of French onion dip and inside of cheesecake!
Do you have a cheesecake recipe that comes out with a New York style??
@@trueworship365 check out the cheesecake recipes from Gretchen’s Vegan Bakery!! They are flipping amazing :)
Been veg and vegan for a long time too and I’m use to tofutti. I sometimes use it as a mascarpone replacer or cheese cake or anything else. If you add stuff to it works, the texture is right. It does have an aftertaste though but not when it’s mixed. Too bad it’s all soy, since I’m trying to avoid it.
@@trueworship365 I tried Nora cooks. It worked well, but I did cut everything in half for a small cheese cake. I also used half silken tofu and not all tofutti. Best
Vegan for 14 years and toffutti is my favorite! 👍🏽
Do you guys have a video of when, why, and how you went vegan?? If not you should totally make one!
They have one on there channel
omg i was shocked y’all didn’t like the kite hill one 😩😩 kite hill is sooooo good lmaooo
💯💯Kite Hill Numeroooo UNO 💯💯
Yeah I know it’s my fave!
Agreed!
Never had their regular but their chive and jalapeño are 😍😍😍😍
I Love Kite Hill !!! Oh well. I’m going to look for Wayfare brand.
I was just looking for a video like this yesterday!!! Thank you.
I really love these videos! They are so helpful and you do an incredible job! I also appreciate how you mention allergens. So very thoughtful.
Violife is by faaaaar my favorite so now I really want to try to find wayfair. Thanks for the video! Also I tried yoplait oui because of you and I am in love. 😍
ahhh we're so happy to hear that!
Oui is the best! 🥰
Violife has been my favorite too,, although pricy. I definitely want to try wayfare..
Eating bagels and lox nearly every Sunday for decades and eating Philly cream cheese off of a spoon, I feel like an authority.
Tofutti was good in a pinch, easy to find, and better priced. I like it ok but it's not as good as Violife.
Miyokos cream cheese was vile. Too sour. Her butter is fabulous though.
Kite hill, I don't remember why, but knew I'd never buy that one again.
Can’t stress enough how much you guys deserve so much more of a following. Love your positive energy, amazing dynamic, etc. You guys are awesome and also are impacting my life positively because you’re inspiring me to cook! And I’m one of those vegans that does not cook anything lol. Trying your penne vodka recipe this week I can’t wait 😛
I agree
aww thank you!!! That really means a lot. We hope you love the recipe!
Absolutely agree 💯!!!
You are guys are so helpful! Thanks for all your videos. ❤️
Yassss! Violife is a staple in our house, my kids will just eat it straight up out the container! I feel like I can put my faith in ya’ll from here on out because the yogurt and this one, you guys are 💯 accurate for me!🙌🏾
Miyoko has been my favorite for YEARS. love the ingredient & tastes amazing!!!
Glad you like it !!
Waitttttt, didn't we just celebrate 40k subs??? Look at you guys, on the road to a milli!
HAHAHA, We had a crazy few weeks. Hope it continues :)
Miyoko's is remaking her cream cheese. So a new one coming out at the end of the month or next month.
:O
i hope they keep the original recipe available somewhere! it is soooo delicious to me😌
where did u see that?
Ok good cus it sucks
@@zebrastripesandcandy it sure does!
Thank you guys for mentioning all the allergens!
You're welcome!
The Wayfare is “simple truth “ organic at Ralph’s /Kroger and all of their butter bean based products are outstanding! I love the queso. The closest to the dairy version I have ever eaten
I thought the packaging looked similar.
ohhhh I wonder if they bought the recipe
Thanks! I was wondering because I’ve never seen Wayfare brand ever
Its so fun to watch these to see if our taste buds align. And they almost never do hahaha Toffuti and trader Joe's are my faves!
HAHAHHAHAHAH, that's so funny
Love you guys. Please don’t stop making videos
Can't stop, won't stop LOL
Violife is my favorite! I’ve actually been able to eat dairy again a little but I still love my tried and true vegan products
We just tried violife after your review and OMG so delicious! Wish we could try your first choice but cannot find it. We always buy Trader Joe’s but now Violife is our preference. We will buy both. Your reviews are amazing as they are getting me to taste items I never tried before. You guys are my favorite channel. You will have many more subscribers soon!
