Thank you for talking about the absolute oddity of using coconut oil in vegan cheeses - it totally overwhelms and it’s infuriating when alternatives are available.
As a long-term vegan I've tried them all. Koko is the only one worth buying IMO. Overall I don't feel the need to have a cheese replacement, like I don't need a meat replacement either. Vegan food made well is nutritious and delicious and doesn't need to pretend to be anything else.
Violife Epic Mature cheddar block (great for Mac & Cheeze) and cheddar slices are my favorite, hands down, for flavor, meltability and being soy-free and carrageenan-free!
That's so weird because I find the sheese and epic cheddar the MOST coconutty to a point where I couldn't finish the packet 😧. The standard violife is the least coconutty for me 🤔 the smoked one you had is the delicious however the follow your heart smoked Gouda is my all time fave 😍
Several of those cheeses melt best when they are not directly exposed to air as they melt. For example, Violife melts really well inside a toastie, burrito etc, but does not perform as well or look as good if it's placed on top of whatever you're cooking.
Love the Applewood and Violife Epic Mature. The Koko I have tons of at the moment as it’s the only vegan cheese that’s Slimming World “Healthy A”. It is VERY coconutty but once you develop a taste for it it’s kinda addictive. Always found Sheese products inedible and I really wanted to like it - maybe I’ll give the mild another go.
Koko is by far our favourite, we find its one of the only vegan cheese that doesn't have that 'fake' taste to it! Great on pizza and burgers (but we do love coconut) and it's pretty cheap too
Out of what we get here in Australia, my personal favourites are FYH and Green Vie. Coconut oil in cheese is generally a big turn off, heated up coconut oil smells/tastes like vomit to me =/
The first one and the reliable one Tofuffi it's not greasy like so many newer ones and it does taste like cream cheese w.out the greasy Ness At least 4 me
Thanks for your video, I've not eaten cheese since I was 15 and am almost 60. Turned veggie 3yrs ago and been having Violife. It's great to have your opinion on each category Taste, Melt, and Toastie. Great going guys, I've subscribed - catch you laters Dee x
I hate coconut based cheese 😭 on one planet pizza I believe they use Cheezly by VBites and I like that on their Hawaiian pizza. Maybe you can do a similar video for cheeses made from things from pea protein, nuts and from some independent businesses like Tyne cheese with their sage cheddar :) also cream cheese needs its own video too :) I also love the fact that you don't think coconut and cheese go together, and that you aren't faking it for the sake of being popular amongst other vegans who rave about vegan cheeses being just as good as the real thing!
Cheezly or Vbites is the best vegan cheese in the world but I can't get it in the U.S.anymore. My carnivore mom and sister used to devour my Cheezly English Cheddar and Bacon grilled cheese sandwiches, nothing like it in the world! I'm a vegan chef, I know food.
Can't live without Miyoko's European style butter. ♡ Here in the middle of Washington state, USA, my favorite overall cheese is still the Chao slices. But, Miyoko's UnLox spreadable is a close second. ♡
Wish I could try that Applewood one! Love a smoky cheese. Not a Follow Your Heart stan but the slices are way better than the shreds. Pre-shredded cheese is not all that tasty in general due to the anti clumping agents. Not really a fair fight but I understand that might have been all that was available to try.
I MIX cheeses some have characteristics that stands out that others lack but combined. It's better..So mixing is a good 💡 idea..Works out good fa me Also making cheese myself It's not difficult at all Cooked stovetop.or steamed
Many of these brands are not available in the US, at least I Haven’t seen in Seattle. Maybe our PCC or Trader Joe’s markets have them . I’ll have to check again!
I've checked those stores, haven't seen those brands either. My favorite for overall use, or a good grilled cheese sandwich is still the Chao slices. If you see this comment, I would love to know what your favorite is. ♡
The Violife cheeses are getting wider distribution gradually. My regional health food store stocks them, so maybe try a Whole Foods if you're near one?
