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Australian 'Tales of a Kitchen' blogger's spiralizer cookbook, with raw and cooked recipes. There are lots of spiralizer recipe books on the market, book few are actually vegan and frequently use dairy ingredients. Apart from occasional use of honey, this is a fully plant-based recipe book.<br />
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The spiralizer boom has been going for a number of years, but it's passed us by until now, so the first stop was to buy a spiralizer. After reading dozens of reviews, we went for a <a href="http://amzn.to/291QpCC" target="_blank"><b>Lakeland one</b></a>. It actually gets poor reviews, but we bought it on a personal recommendation, and in reality it's pretty great. </div>
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It spiralizes both hard and soft veg into long curly medium-thickness strips. Below is a shot of spiralized courgette (zucchini), but it will handle something as hard as uncooked raw beetroot effortlessly too. </div>
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Our first test recipe from Nourishing Noodles was 'cooked zucchini marinara'. This was the most successful of the four we tried, creating a fantastically tasty hot dish, with tomatoes, red onion, chilli flakes and currants. If you've never had zoodles (zucchini noodles) you'll be surprised how tasty they are as an alternative to carbs.</div>
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Next up was some raw beetroot in a salad. The 'beet, zucchini and apple noodle salad' was made with a dressing that included olive oil and mustard. We subbed the macadamia nuts for almonds. The salad was pretty tasty and thanks to the apple had some sweetness too.</div>
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One recipe that went badly wrong was this 'noodle pizza'. We're not sure exactly what went wrong, but the pizza base made with chickpeas, shelled hemp seeds and courgette turned out to be dry and crumbly. The topping included spiralized sweet potato and (yet more) courgette, but lacked flavour.</div>
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The last dish we tested was a raw marinara, with the ubiquitous courgette - 'raw zucchini marinara'. You might suggest this courgette obsession is self-selecting, and you're probably right - they're cheap and super quick to run through the spiralizer. This raw marinara had less flavour than the cooked marinara, but was still pretty good.</div>
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Nourishing Noodles also contains a wealth of other useful recipes, including desserts, breakfasts, condiments and entrees. It also contains recipes for vegan nut milks and cheeses, as well as instructions for making your own kimchi and coconut bacon.<br />
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We're really pleased to have received a copy of Nourishing Noodles, as it's opened up the world of spiralizing to us in a vegan context. Chris Anca's recipes are bright, colourful and healthful. There are nearly 100 recipes in the book and some of them you'll return to again and again.<br />
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You can pick up a copy of Nourishing Noodles from <a href="http://amzn.to/291gSE3" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and other online bookshops.<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> A wealth of useful recipes</div>
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The latest in hydration. You've tried coconut water and you've probably tried maple syrup, but have you tried maple water? It's simply the sap from the maple tree and contains 46 nutrients and is lower in sugar than coconut water. How does it taste though..?<br />
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In our view it's a lot more pleasant than coconut water...which is an acquired taste. This tastes just faintly of maple syrup. In fact it's the very same sap they make maple syrup with, but it would take 40 litres of this to make a litre of maple syrup as maple water is low in sugar (less than 1.5g per 100ml).</div>
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Collected by simply tapping maple trees, a process that doesn’t harm the trees, and allowing the water the trees have amassed through their roots to run into buckets. The product comes in three formats: a just-under-a-litre 946ml sized Tetra pack as above, along with the smaller 250ml Tetra pack for £1.99 or the 355ml bottle for £2.59 pictured below.<br />
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We're not big fans of coconut water and much prefer the taste of maple water. It's pricey, but then it's not made from concentrate - it really is natural tree sap. It does have some nutrients, including manganese and does contain electrolytes. Give it a try for some natural low-sugar refreshment.<br />
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Doesn't come cheap</div>
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Faux chicken pieces in the chiller section. Launched in the UK earlier this year, we were keen to get our hands on them. They finally landed in our neighbourhood this month, so we tried out a couple of the flavours:<br />
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Inside the boxes, the chick'n pieces are vac-packed in plastic, which locks in some moisture. The flavours we picked up were the Lightly Seasoned (plain, in other words) and Tandoori (on the left). There is also a BBQ flavour over here in the UK, while in the States there are another three varieties to choose from.</div>
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The plain and Tandoori are quite different, as the plain comes without sauce, while the Tandoori is covered in it. The flavours are similarly distinct, with the plain having a lightly salted and seasoned taste, that's vaguely reminiscent of chicken.<br />
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The Tandoori flavour is very mildly spicy, but has a decent sweet rounded curried flavour, with paprika and turmeric. Eaten straight from the pack, from the fridge, it's a flavour that you want to return to.</div>
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The same goes for being served hot, or at least without being cooked in a sauce. We followed the microwave instructions to warm the plain pieces up. The don't get any more tender cooked this way, but they perhaps would cooked in a sauce.</div>
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These chunks are essentially the same meaty texture as the full Tofurky Roasts, made from wheat gluten and tofu, but the roasts are sliced more thinly when served. With these thick chunks the texture is too firm and any juice doesn't penetrate.<br />
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Too firm</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Their campaign "Not Just for Veggies" </span>(<a href="https://www.pret.co.uk/en-gb/Not-just-for-veggies#" target="_blank"><b>https://www.pret.co.uk/en-gb/Not-just-for-veggies#</b></a>)<i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i><span style="text-align: center;">is aimed at increasing the amount of veggie options people choose whether they are vegetarian or not. As well as increasing their vegetarian options and improving their labelling they will be turning one of their stores in Soho completely vegetarian in order to challenge their chefs to come up with exciting vegetarian and vegan options. It seems like the tides are definitely turning!</span><br />
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There are two Pret stores on the road I work in so plenty of opportunity to try out their new offerings. The labelling has improved greatly with the vegetarian options marked very clearly as you can see in the photo. There is also a vegan symbol on the relevant products. On the website you can also filter by vegan product if you're looking up what you fancy before you go into a store.<br />
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Starting off with the breakfast options I tried the Five Grain Porridge. The website describes this as "Made with organic British quinoa, amaranth, flax seeds, whole oats and organic coconut water. It's naturally creamy (never gloopy), dairy free and made with no gluten ingredients". The porridge pots in the store are clearly labelled with a dairy free/gluten free sticker on them. The porridge has a slightly nutty flavour due to the different grains in it.<br />
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When I make porridge at home I use unsweetened coconut or almond milk and don't feel the need to add sugar but the Pret porridge tasted more neutral so I added some brown sugar to it. I'd definitely eat this again when I haven't had time to have breakfast at home although I was disappointed this only seemed available in one of the two Pret stores I regularly visit. <br />
