Gluten-Free Vegan 101 Review - Gluten-Free Vegan Cheddar Cheese (Follow Your Heart)
From the pan to the pen, here is the Gluten-Free Vegan Baker's review of one of the current gluten-free vegan products available in Malaysia. This review is dedicated to all vegans in Malaysia and beyond who are also in a gluten-free diet. For the sake of all vegans, this review will make no reference or comparisons to non-vegan products.
Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese Alternative
(Ingredients (vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, non-gmo): filtered water,
organic expeller-pressed soybean oil, organic soymilk powder (organic
soybeans), natural
flavors (contains autolyzed yeast), inulin (chicory root extract), agar agar, nutritional yeast, sea
salt, organic soy protein, annatto, lactic acid (vegetable source).)
Aroma & Taste: Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese is by far my least favorite of the Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheese products. The aroma and taste is similar to that of Follow Your Heart Dairy Free Parmesan Cheese. I disliked that Parmesan cheese and I felt totally the same way towards this Cheddar cheese. It has a strong stinky smell and taste that is unappetizing and uninviting and just repels me every time.
Appearance & Texture: This Cheddar cheese is in block form that is easily grated and sliced. It melts quickly as well. Unfortunately, in addition to the unpleasant aroma and taste, I find the dark orange color of this Cheddar cheese very unappetizing. When melted, the Cheddar cheese becomes intensely disgusting.
Price: Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese is in the same high price range as Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Mozzarella Cheese and the other vegan cheese products of Follow Your Heart.
Verdict: On a positive note, Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese is now 78% organic from being 74% organic. On the negative side, there are many undesirable aspects of this product which had led me to conclude that this is the worst vegan cheese product I have ever tried. I purchased this product, tasted it and wondered... WHAT'S THE POINT??? The stinky aroma and taste, the disgusting color --- are they really necessary? After reflecting on my many experiences with Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheese products, it seemed to me that Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheese products were produced to cater to a specific consumer demographic in mind --- and that is non-vegans who are trying vegan products or novice vegans who were previously non-vegans. To me, Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese is the unfortunate result of desperate ideas and misguided efforts combined. I was unimpressed and felt the product was lacking in every aspect of a truly great tasting and satisfying vegan product. This product fell short and missed the mark. As a gluten-free vegan, I am immensely insulted that Follow Your Heart company thinks this product is acceptable to vegans. As a human being, I feel worse and utterly humiliated to have subjected myself to this product. My verdict on this product is simple. I have to 'follow my heart' and state that I cannot recommend Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese to anyone even to the most daring of all vegans.
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
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