The Everything Non-Dairy Thread

[Lou]

The best vegan cheeses

15 Vegan Cheese Brands Doing Dairy Better Than Dairy

Dairy-free cheese really is the best and we’ve rounded up the best vegan cheese brands to show you why.

vegnews.com

 

[tlc1976]

I tried a couple of these (mint and chocolate/ peanut butter) and really liked them. Then again I’ve never been a fan of creamy milk flavored products. It’s more on the ice water side which I like. I just like to shave it off thin with a spoon as a cold treat on a hot day.

Faba bean based, vegan, low on all the bad stuff. It was $5 a pint at my local store which is in line with everything else.

Arctic Zero | Non-Dairy Dessert | Try All 11 Flavors

Arctic Zero's non-dairy, keto-friendly frozen desserts come 11 of the most popular and most-requested flavors. Plus, Arctic Zero is better for you than ice cream.

www.arcticzero.com

 

[Lou]

The local supermarket had Breyer's on sale. $5 for half gallon.
Only had choc choc chip, and mint chip.
Still haven't been able to try the PB
I had the choc choc chip last time so I got the mint chip again.

 

[Emma JC]

The local supermarket had Breyer's on sale. $5 for half gallon.
Only had choc choc chip, and mint chip.
Still haven't been able to try the PB
I had the choc choc chip last time so I got the mint chip again.

I am so so jealous - I would like to have some of the mint chip so badly!! maybe I will choose to be happy I can't get, 'cause if I could I would eat it. LOL

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

 

[Lou]

I am so so jealous - I would like to have some of the mint chip so badly!! maybe I will choose to be happy I can't get, 'cause if I could I would eat it. LOL

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

Why? you just run out or are they hard to find.

I've been looking for the PB one for years. The mint chip I've had a bunch. and just once did I have the chocolate chocolate chip

 

[Chryssie]

Califia Farms Heavy Whip Reviews & Info (Dairy-Free)

Califia Farms Heavy Whip is a dairy-free, vegan, allergy-friendly, unsweetened alternative for heavy cream in sweet and savory recipes.

www.godairyfree.org

 

[Lou]

A somewhat underwhelming article but its great to see push back on diary in the mainstream.

Drink this type of milk to keep you and the planet healthy | CNN

Do people really need milk, considering the impact of dairy animals on the climate crisis? Here's what the science says.

www.cnn.com

 

[Chryssie]

Publix had Breyer's Ice Cream buy one get one free and actually had the new vanilla oat milk non-dairy in stock! So I got 2 cartons because I know I like oat milk ice cream. This is the first time I have seen vanilla. I give it 5 stars! It is creamy and delicious and reminds me of soft serve ice cream. I wish it wasn't so expensive. The only time I will get it is when it is BOGO.

 

[Emma JC]

Publix had Breyer's Ice Cream buy one get one free and actually had the new vanilla oat milk non-dairy in stock! So I got 2 cartons because I know I like oat milk ice cream. This is the first time I have seen vanilla. I give it 5 stars! It is creamy and delicious and reminds me of soft serve ice cream. I wish it wasn't so expensive. The only time I will get it is when it is BOGO.

They are the larger cartons, though, no? each is equivalent to 3 pints so still a lot less expensive than the other vegan equivalents?

This is exciting news, I hope I see it in one of my supermarkets soon as I still haven't seen the Mint Chip one yet.

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

 

[Chryssie]

They are the larger cartons, though, no? each is equivalent to 3 pints so still a lot less expensive than the other vegan equivalents?

This is exciting news, I hope I see it in one of my supermarkets soon as I still haven't seen the Mint Chip one yet.

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

Yes these are the 3 pint sized cartons.

 

[Lou]

I'll take a look next time I go shopping.
It's funny how when it's cold I crave ice cream. Could it be the fat content?

 

[Lou]

They are the larger cartons, though, no? each is equivalent to 3 pints so still a lot less expensive than the other vegan equivalents?

This is exciting news, I hope I see it in one of my supermarkets soon as I still haven't seen the Mint Chip one yet.

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

Just got the mint chip. Still looking for the peanut butter flavored one.

 

[Lou]

I hadn't heart the term Nepo Baby till Jaime Lee Curtis said she was one at the Sag Awards.

but here now Silk Next Milk has an ad campaign based on Nepo Babies.

