Page 27 - Vegan Food & Living (February 2020)

Awards 2020
WINNER Best Vegan Chocolate
Best Vegan
Cheese

Winner! “Nice hazelnut

Seed & Bean flavour, good
Coconut and glaze” – Robbie
Raspberry Dark Tack, owner of
Best Vegan Cheese Chocolate Nourish
£2.69 Available from
online retailers including ‘‘Wicked
Ocado and Amazon ganache, nice
Winner! This zesty twist on your ordinary and ‘milky’ –
Follow Your Heart, Smoked Gouda Slices chocolate bar is the combination Stu Henshall, The
£3.29 Available from Holland & Barrett, Sainsbury’s and of crushed raspberries and Alternative Kitchen
independent supermarkets and delis coconut oil all the way from the
This has captured hearts with its innovative great taste; it’s made with Philippines. This chocolate bar is

coconut oil, potato and corn starch and natural smoke flavour. also palm oil-free and uses fully Commended
compostable packaging! Mummy Meagz Sea

“Nice subtle flavour, holds together well” Salt & Cinder Toffee
– Roxy Pope, So Vegan “Very rich Rocky Road
chocolate and £2.15
good texture” – Mummy Meagz has been
“Pretty close to dairy, perfect for sliced Niki Webster, Rebel Recipes breaking vegan stigmas with
cheese” – Stu Henshall, The Alternative Kitchen its trailblazing rocky road, free
“Good cocoa of nuts and fruits. This gooey,
content and a crunchy bar is infused with bits of
good snap” honeycomb and a dash of sea salt.
Highly commended – Jenni Tame,
Violife Greek White Block Hungry Herbie “Very sweet,

£2.69 Available from most supermarkets good flavour,
Inspired by Violife’s Greek heritage, this cheese is a blend featuring good texture,
coconut oil. Great on its own or with a salad, olives and tomatoes. Highly smooth with
Commended bits of crunch

“Excellent flavour, the texture resembles Moo Free and fluffy

feta more closely than any other Greek Hazelnut Truffles marshmallow”
style cheese” – Maryanne Hall, Viva!’s recipe writer £4.99 Available from – Maryanne Hall,
supermarkets Viva!’s recipe writer
“Creamy and tasty, would be good in These award-winning truffles are

salads or melted into dishes” – Jenni Tame, filled with a luscious, caramelised “Lovely salty
Hungry Herbie hazelnut centre and then coated caramel

with a dairy-free milk chocolate. flavour, soft,
Moo Free chocolates are also indulgent and
Commended gluten and soya free. tasty!” – Ben
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Vegan Kind
Applewood have been making dairy-based cheeses since 1965 and
their hotly anticipated vegan cheese has finally arrived. Smooth and

creamy, Applewood’s vegan cheese has a coconut base and has a

smoky flavour comparable to Applewood’s dairy cheeses.
“Almost identical to Applewood smoked
Cheddar… huge thumbs up” – Maryanne Hall,
Viva!’s recipe writer
Awards 2020
“Strong smoked taste” – Stu Henshall,
The Alternative Kitchen WINNER
Best Vegan
Chocolate