While Daiya has won awards and rave reviews, I still found the taste rather plastic-like and the smell bizarre. But it did indeed melt. And it melted quickly and easily, unlike most non-dairy cheeses on the market. The kids loved it, and once I got used to the taste I was happy to have more...it's just not something I'd sit down and eat plain.
What is most amazing about Daiya is its ingredients...no soy, among other things. Here's an excerpt from their website:
"Daiya is made with nutritious planted-based ingredients and is:
33% less fat than dairy-based cheese with equivelant attributes- Cholesterol free
- Trans Fat free
- Dairy free
- Free of all animal products (Vegan and Parve)
- Free of common allergens including:
- Soy, Casein, Lactose, Gluten, Egg, Wheat, Barley, Corn, Whey, Rice, and Nuts
- Free of Artificial Ingredients
- Free of Preservatives
- Free of Hormones & Antibiotics
- An excellent source of a naturally occurring vegan vitamin B-12 as well as an excellent source of B vitamins in general"
Here are a few examples of how we used our sampling of Daiya:
pizza
quesadillas
cheezy kale
mac & cheez
bagel pizzas
5 comments:
The smell is bizarre? What sort of smell does it have? I've been toying with the idea of actually ordering some (I hate the idea of having to mail order food), but if it's that odd, maybe I don't want to.
Eh, kind of like nutritional yeast smells weird, not durian bizarre! LOL
It's great WITH other flavours, but IMO don't rely on the Daiya itself to impart all the taste you want.
I want to get more to try in lasagna and on top of enchiladas.
I don't miss cheese these days, but it sounds like a good alternative to recommend! Thanks for the review!
I personally find Daiya to have amazing taste! And it has a really fragrant smell that drives me crazy evey time I open the bag, I can't keep my fingers out from sampling it before I use it. It melts like a dream and the conventional-eater friends I once fooled by having Daiya pizza side by side with "real" pizza actually preferred the Daiya pizza - you should have seen their eyes bug out when I dropped the bomb! Each to his own, I guess...
Electric - Could it be possible that I have simply forgotten what "real" cheese tastes like in my 17 years without it? Maybe I have just lost my liking for that rotten moldy smell that IS cheese, LOL.
I was definitely impressed by Daiya, and would purchase it again, but I can't imagine a typical American omnivore would be duped, but I guess you never know!
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