In the area of California I live in, I can only get Violife and Follow Your Heart vegan cheeses out of your taste tests. We have many others here to choose from all the same. First, we don’t eat cold cheese. Gross! Second, main factors are taste and melt ability. I love Follow Your Heart cheeses. They also make Feta and Parmesan. Interesting video. Thanks guys 🙂
Literally eating a vegan grilled cheese while watching this. And I was just thinking why is vegan cheese so hard to melt. I tend to char the bread before the cheese really starts to melt.
I don't know any brand of ready cheese, but you can try making cheese from chickpeas, sunflower seeds or soya yogurt, there is plenty recipes on the internet
Sheese cheese is awful! It's one of the 1st vegan cheeses I tasted I was highly disappointed and had to throw away the food. It also has a weird after taste. The bests for me are applewood and koko dairy free - only thing is koko really doesn't melt. It guess it's a matter of personal preference big time when it comes to vegan cheese.You really do have to buy and try, can't really go on others opinions.
I tried vegan cheese around 10 years ago and it was absolutely horrific. It tasted like this dead cat smelt like I had to deal with a couple of weeks ago. Have they gotten better since then?
Violife is perfect to melt very cheesy and works well in Mac and cheese and amazing also in stuffed peppers and on jacket potato it's 👌 but then it's only vegan cheese I tried I liked first time so didn't need to try another my vegan friend is not keen tho
If you like this video, you might also enjoy my vegan lifestyle vlog - I'm @VeganVeteranUK. My (non-vegan) boyfriend and I did a cheese night which was really fun :-)
Voilife mature cheddar does not have a mature cheddar taste at all, it tastes like a mild feet cheese. They're all disgusting! Just shows that everyone will have a different opinion no matter what. I haven't found one i like 🤮
Oh god, another one. It's called cheese because that's what it's trying to replace for vegans who used to love cheese. How is this hard to understand? All of them are marketed and clearly labelled as vegan, only a fucking idiot would think they're real cheese. Grow up and find a bigger problem to be upset about.
@@samshorto5433 I'm not upset, it's a scientific fact; it's not cheese. Moreover, a child or a brainless adult is the only one too say "grow up"...you do know the world isn't flat!
@@hyperhella2843 Lol can you point out which scientific law defines cheese please? Don't use big words you don't understand. And calling me brainless while being unable to tell the difference between 'to' and 'too' is very ironic.
The use of the description "vegan" infers that the product is healthy. The coconut oils used in most vegan cheese is a saturated fat that should not be recommended in any way.
Thank you for talking about the absolute oddity of using coconut oil in vegan cheeses - it totally overwhelms and it’s infuriating when alternatives are available.
And it’s very high in sat fat, which you need to avoid if on a low sat fat diet.
You saved me a lot of money here! Thanks so much!!!
I have tried all of these with the exception of the Mexican one and I can concur that your findings are accurate. Great video 🙂
As a long-term vegan I've tried them all. Koko is the only one worth buying IMO. Overall I don't feel the need to have a cheese replacement, like I don't need a meat replacement either. Vegan food made well is nutritious and delicious and doesn't need to pretend to be anything else.
Even the loser still wins against Daiya.
Sheeze cheddar mature spreadable - best dairyLea sub! Just in case you have any kids - or love a good old school cheese spread!
Thanks for this fantastic compare so expensive to try all yourself. Vegan butter too please!
Naturli vegan butter is great you can get in sainsbury's and waitrose for sure. It's my favourite vegan butter
Violife Epic Mature cheddar block (great for Mac & Cheeze) and cheddar slices are my favorite, hands down, for flavor, meltability and being soy-free and carrageenan-free!