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Next up we have the Acai Breakfast Bowl, this is described as "Delicious layers of fresh banana, gluten-free granola and acai berry puree, topped with shredded apple and juicy pomegranate seeds". This is definitely lighter breakfast option than the porridge.<br />
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I enjoyed the mix of all the different ingredients and the different textures were interesting, but I did find the combination of the acai, apple and pomegranate a bit sharp for me. I also noticed afterwards that the acai had stained my lips and I had to give them a little scrub to get it off!<br />
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I had the Dairy-Free Bircher with my lunch but would have this as a breakfast option as well. Pret describes this as "Using our gluten-free granola and dairy-free coconut yogurt, this twist on a bircher muesli is a delicious 'free from' choice." I have also tried their Dairy-Free Coconut Yogurt Pot in the past ("Dairy-free coconut yogurt topped with sugar coated pecan nuts, toasted coconut shavings and cacao nibs") and I must say I prefer the Bircher.<br />
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It is sweeter and more flavourful than the plain coconut yogurt and I found the cacao nibs were a bit too bitter for me. The positive thing is that Pret have changed the recipe for this product as formerly the pecan nuts were honey coated rather than sugar coated making the product non-vegan.<br />
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Moving onto the lunch options I started off with the Channa Chaat Flat Bread - "Our Indian-inspired spicy chunky chickpeas with a dollop of mango compote, coconut yogurt, sliced red peppers, aromatic coriander and a handful of baby spinach". I really enjoyed this flat bread and would say it was my favourite lunch option. I'm not great with heat, but this was nicely spiced.<br />
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The addition of the mango compote also balanced out the spice and I think its a great idea to utilise the coconut yogurt from the breakfast options. I regularly make crushed chickpea sandwiches at home so am used to packing them full so I was a bit disappointed with the amount of chickpea that was in this flat bread and there seemed to be more spinach in there than if I was making this at home but overall this is a great lunch option.<br />
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Next we have the Red Tapenade & Avo Superbowl "This vegan SuperBowl has bags of flavour. On top of our grain mix is baby kale, avocado, roasted pepper & cherry tomato tapenade, baby plum tomatoes, mixed seeds and a wedge of lemon." This option is great if you don't fancy a sandwich. The grains were nutty and the avocado was lovely and soft.<br />
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I love peppers, so the tapenade really hit the spot. I am not a fan of raw tomatoes so I gave these to my colleague. I probably wouldn't get this again due to the tomatoes, or if I did I would need to get something else to replace them!<br />
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The Avocado and Chipotle Chickpea Salad Wrap is featured as a "Chef's Special" which change every month. "A vegan salad wrap with the flavours of South America: creamy avocado covered with chipotle chickpeas, charred corn and black bean salsa and topped with fresh coriander and Pret's salad mix."<br />
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I've tried this before when it has previously featured as a Chef's Special and it doesn't disappoint on a second tasting. This wrap is jam-packed with flavour and the charred corn and black bean salsa is a nice addition. <br />
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Another salad option is the Mushroom & Avocado Sushi Salad "Inspired by the Hawaiian poke (pronounced poh-kay). this salad is a combination of our sticky rice, pickled cabbage, miso marinated mushrooms, avocado and edamame". I enjoyed this salad as it was something a bit different from the other options. I love anything pickled so I really enjoyed the pickled cabbage in this dish. The mushrooms were gorgeous with the miso marinade and the sesame coated rice and edamame added some body to the dish.<br />
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I know that avocado dishes saw the the biggest increase in sales in Pret in 2015 but I feel like the avocado has just been plonked in this dish. I think it would be better served with something like marinated tofu although I appreciate Pret might think that wouldn't be something non-veggies would go for. As this was a large piece of avocado I think it would have been better if it was cut into smaller pieces and seasoned with some salt and pepper.<br />
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The other vegan sandwich option is the Super Greens & Reds - "Slices of avocado, covered with our tapenade made of roasted red peppers & cherry tomatoes. We add crunchy red pepper, toasted almonds and a generous handful of baby kale. This has been a staple of Pret's for a while now and started life as Super Greens before they added the tapenade. This is a well thought out sandwich with ingredients giving different textures and flavours which go together well. This is something I would definitely pick up when I was on the go. <br />
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There are also three vegan soups which I haven't had the change to try yet - Roasted Pumpkin, Pea & Mint and Vegetable Tagine, I think at least one of these is available on a daily basis. <br />
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As you can see Pret have really upped their game with at least six vegan options for lunch, although it would be nice if they were to include a hot sandwich option. They are definitely leading the way and hopefully this leads to the competition providing more vegan options too!<br />
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Hand-made vegan meat replacements. Burgers, sausages, casseroles and sausage rolls delivered across the UK. The products are shipped frozen and can sit in your freezer until you're ready to use them. Barry from the company gave us the opportunity to test the whole range and we jumped at the chance.</div>
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The products ship in the sort of containers you get from Chinese takeaways, with the burgers and sausages wrapped in wax paper within. The burgers, which comes two to a pack, cook from frozen. A blast under the grill soon has them cooked through.</div>
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There are two types of burger, a plain 'beef' style burger and a jerk burger with spicy seasoning. These burgers are both seitan style in texture, that is to say very meaty and chewy. They're not particularly moist or juicy, but they're a very meaty mouthful.</div>
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The plain style burger has a mild savoury flavour. You can make any burger juicy with a big slice of tomato and some mayo, which we did. Naturally, we also made it a cheeseburger, with a slice of Violife dairy-free cheese.</div>
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The jerk burger was much milder than expected, with just a faint hint of jerk seasoning and a mild spiciness. You'd probably notice the flavour more if you served the burger plain with a salad.<br />
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Finally, the 'More Than Lamb' casserole. We defrosted this and warmed it in a pan on the hob. Served with mashed potatoes and broccoli we thought it was fantastic. With tender 'meat' and butter beans it's a very satisfying stew. The sauce is a tasty blend of tomato and gravy. One of the best casseroles we've eaten.</div>
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These are decent meat replacements, with distinct textures and favours, unlike anything else on the market. If you're looking for very meaty burgers and sausages, then these will certainly give you something to get your teeth into. We can recommend the whole range, and particularly suggest you seek out the lamb style casserole. We hope there's more of that style of offering to come from the company in the future too.<br />
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Vegan Twix style bar with shortbread, caramel and chocolate. Single bar rather than twin fingers. This is the latest addition to Go Max Go's veganized range of chocolate bars. They already do passable vegan imitations of Mars, Snickers, Milky Way, Bounty and Peanut Butter Cups. The Twix bar should have been an easy one...<br />
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Somehow they've contrived to get it wrong though. This is the least successful of the bars in the range in our opinion. It just doesn't taste like a Twix.</div>