I am loving the amount of engagement you are getting in this video! So many opinions. I agree with the tofutti brand.. tastes like chalk everytime.
People have very strong opinions about cream cheese
I’m shocked you guys didn’t like Kite Hill or Miyoko’s! Those are my favs for bagels or to cook with. Kite Hill’s sour cream is also the only V sour cream to even buy IMO. The Miyoko’s savory scallion cream cheese is perfection.
I am so hesitant to try it because I see all the mixed reviews😂
I don't necessarily think it tastes like cream cheese because it is SO tangy, but I happen to love tangy, so I totally agree. And Kite Hill is awesome too. I don't like their yogurts, but their cream cheese is bomb.
I don't like normal kite hill, but I love the chive one.
Violife is the best, though.
I only cook with Kite Hill. I don't just eat it out the container. But yeah, MIkoyo Cream plain cheese. Hard no.
I tried miyokos today and I didn’t like it at all. But I think maybe I can do something with it. Just not eat it on a bagel 🥯
I just love everything about the two of you, such a great relationship dynamic, and as usual, a wonderful video. The Daiya tasting made me laugh; everything I've tried from Daiya so far has just tasted like sadness.
You two are so adorable! Thanks for sharing
Thank you!! 😊
I love watching you both! Too funny! I thoroughly enjoyed the yogurt videos!! I have had the Tofutti sour cream and had to doctor it up with lemon and salt....it would be interesting to see what the cream cheese tastes like. I don’t have a Wagman’s (?) here so I’m out of luck. But I will definitely try the Trader Joe’s (along with the yogurt). Thank you for taking the time to try these products out for us! I appreciate you both!!
I LOVE these types of videos!
Thanks so much for watching
So I’ve tried the Kite Hill chive flavor and it’s really good IMO, but I’ve never tried the original and only buy on sale lol. Maybe try that sometime? Def gonna look for the Trader Joe’s and Violife ones! Thanks for time stamps! ☺️
I hated the kite hill original cream cheese, but love both the garden veggie and chive
I thought the Trader Joes was good until I tried the Violife. I was pissed cause the TJs is SO much cheaper😁
@@Glim246 lol i believe that. I can only find Violife across town and it’s more expensive but I still go get it sometimes 😂🤦🏻♀️ my fave cheddar hands down.
Wayfare makes my favorite sour cream, and I do like how they use butter beans, which is very different than other brands.
I didn’t know Spero made a cream cheese, but I purchased their goat cheese alternative and loved it. Again, great ingredients because sunflower seeds are not as resource intensive as nuts, and it’s just different.
As far as the title topic, cream cheese, no brand really makes a Philadelphia style cream cheese. For my tastes I’ve settled on a whipped blend of cultured nut cheeses like Miyoko’s or Treeline, and soft soy cheese like Tofutti or Trader Joe’s.
You guys are going to blow up I just subscribed and love your vids
I really needed this video!! I’m trying to go 100% vegan these days and the amount of non-dairy cream cheese options is insane. I literally just picked up a package of the Wayfare brand a couple days ago because it was new at the store, so I’m really relieved to hear that it’s a favorite and I didn’t waste my money haha
We hope you love it!
Thanks for the test taste. Never had a vegan cream cheese before so this was most helpful. Tried the plain Violife and thought it was decent. More buttery taste than Phillie. Worked really well in a spread I made. Unadulterated on toast, I preferred the cheddar flavor...had a better tang to it.
Toffuti, Follow Your Heart, Field Roast, So Delicious, Tofurkey are my favorite brands and all their stuff is pretty good to me. Violife has good shreds and slices but their blocks melt into a puddle of nothing. There was a sprouted tofu brand that was really good I haven’t seen in a while too.
I love tofutti too i totally for got to add I love the sour cream as well i love snacking on crackers and sour cream..i know sounds weird but it's delicious.
So thankful for this video. I’ll try the top 3 and comment later. Wayfare I have to order from GFTO but I had something else I wanted to order from them so it’s convenient.
This was HILARIOUS to watch 🫣😩😂😂😂😂
Oh tofutti 🥴 vegan 15 years and I definitely got use to it because that’s all we had. It’s so amazing to see all the new alternatives that have come out in the past few years. It’s a great time to be vegan!