I think Next Milk is better than Not Milk but give me Soy milk anyday. Meanwhile all these other alternatives are making it hard to find soy milk on the shelf. Plus its getting so expensive. So I have been buying Next Milk anyway,

The ‘Got Milk’ Campaign’s Nepo Babies Want You to Drink More Vegan Milk

Silk’s new campaign—which features Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, Ella Bleu Travolta, Myles O’Neal, and more—is all about the next generation of vegan milk.

vegnews.com

 

[KLS52]

I'll take a look next time I go shopping.
It's funny how when it's cold I crave ice cream. Could it be the fat content?

I could eat ice cream every day all year long. I love it.

 

[Lou]

FDA Says Dairy-Free Milk Can Be Labeled “Milk.” There’s Just One Catch.

The FDA recognizes consumer usage of “milk” to describe vegan milks. However, its draft labeling guidance—which posits dairy milk as a nutritional standard—sparks opposition.

vegnews.com

We covered this just the other day in the "News" forum.
This article is more or less the same as the one posted over there but discusses the FDA's recommendation that non-dairy milk manufactures "include voluntary nutrition statements that compare vegan milk to dairy milk as a standard—which has sparked widespread opposition."

On principal I can see that this is a bad thing. It's sort of unfair, and it could set a bad precedent.
But I think it might be fun to tease or torment big dairy.

Like on the container of Silk Soy Milk it could say, "this products contains only one less gram of protein but less than half the calories of Lucerne whole milk."
Probably something similar can be done with Calcium, sugar, fat, cholesterol, etc.

 

[silva]

They are the larger cartons, though, no? each is equivalent to 3 pints so still a lot less expensive than the other vegan equivalents?

This is exciting news, I hope I see it in one of my supermarkets soon as I still haven't seen the Mint Chip one yet.

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

Yeah, when you look at it like that! . I kinda got used to pints being 3-4, but still think of half gallons like what they were when my kids were little
I'd try the vanilla oat milk if on sale. I dislike all the Breyers almond a lot, so maybe not. Ice cream I guess I lost my taste for. Hard to find the flavors I liked

My local ice cream place opened for the season!

 

[silva]

I really like VIolife mozz shreds, so I tried their cheddar slices. Not liking them at all! I like other cheddars, so i had high hopes

 

[alleycat]

An article about why some Australian states had peanut butter and others had peanut paste.

Why some states once called this 'peanut paste'

Do you say "peanut paste" or "peanut butter"? Your answer may depend on where you come from after a historic legal decision banned the use of "peanut butter" in some parts of the country.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Lou]

Still making headlines

Crying over spilled milk? FDA made the right choice on plant-based labeling — with one exception

Consumers are smart enough to understand that different products have different nutritional values.

thehill.com

A couple of really good quotes from the article

Consumers don’t seem to have a difficult time understanding that peanut butter doesn’t contain cow-derived butter, hamburgers don’t contain pig-derived ham and hot dogs don’t contain, well, you know. The same is so with oat milk.​

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Senators from dairy states ... vowed to reintroduce legislation to crack down on the oat milk trend. Their DAIRY PRIDE Act (The Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, Milk, and Cheese To Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday Act) would ban the use of terms like “milk” on dairy-free drinks, and essentially force these companies to use terms like “almond beverage.”​

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Such efforts are hardly new. As early as the 1860s, lawmakers protecting the dairy industry were crusading against margarine with taxes and even laws requiring alt-butter to be dyed pink​

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While recommending the allowance of “milk” terms, the FDA also proposes on-carton disclosure of a nutritional comparison between the dairy-free product to cow’s milk, such as a protein content. Setting aside the fact that protein deficiency is virtually non-existent in the United States, the FDA already requires nutrition facts panels on such foods, so why the forced speech?​

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Consumers are smart enough to understand that different products have different nutritional values. Skim milk and whole milk aren’t the same, for example, yet the FDA doesn’t force whole milk producers to disclose on-carton that it contains nearly twice as many calories as skim milk. Similarly, there’s no requirement for goat milk producers to include on-carton verbiage about how it has more sodium than cow’s milk.​

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Even further, it seems quite unlikely that the FDA will soon require that cow’s milk cartons disclose how much more cholesterol they have than plant-based milks. (All plant-based milks have zero cholesterol.) Or mandatory disclosure about how much more land and water cow’s milkrequires compared to oat milk, which is very substantial.​

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[PTree15]

I really like VIolife mozz shreds, so I tried their cheddar slices. Not liking them at all! I like other cheddars, so i had high hopes

I agree on the Violife cheddar. My favorite Violife is the Parm, but it's not always available. I'm actually liking Trader Joe's mozz shreds better than Violife's.