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In fact is tastes quite odd, mostly of rice powder and sugar. We reckon if you blind tested this to non vegans they'd never guess what it was even supposed to be. If anything it tastes like <a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2012/10/review-lazy-days-vegan-tray-bakes.html" target="_blank"><b>Lazy Day's Millionaire's Shortbread</b></a>, which at least has the same elements of shortbread, caramel and chocolate.</div>
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What we find odd is that the chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate, and it's much more exposed here than in the other bars. The biscuit should be easy, anyone can make vegan shortbread, but even that has an odd texture. The caramel is pastey rather than gooey and lacks caramel flavour.</div>
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Ok, it doesn't exactly taste bad. It's sweet and filling and it's the nearest thing we've got to a dairy-free Twix. It could be so much better though - imagine a <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2012/05/review-caramel-choices.html" target="_blank">Choices Caramel</a></b>, with a biscuit base - now that would taste much more like a Twix.<br />
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Own-brand vegan 'magnums', vanilla ice cream with thick chocolate coating. Three packs in the 'Free From' freezer section. We recently reviewed the <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2016/04/review-swedish-glace-choc-ice-lollies.html" target="_blank">Swedish Glace</a></b> version of these and suddenly we're spoilt for choice with vegan choc ice lollies. These ones are made from lupin rather than soy:<br />
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The range of lupin-based ice cream has been extended, after the launch last year of the <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2015/12/review-tesco-strawberry-vanilla-cones.html" target="_blank">dairy-free cones</a></b> with the same ice cream. It's made in Hungary, from what we believe are European-grown lupins (sweet lupin 'beans' are grown across the continent).</div>
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The three in a pack are a little disappointing, but these lollies are much larger than the ones in the five-pack of Swedish Glace lollies. They're maybe not quite Magum-sized, but are substantial.</div>
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In contrast to the Swedish Glace lollies, the chocolate is also much thicker too, lovely and thick and crispy in fact. Inside, the plain white vanilla ice cream is smooth and creamy. It's soft enough to bite and it isn't too sweet (less sweet than the Swedish Glace lollies).</div>
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These are excellent choc ice lollies and the Tesco brand is certainly more appealing than the Unilever one for vegans. These are far from a poor own-brand imitation too: in the dairy-free market, Tesco are forging ahead of the branded producers with these great new offerings.<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Fab chunky choc ices</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Only 3 in a pack</div>
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Here are the ingredients and nutrition panels from the pack we reviewed.<br />
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veganoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363949825800826440noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848594511094850715.post-32014643021921100072016-04-20T22:28:00.000+01:002016-04-21T13:25:16.272+01:00Review: Swedish Glace 'Choc Ice' Lollies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Strawberry flavour choccy-coated soya ice creams... on sticks. 5 in a pack. These have been available for a month or two at the big supermarkets, and have appeared at the same time as some own-brand alternatives (which we'll review later).<br />
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Swedish Glace has had a re-brand in the same timeframe as this product launch. It marks a departure from the old Ingman branding, over to a fully Unilever-ised 'Heartbrand' appearance. Yep, that's the same logo used by Walls dairy ice cream. The Heartbrand logo has actually been on Swedish Glace since the 2012 takeover, but it was smaller and was simply a replacement for the Ingman logo.</div>
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Once out of the box, the only branding is the Heartbrand itself, which makes these look even more like a Walls product. </div>
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These choc ice lollies are not actually a new member of the Swedish Glace line, but existed prior to 2012, when they were branded Swedish Glace 'Pearl' lollies. Unilever cancelled them, and have now resurrected them. We never reviewed the old lollies, but <b><a href="http://veggies.co.uk/2011/10/07/swedish-glace-pearl-ice-cream-lollies/" target="_blank">Maggie at Veggies</a></b> did if you're interested. There were also Swedish Glace <b><a href="http://veggies.co.uk/2011/12/30/swedish-glace-peak-vegan-cornet/" target="_blank">cones</a></b> that got cancelled too.</div>
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These multi-pack lollies are small, some might say kid-sized. We think that's ok if you're looking for a sweet treat without the sugar overload. We'd still like to see some proper vegan Magnums too though, with nutty and caramel options.</div>
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The chocolate coating is thin like a choc ice, not thick like a Magnum, but it tastes ok. The strawberry ice cream is smooth, sweet and creamy. The lollies are soft enough, that even from frozen you can bite a chunk off without breaking your teeth.<br />
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We've mentioned Unilever several times in this review, and it's something we can't ignore. This product is made by Unilever, which as a parent company is responsible for animal testing, a requirement for some of their other products in certain countries. This product is NOT tested on animals as far as we're aware.<br />
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Most multi-national companies carry out animal testing though, so before you scream and shout about vegans choosing to eat Swedish Glace, you'd better check the list of brands owned by companies that do the same thing, to verify you're not sat in a glasshouse while throwing stones! About the best list we found is over at VeganRabbit:<br />
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We're glad that these lollies are back on the market, and hopefully other flavours will follow too. We'd also like to see the 'vegan cornettos' back on the market at some point. Swedish Glace make one of the best tasting vegan ice creams, and if we're ever to convince carnivores and vegetarians to reject the cruelty of the dairy industry, we need products like these to be in every corner shop.<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Great taste, not beany or icy</div>
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Here is the ingredients panel from the pack we reviewed.<br />
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New branding, new vegan options. Mushroom & Spinach Burgers and Quarter-pounder Vegetarian Burgers. The word 'succulent' appears on the new boxes, but it's a word we've never had cause to use in a vegan burger review until now.<br />
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We caught these mid way through the re-packaging exercise, but it nicely contrasts the old branding with the new (improved, but less distinctive). We found it harder to track down the newly vegan quarter-pounders than the more common mushroom burgers, but we put that down to the rollout taking time to happen.</div>
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Grilling from frozen is the recommended cooking route (broiling for US readers). They cook pretty quickly and this retains the moisture. The burgers look quite distinctive once cooked, with a meaty appearance for the quarter-pounders and quite an odd green appearance for the ones with spinach in.<br />
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Once cooked though, it's the Mushroom & Spinach burgers that shine. With 34% mushroom content, these burgers are super juicy, and super tasty. We'd definitely go along with the succulent label in this case. These burgers are just as good as the <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2014/08/editors-choice-sojade-seitan-burgers.html" target="_blank">Sojade burgers</a></b> which are are our previous best-rated.</div>
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The quarter-pounders are a little less exciting. They're very good, they're meaty and tasty too, but they lack the juiciness that would elevate them above other veggie burgers. They're very robust though, and would probably work well on a well-oiled barbecue.</div>