Y'all did such a good job 😬! Thank you. I had no idea how to pick a proper vegan cheese that was actually worth it. Not trying to give away money 😂
That's so weird because I find the sheese and epic cheddar the MOST coconutty to a point where I couldn't finish the packet 😧. The standard violife is the least coconutty for me 🤔 the smoked one you had is the delicious however the follow your heart smoked Gouda is my all time fave 😍
Loved the video very informative thanks guy's 👍👍
The vegusto cheeses (especially the golden one) are just amazing!!
Several of those cheeses melt best when they are not directly exposed to air as they melt. For example, Violife melts really well inside a toastie, burrito etc, but does not perform as well or look as good if it's placed on top of whatever you're cooking.
Do you mean that outside of air it doesn't melt at all?
@@jerrykirby3117 it melts poorly and in patchy and can harden.
Thanks for trying them out. Takes the work and costs off of me. I will try and find the Sheese and the Applewood online.
Yeah I use the apple wood in my mac and vegan cheese its the best cheese for it 😋
Thank you. Needed this!
Are we seeing some favouritism towards Sheese because you worked with them on the Kettle Chips? 🤔
This was very helpful, thank you.
Love the Applewood and Violife Epic Mature. The Koko I have tons of at the moment as it’s the only vegan cheese that’s Slimming World “Healthy A”. It is VERY coconutty but once you develop a taste for it it’s kinda addictive. Always found Sheese products inedible and I really wanted to like it - maybe I’ll give the mild another go.
Koko is by far our favourite, we find its one of the only vegan cheese that doesn't have that 'fake' taste to it! Great on pizza and burgers (but we do love coconut) and it's pretty cheap too
Koko is my favourite 😍
Out of what we get here in Australia, my personal favourites are FYH and Green Vie. Coconut oil in cheese is generally a big turn off, heated up coconut oil smells/tastes like vomit to me =/
Do cream cheese next!!!!!
Omg, yassssss!!
The first one and the reliable one
Tofuffi it's not greasy like so many newer ones and it does taste like cream cheese w.out the greasy Ness
At least 4 me
Nice contest! I’ll be buying SHEESE and Applewood cheese this week, if I can get them!😉👍
Thanks for this will try some
Of these ! 💚
Thanks so much for this review guys! Fantastic 🔥💜
Thanks for your video, I've not eaten cheese since I was 15 and am almost 60. Turned veggie 3yrs ago and been having Violife. It's great to have your opinion on each category Taste, Melt, and Toastie. Great going guys, I've subscribed - catch you laters Dee x
I hate coconut based cheese 😭 on one planet pizza I believe they use Cheezly by VBites and I like that on their Hawaiian pizza. Maybe you can do a similar video for cheeses made from things from pea protein, nuts and from some independent businesses like Tyne cheese with their sage cheddar :) also cream cheese needs its own video too :)
I also love the fact that you don't think coconut and cheese go together, and that you aren't faking it for the sake of being popular amongst other vegans who rave about vegan cheeses being just as good as the real thing!
No doubt the Koko cheese fails the melting test, but the flavour and texture is actually nice, if a little strange!
Great video.. Thanks for taking the time to make this
Violife has earned the title of "lego cheese" in our house!
I enjoyed your video 10/10 ***** Greetings from Ireland. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
Im sure it's just a coincidence that they partnered with them on their sheeze and onion kettle chips
Hmm. Good point.
Just try them yourself and decide.
NWO...
Cheezly or Vbites is the best vegan cheese in the world but I can't get it in the U.S.anymore. My carnivore mom and sister used to devour my Cheezly English Cheddar and Bacon grilled cheese sandwiches, nothing like it in the world! I'm a vegan chef, I know food.
Can I come live with you?
@@Itsunclegabby Awwe I wish you could...I would love to feed you lol...you'd be so chubby tho lol
I love Boursin Dairy Free cheese.
New sub. Love your channel. Great recipes!
You have to try Miyoko's brand. It's the best vegan cheese they have in the states.
Vegusto Mile Aromatic Cheddar is the best. Available on amazon
Awesome thank you
The cheek of McDonalds putting an advert for sausage and egg McMuffin in the middle of the video!
