Plant-based cheese has become a popular choice for those who want to cut out dairy but still enjoy the taste and texture of traditional cheese. But making cheese from plants that stretches, melts, and tastes like dairy is no easy task. It takes a lot of science, experimentation, and testing to create something that looks and feels like the real thing. That’s what a group of researchers at the University of Guelph set out to do, and they’ve made impressive progress. The Science Behind Plant Chees
    • qevlarr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      There’s a lot of it, so yeah. If vegan cheese reaches the point where it’s basically indistinguishable from dairy cheese, a lot more people will become vegan. Maybe price is also a factor but most dairy cheese is plain bad in my experience

      • Skydancer@pawb.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Price is a factor, but so is brand recognition. Daiya is a great example that’s carried everywhere because it’s been around so long but is awful.

        If you can find Miyoko’s, that was started by the chef that popularized actual cultured (meaning produced by a bacterial process like animal milk based cheeses) vegan cheese, and is an entirely different experience.