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Succulent vegan burgers - you don't hear that too often. We suggest you give both burgers a try, but we recommend the Mushroom & Spinach burgers especially. Get yourself some sesame buns, some Violife cheese slices, a dab of burger relish, and you've got yourself a classic juicy hamburger.<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Super juicy mushroom burgers</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Meat style burgers are drier</div>
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Cultured coconut milk shots to top up your friendly bacteria. Three delicious flavours - Mango & Passionfruit, Coconut & Pomegranate and Pure Coconut. We couldn't get hold of the Pomegranate one, but picked up the other two. Vegan kefir is still a rarity and we were keen to give these a try:<br />
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Healthy or not, these drinks are absolutely delicious. The Pure Coconut one tastes really just like coconut milk but with a slight yoghurty freshness to it. The Mango & Passionfruit drink tastes somewhere between a smoothie and a fruit juice, and the mango dominates, with barely a hint of coconut. We loved them both.</div>
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The company suggests you pronounce Kefir as KEE-fer, which is how the Americans say it, but we prefer the British keh-FEER.<br />
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We love Rhythm Health products, for their great taste, rawness and no-added-sugarness. These are apparently the only kefir drinks on the market with no added sugar. Kefir has a more diverse lactic acid bacterial profile than standard yoghurt cultures too. Give them a try with your breakfast.<br />
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Long life jigger pots of soya milk. Individual portions. These are mini pots of long life (UHT) soya milk for use in coffee and tea. With a shelf life of 6 months, these are a perfect store cupboard staple for vegans on their travels away from civilisation (anywhere you can't get a soya latte...).<br />
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These Champion brand pots are a welcome return to the market after a ten year absence. Pritchetts, who are one of the biggest suppliers of jigger pots in the UK under the 'Millac Maid' brand launched a similar product called 'Soya Maid' in the early noughties, but it was discontinued shortly after launch.</div>
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This product is made by another dairy producer, this time the Polish company Miko Plus, who market dairy jigger pots under the same Champion brand. The pots are 12g each, and are sold in boxes of 80, although some shops split the boxes and sell them individually (80 is a lot to use within 6 months).</div>
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Our first test was in a mug of instant coffee, where two pots provided the necessary whiteness and creaminess. The product dissolves pretty well, certainly better than the powdered coffee creamers we've tested. The flavour is pretty neutral. </div>
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In tea, it wasn't quite as successful, with some lumps persisting after vigorous stirring. In subsequent tests we found that if your stirred while pouring, you could minimise the fleck formation. It doesn't actually separate and you can't feel the flecks. As always with tea, it's easy to taint the flavour, but we found this was quite palatable.</div>
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This product is most successful in freshly ground coffee shop coffee. You may need two or three pots, depending on the size of the cup, but it works beautifully. It blends completely without lumps and can tame the roughest cup of bitter black coffee into a palatable drink. </div>
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Think train buffets, bus stations and visitor centres, where the coffee isn't great and they never have soya milk. This is a godsend for these situations. We even got them through airport security (put them in your clear wash bag) and tried them on a flight.</div>
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Of course you should never throw the pots away when you've used them. Always leave them strategically placed so that the management knows there is a demand for soya milk at their premises!</div>
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Despite the mixed results in tea, this is by far the best coffee creamer we've ever tested and for that reason we're giving it full marks. The convenience of having individual portions of long life soya milk available can't be underestimated!<br />
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If you can't find these at your local health or wholefood shop, request they stock them. Failing that, you can get them on Amazon: <b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00L1D695U/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00L1D695U&linkCode=as2&tag=v0acd-21" target="_blank">Individual Soya Milk Portions</a> </b>(affiliate link).<br />
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We bought ours from <b><a href="http://www.bluebird-cafe.co.uk/shop.html" target="_blank">Bluebird Wholefoods</a></b> (Nottingham's only vegan grocery)<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Great in fresh brewed coffee</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Mixed results in tea</div>
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Scottish independent producer of gluten-free, wheat-free, & dairy-free raw snacks that are low in sugar. The Edinburgh company is run by Aaron and Mitch (Michelle), and they got in touch to offer us the chance to try some samples of their wares.<br />
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Beyond that, the ingredients vary by the bar. There are no artificial flavourings, and each bar is flavoured with natural ingredients and extracts. Despite the similar ingredients, the bars have very distinct flavours.</div>
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Our favourite was a surprise to us, as mint shouldn't work in a fruit & nut bar, but the Peppermint Patty combines it with cocoa, for a mint-choc flavour that really works. The Aloha (pineapple, macadamia) and the Bolly-Good (ginger, cardamon, cinnamon) were also firm favourites.</div>
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Boggy Sunshine and Jaffa the Hutt are both pleasantly orange flavoured bars. The Green Dragon has green matcha and vanilla, but we thought it could have been more strongly flavoured.</div>
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The texture of these bars is a lot like Nakd bars, with a soft bite, but a little bit of texture from the nuts. The flavours are very different from Nakd bars though, and we love the imagination that's gone into making them all so distinct. </div>
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If you'd like to support an independent Scottish producer, making raw vegan snack bars, then seek out Shire Snax. Their bars are great, and you're sure to find a flavour that you like.<br />
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There are a handful of stockists in Edinburgh and Glasgow, or you can buy online:<br />
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Not widely available</div>
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Dairy-free vegetable fat spread. Flora finally have a vegan margarine! It's been a long time since Flora was marketed as 'the margarine for men' (true story), and it's just as long that we've been waiting for them to ditch the dairy. Has it been worth the wait?<br />
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Flora is known as Becel in many countries, including Canada. There, they've had a product called Becel Vegan for the last 5 years or so, and we guess this is the UK equivalent. The word vegan does appear on these UK packs, but it's the dairy-free branding that's the most prominent, along with this paean to plants:</div>
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Although we call this stuff margarine, it's technically a vegetable fat spread if the fat content is less than 70%. Flora Freedom is 60% fat, made from a blend of rapeseed oil and sustainable palm oil.</div>
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The make-up of Flora has changed significantly over the years, with the removal of hydrogenated oils and trans-fats, and the switch to healthier oils. Rapeseed oil has a superior omega 3 to 6 ratio compared to sunflower oil.</div>