My fav cheddar cheese is daiya cheddar slices for grilled cheese and quesadillas
Just love how they say Cheese toasty 🥰... Love me a good grilled cheese! 🤤
applewood but im gonna try to make my own
Sheese for the win
Great video!
Cathedral is the best in my opinion but I don’t think it was out yet, isn’t applewood more of a Gouda though?
everyone in my family agrees that follow your heart american slices is the best
Miyoko's chedder is outstanding!
I agree
Dana Cohen - yes here in Seattle it is my families go to!
skater4life So good!
Can't live without Miyoko's European style butter. ♡ Here in the middle of Washington state, USA, my favorite overall cheese is still the Chao slices. But, Miyoko's UnLox spreadable is a close second. ♡
martian10712 Go WA State!
Uhh, how did mild Sheeze get 5 and mature Violife only get 3 on the melt test? They look the same!
Applewood yum!!
Wish I could try that Applewood one! Love a smoky cheese. Not a Follow Your Heart stan but the slices are way better than the shreds. Pre-shredded cheese is not all that tasty in general due to the anti clumping agents. Not really a fair fight but I understand that might have been all that was available to try.
The Sheese brand is soo good, I also really love their cream cheese 🥰
I wish you tested daiya - that's #2 for me
Can I just say that it would be great to see a vegan melted cheese review without rating on how it may “cheese pull”? I just want to know if it melts
The sheese looked really really oily in the melt test but got 5/5?
They got sponsored by sheeze to collaborate with them on kettle chips...so I imagine they are still trying to ass kiss
@@kirstiehember3769 The cheese should melt. It melt so it got 5/5
Right? The Violife Epic Mature melted better and that only got a 3...? Rigged to favor sheese for sure.
vevan mozzarella is really great in tasting like muenster!
I MIX cheeses some have characteristics that stands out that others lack but combined. It's better..So mixing is a good 💡 idea..Works out good fa me Also making cheese myself
It's not difficult at all
Cooked stovetop.or steamed
Many of these brands are not available in the US, at least I Haven’t seen in Seattle. Maybe our PCC or Trader Joe’s markets have them . I’ll have to check again!
I've checked those stores, haven't seen those brands either. My favorite for overall use, or a good grilled cheese sandwich is still the Chao slices. If you see this comment, I would love to know what your favorite is. ♡
martian10712 chao garden herb but my fav although super pricey is miyokos cheddar 😋
The Violife cheeses are getting wider distribution gradually. My regional health food store stocks them, so maybe try a Whole Foods if you're near one?
Nacho cheese dip should be the next taste test
In the area of California I live in, I can only get Violife and Follow Your Heart vegan cheeses out of your taste tests. We have many others here to choose from all the same. First, we don’t eat cold cheese. Gross! Second, main factors are taste and melt ability. I love Follow Your Heart cheeses. They also make Feta and Parmesan. Interesting video. Thanks guys 🙂
You can call your local grocery stores and ask them to carry other things for you. I’ve done it many times.
Great. I'm violife but not tried a lot. Thank you xx
Among that list I’ve only seen Follow Your Heart in my local stores in the States
Nothing is better than Miyoko farmhouse cheddar. Nothing.
Literally eating a vegan grilled cheese while watching this. And I was just thinking why is vegan cheese so hard to melt. I tend to char the bread before the cheese really starts to melt.
WorldMind - have you tried grated Violife in a toastie? I find it melts really well and quite quickly. Tastes good too.
Casein in dairy cheese gives that amazing stretch or pull. Researchers so far haven't found a plant-based or vegan alternative.
I had exactly the same feeling when comparing mild and mature sheese.
Im about to get a 3 in 1 waffle grill sandwich maker
Is this only the 🇬🇧 UK maybe I should watch first..