Oh my goodness! This is the video I’ve been looking for! My son cannot have dairy and I tried the daiya cream cheese for him and he wouldn’t eat it and it smelled weird. This video validated that for me and gave me some great options. Thank you guys so much!!!!
You are so welcome! Hope you find one for him
I am so grateful I found this channel🥰
so happy to hear that
I actually like Tofutti on a bagel and love it in mashed potatoes. I tried the plain Kite Hill in mashed potatoes and didn’t like it, however the chive & jalapeño ones they have, I absolutely love! I’ve been on the fence about trying Miyoko’s & Violife just based on mixed reviews I’ve seen. I think I’ll try Violife soon though. As far as Daiya, I tried it years ago & never again. If they revamp formula I’d try again. Definitely love their cheezecake!
We'd definitely try again if Daiya revamps (hopefully they do!)
What about Tofutti now, I think they changed the recipe, cause it’s very watery. I’ve been eating it for years, but no not agreeing with me
100% Andrew had my taste buds, and demeanor. Thanks for sharing.
LOL
thanks for posting
I simply Love you guys God Bless you both.
Thanks
Kite Hill is the best one lmao I've made a lot with it, it is tangy however that's how cream cheese typically was for me in the first place. Plus I've made a pretty noice cheesecake with it but interesting ranking overall!
if you like it we love it!
I love Miyoko's cream cheese 😂. I ate it plain and the bite was unpleasant, but on a bagel, it is great.
I’ve never seen the Wayfare brand, but could (and probably will) check out Trader Joe’s version the next time I go. These videos are so helpful.
Let us know what you think
Violife is my fav cream cheese but their cheeses (which I think are excellent) have a weird aftertaste. I like Miyoko smoked mozzarella and her butter is the best. I have only used her scallion cream cheese in a blend to make a cheese sauce with a bunch of other ingredients and it worked perfect like that.
I’ve had most of these! Solid ranking! I’ve never had the Wayfair...need to try to find🤗
Hope you enjoy!
I feel you two should go with the first two and be happy, especially if you using it for cheese cake. What you should try next's. Foods from different countries. This was a good video and I shared it. Have a wonderful Easter.
Awww thank you!
Foods from different countries would be super fun
Thank you guys. This was really helpful. I had the same experience with Miyokos. Not buying it again. Grabbing Trader Joe’s next.
I'm glad at the end you said you like sweeter cream cheeses because I like the savory. I buy Miyoko's but I use for Mac n cheese and on savory bagels. I did purchase Trader Joe's yesterday before seeing this video, so I may save it for a dessert preparation. I'll also admit I didn't like you guys at first, but you've quickly become one of my favourite channels. Keep it up 😊
LOL at your last sentence. Glad we grew on you
All my local grocery store has are Daiya and Tofutti, so thanks for the heads up. I may have actually tried them some time.
Do you have an Aldi near you? They have their own and it taste just like Trader Joes b/c same company pretty much ;-)
After eating tofutti for years and years I love it I can’t explain why but that and kite hill chive are my favorite!
awesome
Kite hill chive flavored is the best!! I’m surprised the plain one was so far down on the list! Maybe the plain isn’t as good 🤔
Yeah I hate it
@@jonycontreras5048 Jony noooo 😭
@@NatalieWisler to be fair I only had the everything seasoning cream cheese. I just hated the texture
@@jonycontreras5048 yeah I tried that flavor too and didn’t like it 🙅🏽♀️ only like the chive one!
Yes, horrible
I haven't tried a *ton* of cream cheeses but my fav is the kite hill chive... so tangy. my mom, who loves regular cream cheese, loves it.
I like we may need to do some flavored ones
Kite Hill chives is by far my fav. Thanks
The So Delicious brand is pretty good! Light in flavor but no weird after taste. My favorite that I’ve tried so far but I haven’t had the TJ, violife, or Wayfare one yet.
I just ran across your channel after following a link for your peach cobbler....I am transitioning and have now sat here and watched a few of your videos. I appreciate the honest reviews. Violife is the only cream cheese I have tried this far and the flavored ones are good. I am going to try the Trader Joe's now since it is cheaper because I am frugal...I look forward to more from your channel. Dairy such as cheese, cream cheese and sour cream has been an issue for me to let go of altogether.