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That's all moot, if this stuff tastes awful though. We can allay your fears on that front, as this is probably the best tasting spread on the market. It's rich and a little buttery, but also light and non-greasy. It's quite distinct from Vitalite and Pure.</div>
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Flavour is a subjective thing, and you might prefer <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2015/04/review-koko-dairy-free-spread.html" target="_blank">Koko Spread</a></b> if you like coconut oil, but Flora Freedom is pretty delicious. We tested it on giant crumpets and hot cross buns and we loved it!</div>
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We've saved the controversy until last. This product is made by Unilever, which as a parent company is responsible for animal testing, a requirement for some of their other products in certain countries. Most multi-national companies do the same thing though, so you might need to avoid them all to satisfy your personal ethics.<br />
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This is an excellent spread/margarine. It's great tasting and less greasy than some margarines. We're pleased that Flora have finally produced a product without dairy residues in it. Whether you support them in their endeavours is up to you.<br />
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New plant-based alternative to strained yoghurt, in three flavours. High in plant protein. These new luxury dessert pots from Alpro are the soya answer to CoYo's premium coconut milk yoghurts. Where they differ is the nearly 8% protein content.<br />
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We picked up the Blackcurrant flavour and the Passion fruit flavour from our local branch of Sainsburys.<br />
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These are large 150g pots meant as a single generous serving. The 'Go On' branding positions these as a kind of health product, but they're not low fat or low sugar, but do offer that protein boost. We find the branding a bit odd, when these really are a dessert yoghurt.</div>
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The pots contain a thick strained yoghurt top layer, on a fruity base layer. The yoghurt is thickened as well as being strained. The top layer is not plain as you would expect, but is sweetened and fruity already.</div>
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We find the texture to be too starchy and sticky, almost more like a cheesecake than a yoghurt. The fact that the top layer is already sweetened means the fruity layer makes the whole thing too sweet for our liking.</div>
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The flavours are pleasant enough, with a tart (but sweet) blackcurrant, or a sweet tangy passion fruit option. They're super creamy and smooth, but as we say, they're a little claggy.<br />
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We don't think Alpro have got these yoghurts right. They're high in protein, but too sweet to be a health food. As a dessert they work fairly well, but that texture is just a little too starchy. We'd much prefer a plain strained yoghurt, without the starch and sugar, on a fruity compote layer.<br />
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Packaged vegan coleslaw with egg-free mayo from independent producer Badger's. The company has been going for a couple of years, making vegan versions of coleslaw, potato salad and egg mayonnaise. We tried all three at the Lincoln Vegan Festival this week, but the coleslaw was our favourite of the three:<br />
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This is a super creamy coleslaw with quite a loose texture (lots of mayo). It's creamier than we remember the eggy version to be, but at least they're not skimping on the vegan mayo.</div>
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If you're not familiar with coleslaw (or at least the British version), it's shredded cabbage, carrot and onion mixed with mayo. It's great on sandwiches or with baked potatoes, or as a portion of salad with sausages or pretty much anything else.</div>
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As well as being creamy, this coleslaw has the classic crunch, not too hard or soft, but pitched just right. There's plenty of flavour, without too much onion. It goes really well with some vegan sausages.<br />
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We've never seen a packaged vegan coleslaw before, so Badger's are filling a gap in the market. The product isn't widely available at the moment, with only two (London) stockists listed on the company's website. They do supply to caterers as well as attend festivals.<br />
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This is an excellent coleslaw, so let's hope Badger's work on their distribution, especially outside London. Vegans are starved of staples such as these, that are really easy to produce (there are loads of egg-free mayos after all). We'd love to be able to buy this coleslaw at the Coop or at our local health food store.<br />
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Vegan sourdough 'crisps' for snacking and dips. Winners of Great Taste awards last year. The makers of Rysp go by the name of PlainTasty, and Vicky from the company got in touch to offer us some samples for review. We can never turn down the opportunity for an evening of chips and dips, so naturally we said yes.<br />
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There are two pack sizes of Rysp, along with three flavours, namely Garlic & Rosemary, Caraway & Black Pepper, and Seaweed & Black Sesame. We paired these with three dips, vegan guacamole (<b><a href="http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/sainsburys-reduced-fat-guacamole--be-good-to-yourself-170g" target="_blank">Sainsburys</a></b>), houmous, and vegan soft cheese (<b><a href="http://www.veggiestuff.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=742" target="_blank">BlueRisella</a></b>).</div>
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The crackers are actually a wheat-free crisp bread, produced by hand using a sourdough method. They're hand cut, and vary in size. The texture is very hard and won't be to everyone's liking, and you certainly couldn't munch through them like a bag of crisps. Savour them slowly though, with a creamy dip, and they're very enjoyable. </div>
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With 3 flavours of Rysp and 3 dips, that's a lot of flavour combinations. Of the Rysp flavours, our favourite was the Garlic & Rosemary. The Seaweed & Black Sesame is the mildest of the three, and the Caraway & Black Pepper is a bit of a love it or hate it flavour. Caraway is often added to rye loaves in central Europe, and if you've acquired a taste for it that way, you'll probably love these. </div>
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Give Rysp a try if you haven't yet, especially with some tasty dips. They might not be to everyone's taste, with their extreme crunchiness, but for lovers of slow food, looking for a healthy alternative to dipping crisps, they're a winner.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Veganoo Score:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> ★★★</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">★</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">☆</span></b><br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Healthy, tasty & different</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Too hard for some</div>
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Rye Flour sourdough (81%), Black Sesame Seeds (10%), Garlic (4%), Rosemary (3%), Salt (2%)</div>
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Rye Flour sourdough (86%), Caraway Seeds (7%), Sesame Seeds (6%), Salt (2%), Black Pepper (1%)<br />
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More cashew based vegan cheese, this time from the Glasgow artisan producer Nutcrafter Creamery. We recently reviewed Tyne Chease and thought it would be a good idea to compare it to the competition from north of the border.<br />
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We bought three varieties, the Aged Gomasio and the Scottish Dulse which are both hard cheeses, plus the Double Cream Frawmage, which is a cream cheese. All of these are cashew cheeses, although the company also make almond cheeses.</div>
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The hard cheeses are handsome rounds, small but perfectly formed, and arriving in recyclable aluminium containers. The presentation is excellent, although we struggled to get the cheeses out of the tins!</div>
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The Aged Gomasio is a deep orange colour from 'achiote tree annatto'. Gomasio is a Japanese dry condiment, similar to furikake, made from unhulled sesame seeds and salt. The flavour has a hint of the smokiness of toasted sesame oil but also has a satisfying umami cheese flavour. </div>