Any ideas for vegan cheese not made with coconut oil? I am allergic to nuts, and coconut being the biggest nut, presents a struggle to be vegan
I don't know any brand of ready cheese, but you can try making cheese from chickpeas, sunflower seeds or soya yogurt, there is plenty recipes on the internet
Is this in the UK?
Yep x
Violife cheese slices are really good 🧀
THANK GOD for this video
Yay! Can’t wait
Num num
Sheese cheese is awful! It's one of the 1st vegan cheeses I tasted I was highly disappointed and had to throw away the food. It also has a weird after taste. The bests for me are applewood and koko dairy free - only thing is koko really doesn't melt. It guess it's a matter of personal preference big time when it comes to vegan cheese.You really do have to buy and try, can't really go on others opinions.
I'm guessing that a "cheese toasty" is British for grilled cheese?
Tis! Tho often they’re not fried to melt the cheese - in my experience people do toasties in grills or toastie bags? Slightly (?!!) healthier!
@@princesscharlott1983 Grilled cheese are not fried either. They're grilled. Hence the name. :)
Supreme master television ✨✨
Epic is my favourite
just ordered some vegan cheese. Thx ;)
I tried vegan cheese around 10 years ago and it was absolutely horrific. It tasted like this dead cat smelt like I had to deal with a couple of weeks ago. Have they gotten better since then?
Mozzarella would be good !
Violife is perfect to melt very cheesy and works well in Mac and cheese and amazing also in stuffed peppers and on jacket potato it's 👌 but then it's only vegan cheese I tried I liked first time so didn't need to try another my vegan friend is not keen tho
Also, the experiment should have included tasting the melted cheese.
This video is so helpful for me. I can’t stand the violife cheeses
These guys are both so cute. 😁😁
It says 19:00 CET Can u confirm?
When you rate 9 cheeses 1-5 then wonder why so many tied.. that’s what happens here
Koko is by far the best I have tasted. Violife is a no from me 😂
VEGAN FETA PLEASE
"Mature", "Epic mature", wow
Now I can say that I would be a quite good vegan cheese (if I were a cheese, but sadly I'm only a human)
Sheese mild cheddar is top? Sheesh...
If you like this video, you might also enjoy my vegan lifestyle vlog - I'm @VeganVeteranUK. My (non-vegan) boyfriend and I did a cheese night which was really fun :-)
Are thees guys sponsered by sheese or sumfin smells like sweaty feet apple wood and koko are much nicer
Voilife mature cheddar does not have a mature cheddar taste at all, it tastes like a mild feet cheese. They're all disgusting! Just shows that everyone will have a different opinion no matter what. I haven't found one i like 🤮
So obviously sponsored by Sheese...
All leave a chemical taste to me 🙄🥺😬
I'm sorry but you can't call that cheese by definition; curdled dairy products are cheese. And you'd be hard pressed to get "cheese" from almond milk.
Oh god, another one. It's called cheese because that's what it's trying to replace for vegans who used to love cheese. How is this hard to understand? All of them are marketed and clearly labelled as vegan, only a fucking idiot would think they're real cheese. Grow up and find a bigger problem to be upset about.
@@samshorto5433 I'm not upset, it's a scientific fact; it's not cheese. Moreover, a child or a brainless adult is the only one too say "grow up"...you do know the world isn't flat!
@@hyperhella2843 Lol can you point out which scientific law defines cheese please? Don't use big words you don't understand. And calling me brainless while being unable to tell the difference between 'to' and 'too' is very ironic.
Actually getting cheese from almonds is pretty easy, as is from soy milk.. both produce beautiful curds.
All those are the worst cheeses ever 😂
The use of the description "vegan" infers that the product is healthy. The coconut oils used in most vegan cheese is a saturated fat that should not be recommended in any way.
Since when does vegan = healthy?
How does it infer it is healthy by virtue of being vegan, sorry?
Veganism isn't a diet. Any food lacking animal ingredients--healthy or no--is vegan compliant.
Plz name something else you can't call something which is made from plants cheese