I just discovered wayfare, their nacho cheese is AMAZING. I've been allergic to dairy for well over a decade now and miss nacho cheese. The wayfare is so good I literally cried, then rushed out and bought everything to make super nachos and had super nachos for the first time in as long as I can remember. I've since bought their cream cheese and it's the first I find decent enough to keep eating. They have a customer for life in me if they keep their quality up!
They have a lot of really great products
"It ain't the time right now... Lol 😂 Y'all are too Real and I Love it!!!💖
We LOVE "follow your heart" cream cheese!
You guys were great… enjoyed this video . Thanks. I’m making my daughter ( she’s vegan) and I needed to know which cream cheese to use to make her a dairy free cool whip-cream cheese cake topping with crumbled Oreo cookies topping it all off. Thank you guys…
Which one did you end up using and how was it?
@@SheisaBlessed1 i used true whip
You guys should try the Follow Your Heart brand; I really like that one.
Please please can you guys make a spinach dip or one of those stuffed recipe dips, love love love the videos.
We have a spinach artichoke dip makeitdairyfree.com/vegan-spinach-artichoke-dip/
i get kite hill all the time, its good for dips
Loved your cream cheese taste test. Im from Kingman Az, but I will definitely look for the Wayfair and Violife. Thank you for you great videos. BTW, my favorite vegan butter is Earth Balance and my fav mayo is Vegenaise.
ohhh, mayo would be a good test!
Kite hill is the one I always buy, I like the taste and it has 0 grams of saturated fat, little sodium, and it’s only made with almond milk and salt, cultured.
I'd love to see a video with you guys taking something you hated in a taste test and trying to make it palatable/delicious
Great idea
Great vid guys. I don’t have a Wayfare and excited to try the Violife. But of the rest..I strongly believe that Tofutti is hands down the closest thing to real cream cheese. On a bagel or with crackers yum 😋
Thank you so much for watching
Great reviews... My absolute favourite is Violife for taste and value 200g £2.00😁 here in Scotland =$2.53
Only went full plant based in January 2024.
Loving your channel, the excellent way you present your recipes 👏
Thank you for the inspiration, it's infectious.
Chives can improve almost any cream cheese. Whenever you try something plain, you're flirting with disaster! Whenever I've gotten a cream cheese I didn't love, I'd chop up some chives or green onions and let it sit overnight and it's just so, so much better the next day! My favorite is TJ's, but Wayfare is hard to find in Los Angeles. I've been wanting to try it for years.
I have tried the Kite Hill with chives and like it along with Tofutti one. Don't like anything by Miyoko’s.
We don't have the Wayfare one in my location but will give the Violife a chance. I like some of their cheese.
Thanks for your reviews.....helping me out with the whole "can't give up cheese" journey. ;o)
Kite Hill brand everything is good with me, I’m not vegan but I try to be dairy free for health reasons and I had first found ibotta coupons for Kite Hill brand and gave em a try and now I’m hooked! I love their “everything” flavored dips and their chive cream cheese and their sour cream so much.
I don’t know how I’m just now finding your channel but you guys are so cute and fun to watch. I’ve been vegan for 18 years and remember the days of of just Tofutti and GoVeggie... and yes, I’ve always liked Tofutti products but I never liked cream cheese even in my non vegan years so I’m out on all of these. Glad to know I’m not the only one not a fan of Mioyoko’s... thought I was the only one. My boyfriend isn’t vegan but he loves food, you guys remind me of me making him try all my vegan products for honest reviews lol sometimes I think it’s just been so long for me since I’ve had the real things. Keep it up guys! 👍🏻
We're so glad you found us now! And that's so funny you have him trying everything
I’ve been so scared to try vegan cream cheese so I’m looking forward to trying some now!
We hope you like!
This video really helps me save.
Violife is the way to go in my home! Then again, I have only tried Violife and Trader Joe's. The Tjs one is not too bad, but it's just pretty plain and like you pointed out, it's texture is inconsistent. I love the price point though! Now just out of pure curiosity I kind of want to try the Kite Hill one.