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This Gomasio cheese is unlike anything we've ever had, and unlike any dairy cheese we know, but is a brilliantly new and delicious take on 'cheese'. The cheese doesn't have the lemon acidity or tangy high notes of other cashew cheeses (including the Tyne Chease range), but rather a deeper more mature flavour. You can certainly enjoy this one as as simple cracker topping, but the punchy flavour also works in cooking too.</div>
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The Scottish Dulse is also an aged cheese. It's softer and paler and looks a bit like gorgonzola with its deep purple veins of north atlantic dulse. This cheese is another curveball, in that it doesn't try to replicate a dairy cheese (except in appearance), but sets a bold new standard. </div>
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This cheese is fruity, sweet and almost floral. It's slightly more pastey than the Gomasio cheese - more readily identifiable as a cashew nut cheese, but none the worse for it. The cheese is more acidic than the Gomasio, but stops short of being tangy.</div>
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The Double Cream Frawmage is a soft cream cheese that comes in a glass jar. It's spreadable, smooth and distinctly creamy. This cheese is sharp and tangy, which we didn't really like. We'd have preferred a more delicate flavour that's a little less in your face. Don't let us put you off trying it for yourself though.</div>
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None of these cheeses melt, but that doesn't mean they're off limits for hot food and in cooking. One simple way we enjoyed the Gomasio was added to a baked potato, although you'll also need a creamy cheese or some dressing, otherwise the whole thing is too dry (we used CreamyRisella rather than the Frawmage).</div>
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Nutcrafter Creamery is one of the new breed of artisan vegan cheese makers in the UK, and they're ploughing their own flavour furrow. The cashew cheese idea is now a familiar one, but the execution here is great, and the flavours are innovative and exciting.<br />
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Whether you're a Nutcrafter fan, a Tyne Chease aficionado or prefer to culture your own nut cheeses, it's great to have all these dairy-free options alongside the commercial vegan cheeses. <br />
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You can buy Nutcrafter Creamery cheese from their website:<br />
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If you're in Scotland, you'll find local stockists in Glasgow and Edinburgh:<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Excellent textures and flavours in the hard cheeses</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Frawmage too strong for cream cheese</div>
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<em style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Ingredients:</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Organic raw </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">cashew</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">nuts</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, acidophilus culture, achiote tree annatto, </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">sesame seeds</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, nutritional yeast, filtered water, Himalayan pink salt.</span><br />
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<em style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Ingredients:</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Organic raw </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">cashew</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">nuts</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, Organic Scottish dulse, acidophilus culture, filtered water, Himalayan pink salt.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><em>Ingredients:</em> Organic activated raw </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">cashew</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">nuts</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, acidophilus cultures, Himalayan rock salt.</span><br />
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Reformulated and improved artisan vegan cheeses. Now without soy. In our original review of Tyne Chease last year, we had to temper our disappointment that the cheeses weren't as good as we'd hoped they'd be. Ami got in touch last month to offer us the chance to test her new soya-free recipes, and we delightedly accepted!<br />
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We found the original cheeses had a distinct tofu taste, which is ok in tofu, but less desirable in cashew cheese. The tofu taste is now gone with these new cheeses.</div>
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You'd be forgiven for thinking we'd replaced the above photo with a stock photo of some brie. The texture is definitely brie-like, with a firm outside yielding to an oozier softer centre. The texture has improved and is now smoother and creamier, while the flavour is a big improvement. The tanginess has been dialled down to a level that will appeal more widely. It's still recognisably Tyne Chease, but better.</div>
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Spread on a cracker or some crisp bread, the original flavour makes a great snack. The flavour is still strong enough to stand up to being in a sandwich too, especially good with a slice or two of tomato. We did try heating and grilling the cheese, but it had little effect other than warming it. You could bake these cheeses, but they're not really suitable for pizzas etc.</div>
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The za-atar cheese has a lovely thick crust of herby za-atar (we love za-atar). Surprisingly the herb flavour wasn't that strong once the cheese is sliced, as you only get a herby sliver down one edge. The base cheese in this case was slightly tangier than the original, perhaps being aged for longer. The acidity of the cheese was stronger than the za-atar flavour, while we'd have preferred the reverse to be true.</div>
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Nonetheless, when served up on a biscuit or cracker it's still a decent cheese. Again this cheese work well in a sandwich. We also put some in a white sauce topping for some baked pasta, where it served well to provide a cheesy crust.</div>
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These Tyne Chease products have improved to the point where we can definitely recommend them. Our next review to come is from competitor Nutcrafter Creamery, whose cheeses are very similar, and it's probably a personal preference which brand you might prefer. Tyne Chease comes in a wide range of flavours and would make a great vegan cheese board.<br />
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What we'd really like to see though is a taster box available, perhaps with four quarters of different cheeses, or maybe some mini-wheels. The relatively high price of artisan cheese is putting people off from discovering them if they don't attend VegFest or similar events. It would be great to showcase these cheeses to wider audience.<br />
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You can buy Tyne Chease from their <b><a href="http://tynechease.com/shop/" target="_blank">online shop</a></b><br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Much improved, pleasant flavour</div>
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Coconut milk yoghurts which don't break the bank! CoYo and Coconut Co brands have been on the market for several years but have stubbornly stayed eye-wateringly expensive. These yoghurts are in a different price bracket, so do they lose some of the magic?<br />
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There are four flavours in the range, plus a plain yoghurt. We picked up Strawberry and Peach & Passionfruit but there are also Raspberry and Coconut & Lemon flavours.</div>
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These coconut milk yoghurts are very unlike CoYo and Coconut Co yoghurts. While those are super thick and creamy, these are much more like conventional fruit yoghurts. These are much closer to Alpro soya yoghurts in taste and texture than anything else (which is a good thing!). They're still creamy, and they're super smooth too. They're also soya-free.</div>
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Both of the flavours we tried are delicious, and we don't doubt the other flavours are too. The Peach & Passionfruit flavour is well balanced and you can only just taste the background coconut flavour.</div>
