In message <[log in to unmask]>, Jill A Sobel
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>I am so happy I can contribute to this list (although I am new).
>
>Today at our natural food store I found a 100% dairy free cheese.
>Its called SoySingles by Somage, here are the ingredients:
>
>Soy beverage (filtered water, isolated soy proteins, organic tofu,
>calcium sulfate) rice & tapioca maltodextrin corn starch, rice protein,
>carrageenan(seeweed gum), natural vegetable locust bean gum, sea salt,
>fructose citric acid, BETA APO Carotenal and natural flavoring.
>
>Its not too bad, kind of soft,but so far my daughter is eating it.
>Only 20 calories per slice for those watching their weight.
>
>Jill

I have seen Soysingles on one of the health food shops I frequent, but
as I avoid maltodextrin, I won't be buying it.

However, there is another totally dairy free cheese available called
Cheezly which I buy. Its label proclaims it to be vagan. Its ingredients
are:

Water, starch, vegetable fats & oils,soya protein, yeast extract, sea
salt, thickeners: carrageenan & locust bean gum, flavouring, citric
acid, colour: beta carotene, annatto.

It is so long since I ate "real" cheese that I'm not sure how alike it
is. It cuts into slices like a hard cheddar, but it doesn't melt like
cheese used to.

I have also seen some nut based cheese substitutes which I believe to be
totally dairy free, but I've never got around to trying them.

There is also a soya based product around called Scheese, which contains
non-dairy lactose. I think everyone on this list should steer well clear
of that one. Why a manufacturer would want to pollute a product with
non-dairy lactose is completely beyond me.

Helen.
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