HAHA, if you try the KH one let us know what you think
I just found your channel im about to be busy all day canceling everything rn 🙃
I really been looking for options on dairy free and just dk where or what to look for found some other options on cheese at trader joes i was so happy ! Since other stores near me dont have much options on dairy free....
I loved the Miyokos and Kite Hill.
Treeline is the bomb and from my area and I started out having peppercorn or garlic herb and it wasn’t a cream cheese. So they’ve changed the packaging or recipe and including a cream cheese. I agree it’s not cream cheese but I love it. I just bought the strawberry to give that a go
Violife is our favorite! Even friends and family that are very picky (and not vegan) love it.
Thanks for the taste test! My go-to has been Kite Hill. Don't mind the taste and like the texture. I've tried the TJ's and didn't like the taste... wonder if they reformulated? Also have tried the Violife, and it doesn't work as well on warm bagels... it melts a little bit like butter...
Someone else just said the same about Violife!
I’m so scared to try your favorite because I love miyokos😂😂 it’s so good when it melts on warm toast!
HAHAHA, we def think some people flip flop our results
Wayfare has a nacho cheese dip that's the bomb. It's chef's kiss good. I never knew they had a cream cheese. I'll have to try it.
Honestly, we like most of their stuff. They are entirely underrated
Yeah my 2 favorite are daiya and especially violife.
nice
Violife melts into nothing, Toffuti doesn't have the signature tang or much flavor at all, Daiya is just awful. Kite Hill has the most cream cheese like flavor, but the texture is slightly gritty. The struggle is real lol. Kite Hill is the one I go with. Glad you tried the more expensive ones bc I had been eyeing them!
miyokos is like a gourmet cream cheese to me & the LOX flavor variant is yummy~
We'll have to try that one
My pre-vegan cream cheese was Tempee. Thanks for the video guys.
never had it!
I can’t do any of Daiya's cheeses. I love that you two were honest because people act as though those cheeses are so good.
No point in being fake
Their cheeses are so gross. So oily feeling.
We usually buy Trader Joe's because the price is always much cheaper. And I like it a lot but it tends to have a layer of water on top and be more runny than I'd like. We love Tofutti! My husband and son eat dairy and they both love it. But we also don't tend to eat it by itself. We eat it on crackers with chili or soup. Or I bake cheesecake with it.
the inconsistency with TJs is super annoying
I just recently purchased Miyoko's cream cheese and had the same reaction...definitely not a good choice for a sweet dish. However, I love the garlic parm butter!
Me with my unopened kite hill cream cheese in the fridge that I got to try 👁👄👁 .
Try it! To me, it tastes just like real cream cheese.
Give us a review🙏🏻😬
It's my favorite!
Okay so I tried it (i have a flavored one, its the everything seasoning) it was AMAZING 😍 . Now i need to try regular to see as well .
Brandi Andrews thanks for the update! Gonna try it as well
I find myself agreeing with all your viewpoints, especially about Miyokos. Her butter is amazing, I do like her pizza mozzerella too. But the fancy cheeses are not my thing. Haven’t yet had the new Daiya because I still have nightmares from 12 years ago about that flavor. For a bagel or savory meal, I’ve found the dairy free Boursin to be my go to “cream cheese” tastes just like the regular boursin IMO
I’m a very big fan of the Violife’s herb cream cheese, I never get plain cream cheese so some flavoring will suppress the non-cheesiness 🤣
I’m so glad someone validated my disgust for the kite hill cream cheese, everyone else seems to love it 😂
HAHAHAH
Thanks for the vid. No matter what new one I try, I always ALWAYS choose Tofutti’s cream cheese and also their sour cream. They’re consistent in taste and texture and affordable even when there’s no sale. Sorry it didn’t work for you guys 🌝
Same here!
My daughter still goes for Tofutti. She tried Myokos and just did not care for it
I prefer the tofutti sour cream as well. I still haven’t found a cream cheese that is on par. Not sure if I have tried the Tofutti cream cheese though.
We tend to agree with your taste tests, that being said you need to try the kite hill flavored cream cheeses the chive is really good the garden veggie is also good
I love Treeline cheeses too!!
Nice!
I just decided to go vegan and I was searching for a way to substitute lol. Awesome!
I love miyokos cream cheese on a bagel 😋 just tried the Philadelphia!