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The Strawberry flavour is great too, in fact it tastes just like a good quality strawberry yoghurt, which it is! We couldn't taste the coconut with this one, but us vegans tend to eat lots of coconut products and do get 'acclimatised' to the taste...</div>
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The plain version of Koko coconut yoghurt is possibly the best plain non-dairy yoghurt on the market right now. It's not a thick greek-style yoghurt (like CoYo might be considered), but rather an everyday great-tasting smooth natural yoghurt. It's affordable too, which means you may well eat it every day (we only ever eat CoYo as a treat because of the steep price).</div>
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Unlike soya yoghurts, it doesn't need stirring first, as it has the perfect spoonable consistency. It should be noted that this is achieved with a starch thickener, rather than through straining (Koko yoghurt is low in protein as a result). </div>
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The gorgeous mild coconut flavour means you'll want to eat this straight from the pot, or poured over fruit, but this might just become our new favourite savoury accompaniment too. The coconut flavour means it goes well with curries and chillis as a cooling dressing.</div>
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KoKo Dairy Free Yoghurts are one of the most exciting arrivals in the dairy-free market for years. They're soya-free, which will appeal widely. They're affordable, in contrast to the established coconut brands. Best of all, they're really really good.<br />
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If you've ever eaten a really poor dairy-free yoghurt (we're looking at you <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2012/10/5-products-that-give-vegan-food-bad-name.html" target="_blank">Wot No Dairy</a></b>) because you're also avoiding soya, salvation is here.<br />
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Updated September 2019 - Besos de Oro has been relaunched, please see - <a href="https://alternativeliqueurs.com/">https://alternativeliqueurs.com/</a></div>
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Vegan cream liqueur made with brandy and horchata (chufa milk). The closest thing to vegan Baileys. Besos de Oro, meaning 'kisses of gold' launched in the UK last year after an award-winning debut in Spain in 2014. We had a little snifter to see if it tastes as good as it looks.<br />
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<i>Horchata de Chufa</i> is a popular Spanish drink made from chufas, sugar and water. It's a dairy-free creamy milk drink usually served ice cold, or occasionally hot. Chufas, also known as tiger nuts are the tubers of a type of sedge plant and look like wrinkly beans. </div>
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You may remember <b><a href="http://www.tigerwhitedrinks.com/products/" target="_blank">Tiger White milk</a></b> which was a chufa milk sold in the UK in 2004-2005, but sadly no longer available. You can buy chufa nuts very cheaply though in health food shops - we got ours from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/naturalfoodco" target="_blank">Natural Foods</a></b> in Nottingham</div>
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Besos de Oro is a blend of brandy from Jerez and concentrated horchata from Valencia. As a drink, it's creamy, very sweet and packs quite a punch of brandy. As with other plant milks, the horchata makes the drink just slightly floury. We didn't find the flavour nutty though, as other reviewers have suggested. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but if you're missing Baileys, Besos de Oro could be your fix.<br />
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It's great in coffee - we tried it without milk and it makes the coffee sweet and creamy. We were really happy to see that it didn't separate at all, even poured straight into boiling black coffee. You can use Besos de Oro in other hot drinks, including hot chocolate and lattes.<br />
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This is an excellent, if niche product, for people who like cream liqueurs, but are vegan or on a dairy-free diet. The product could comfortably sit on the shelves at Tesco and sell in its own right, but the drinks market is very competitive and the big brands will probably crowd it out.<br />
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Besos de Oro will hopefully become more widely available in the UK. The company is currently looking for stockists. At the moment you can buy it from The Drink Shop or through the company's Facebook page.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=13715" target="_blank"><b>The Drink Shop - Besos de Oro </b></a><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Veganoo Score:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> ★★★</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">★</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">★</span></b><br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Creamy, stable in hot drinks</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Very sweet</div>
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Here is the ingredients panel from the pack we reviewed.<br />
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A range of faux-milk chocolate bars in various flavours. The iChoc brand was launched last year by the German chocolate maker Vivani. The parent company makes vegan chocolate under the Vivani brand name (<b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2014/07/review-vivani-chocolate-bars.html" target="_blank">reviewed here</a></b>), but they do also sell dairy chocolate, so decided vegans should have their own brand line. Thus iChoc was born as a pure vegan range.<br />
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The iChoc range has four flavours, Choco Cookie, White Nougat Crisp, White Vanilla and Almond Orange. We skipped the latter but picked up the other three. </div>
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The faux-milk comes in the form of rice powder, which seems to be ubiquitous these days. It's used to good effect here, as these bars are a good creamy contrast to dark chocolate.</div>
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The Choco Cookie is the standout of the three with chunks of chocolate biscuit embedded in rice milk chocolate. The white nougat crisp has much smaller chunks of hazelnut nougat within a caramel coloured white chocolate. The plain white vanilla bar meanwhile is an excellent example of vegan white chocolate.</div>
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The iChoc range is all organic. The range is all vegan but isn't suitable for milk allergy sufferers due to being made in an environment with milk.</div>
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The range is available in wholefood shops, or you can buy it online from VeganTown:</div>
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<b>The Good:</b> Excellent faux-milk chocolate</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Still hard to find</div>
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Our pick of the ten vegan products that most impressed us this year, from cheese to chocolate, pizza to ice cream and two great egg replacers. It's been another great year for vegan produce, and the hits just keep on coming. Read on for the Editor's picks of the best vegan products of 2015:</div>
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Sheese has been around forever, but the slices have been reformulated for the better this year. They're now great, like a British version of Violife, with a buttery cheddar flavour and a gouda texture. Give them another try if you didn't like the old Sheese.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2015/10/review-madecasse-chocolate.html" target="_blank">Madécasse Chocolate</a></b></span><br />
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Amazing chocolate flavours, and Fair Trade with a difference. Not just fair-trade cocoa, but the company makes all of its chocolate in Madagascar, employing over 200 people. The Sea Salt & Nibs is divine.<br />
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Tofurky Roast finally hits UK shelves and makes an excellent centrepiece for a vegan roast dinner. The presentation is great and it looks fab on the dining table. You can even have fun with a carving knife, serving thick slices to your hungry vegan friends.<br />
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This pizza is far superior to the VBites and Mamma Cucina offerings. The base is absolutely fantastic, being light and crispy and not at all stodgy. The pesto comes through well and tastes great. The cheese is one of the best vegan cheeses on the market. Perfect vegan pizza.<!-- BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK --><!-- No. 5 Ten acre--><!-- BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK --><br />
