Soya Cheeses

[jasperc163]

Can anyone who has to use them (LO is suspected MPI) recommend particular brands or anything? The ones i have found so far are pretty vile and also seem very salty?

thanks
alice

I'm interested in this cos for us too the ones we've tried so far are horrid.

I do like the parmesan type one - cant remember its name - it is salty but as you just sprinkle it on top of a sauce etc, you dont need much. you can get it in health food shops - in a small white tub.

Also try Engevita flakes - also from health food shops - not a cheese but really nice for sprinkling over pasta/as a topping where you migh otherwise use cheese. Its a yeast based product.

ds has milk/lactose intolerance so we use one called Cheezly. I buy the cheddar style at Tesco but Holland & Barrett sell other varieties

Our favourite is called "Swedish Soft" Original (so I guess it comes in other flavours too). As the name suggests it's a bit like a boursin/philadelphia-type soft cheese. It's totally vegan. But genuinely tastes good, and I'm a cheese fiend (it's dd who is allergic to dairy and egg)

where do you buy that?

I know you can buy it in Sainsburys. It's in smallish white tubs.

We tried Cheesly "nacho style" last week - it was gross and we had to throw it in the bin. Is the ordinary cheddar flavour one better? The texture was a bit odd too.

Toffutti is nice (boursin style, very tasty and quite like soft cheese - I like the garlic and herb one)

I find the Cheezly/hard cheese imitations uniformly revolting, I'm afraid.

I've heard of Toffutti but where can you buy it?

My DD is allergic to milk. I haven't found one she likes yet.

Any I have tasted have been vile, sorry!

you can get toffutti from most health food shops and I think you can also find it in waitrose. Its ok, just like slightly sweet cream cheese - but I wouldn't recommend using it for cooking as the texture goes rather odd! Do be careful with some soya cheeses as some do ridiculously contain casein [milk derived] - why on earth you'd want to eat soya/rice cheese if you don't have to is beyond me!

Agree that most taste horrible! The Swedish Soft one I would say tastes like a real soft cheese but with a little less flavour. It's definitely the best we have tried and dd likes it.

In fact when we were staying at my MILs, we kept some in her fridge for dd and she ended up serving it to adults on toasts under smoked salmon, and nobody was any the wiser.

Where can you get the Swedish Soft one? I havent seen it....

thanks

We can buy it in our local Sainsburys, it's in small white tubs that are vaguely octagonal.

thanks alot - not seen it there but will have a closer look.

good luck. I really don't know if it's in every sainsbury's, but it's just in the regular cheese refrigerated section.

thanks - found it :-) And i agree, it tastes far more realistic than most soya cheeses.

Cheezly does take some getting used to - the melting Gouda is good melted on pizza/pasta bakes, the mozzarella is okay. The non-melting mature cheddar style is surprisingly okay in sandwiches but I wouldn't really recommend any of these to be eaten on their own. Mind you, I prefer my food minimally processed, and lots of people really love these cheezes. I only use the Redwood ones though as the other makes contain hydrogenated fats.

Great jasperc, pleased to help.

Melt-friendly gouda sounds interesting Tooticky. Might hunt that one down as the Swedish soft isn't really any good for melting.

AdadonMumsnet, try Holland and Barratt or an independent health food shop - independent shops will often order in products for individual customers.

have some good health shops nearby so should have some luck. thanks!