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It's been another exceptional year for new vegan products in the UK. Let us know if we've missed your favourite off the list, but with vegan eggs, cheese, chocolate, pizza, burgers and ice cream it seems every year it gets easier to be vegan. The fact that aquafaba's latent qualities lay undiscovered for years also bodes well for the future of vegan food - there are a great many plant-based discoveries to come!</div>
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Vegan cornettos. An unseasonal review, but our Best of 2015 list is coming up, and these may well be on it! These dairy-free cones arrived back in spring, and we took these photos in June, but we never posted the review...<br />
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There have been dairy-free cones on the market before, including the two in our <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2012/06/vegan-ice-cream-cones-swedish-glace-v.html" target="_blank">review from 2012</a></b>, but this is the first supermarket own-brand offering. Let's see how they compare:<br />
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You get four in a pack, and they only come in the one flavour at the moment. The dairy-free ice cream is based on lupin protein rather than soya (although there is soya lecithin in there, so they're not soy-free).<br />
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You get creamy vanilla ice cream, strawberry sauce all the way down through the middle, and chocolate all the way down too. The cone is gluten-free, but you wouldn't know it, as it's crispy and crunchy and not at all soggy or cardboardy. You just would't guess that these are dairy and gluten-free ice creams.</div>
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Tesco has been the leading supermarket for dairy-free foods for the past few years, and they continue to set the pace. They have their own brand vegan cheese (rebranded Sheese), yoghurts, shakes, milks and pretty much anything dairy-free you could want. These cones are the best vegan 'cornettos' on the UK market and we should applaud Tesco for stocking them.<br />
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It's now easy to find vegan food in your local shops, but sometimes you need to shop online to find the brands you love, or those hard to find products. <b><a href="http://www.ethicalsuperstore.com/tags/vegan/" target="_blank">Ethical Superstore</a></b> is a long established online shop, selling all things ethical, including a huge vegan range. The company sent us a selection of their vegan products so that we could spread the word:<br />
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<b>Granovita's Mock Duck</b> - we actually have a cupboard full of this stuff, as it's the fastest way to a vegan Sunday Dinner, just add mash, veggies and gravy for a hearty winter dinner. The 'duck' just needs warming in a pan.</div>
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<b>Vego Bar</b> - we raved about this bar in our <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2013/11/review-vego-chocolate-bar.html" target="_blank">review</a></b> and the novelty still hasn't worn off - the chunks are massive and the chocolate is simply the tastiest around - think gianduja with chunky hazelnuts, that's the size of a large toblerone. (Tip: great stocking filler)</div>
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<b>Zest pesto</b> - if you're a regular reader you'll know we've been having a bender on vegan pesto lately. Zest was one of the vegan pestos in our <b><a href="http://www.veganoo.net/2012/07/the-pesto-testo-vegan-pesto-taste-test.html" target="_blank">taste test</a></b>, so have a read to see what we made of it.</div>
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<b>Artisan Grains Nut Roast</b> - we'll review this properly, hopefully before Christmas, if we can lay off the mock duck this Sunday. The roast is based on cashews and comes with its own baking tray. </div>
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<b>Mulu Star</b> - a raw chocolate star that's loaded with raw organic cocoa butter and just melts in the mouth. It's not too bitter or too hard like many raw chocolates.<br />
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You've still got time to get your delivery from Ethical Superstore before Christmas, so have a browse of their vegan range and see what takes your fancy.<br />
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At launch, we 'scrambled' to get our hands on it, and our review is now complete. This US import hasn't hit UK shelves yet, but we couldn't resist paying the shipping fees to try this stuff out. Read on to find out if it's worth placing the order yourself:<br />
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VeganEgg arrives in quite a crowded egg replacer market, but it does have a very unique selling point - it scrambles. The product has an unfamiliar set of ingredients to make that happen, being made of algal protein, cellulose and carrageenan. </div>
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The 114g pack makes a dozen 'eggs', of around 10g each, although the volume of each egg is about double a chicken egg, once you add half a cup of water. You'll need to factor that into your egg substitution strategy. </div>
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The water needs to be 'ice cold' or at least fridge cold (not sure why, but probably helps it whisk smoothly).<br />
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It does whisk really easily, unlike The Vegg products which require blending (a pain when you only want one serving).<br />
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The texture is quite like beaten eggs when whisked, like a thin custard. Subtle changes in the amount of water added make it thick or thin quite easily, so be careful with your measures. Do season well with salt and pepper at this stage.<br />
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Despite the quick set, you do have to cook it for 6 or 7 minutes to avoid the texture being too soft, but the amazing thing is, it doesn't really burn.. you can kind of just shuffle it every minute or two. (If you add anything other than water, e.g. rice milk, it burns pretty quickly...we tried it so you don't have to...)</div>
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This really is uncannily like scrambled egg (says a vegan who hasn't eaten eggs for 24 years...), or at least as close as you'd want to get. The texture is great, although the eggy smell of the powder is quickly lost when cooked, and the scramble is quite blandly flavoured (see note above about seasoning before whisking)</div>
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VeganEgg has lots of potential for baking, but the most exciting is the ability to make a quiche. We adapted an old Mary Berry recipe for Quiche Lorraine, subbing the bacon for Taifun smoked tofu, the gruyere for Vegusto and the cream for Alpro.</div>
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This quiche was amazing, but perhaps the crispy fried tofu and tasty melty cheese had as much to do with that as the VeganEgg. What the VeganEgg does though is make it all really easy - we just whisked the soya cream into the egg mix and poured it into the quiche. It sets really well.<br />
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That's it, we're out of VeganEgg, and we'll have to wait until it arrives in the UK to make all these things again. VeganEgg is a great addition to the shelves of the vegan grocery store. It's probably not something to give to your non-vegan friends, but if you're a vegan who misses that eggy texture, it will definitely please. The eggy flavour is a little too subtle once cooked, but you could always add some more black salt (kala namak), if you can find it in the UK.<br />
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We bought our VeganEgg from <b><a href="http://www.foodfightgrocery.com/follow-your-heart-veganegg/" target="_blank">Food Fight Grocery</a></b>, who ship to the UK, although it's so popular they keep running out of stock!<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Veganoo Score:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> ★★★</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">★</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">★</span></b><br />
<b>Follow Your Heart - VeganEgg</b><br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Scrambles before your eyes</div>
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<b>The Not-so-Good:</b> Needs seasoning well to add flavour</div>
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Here is the ingredients panel from the pack we reviewed.<br />
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