Ahh vegan cheese….. you are either addicted and spend your entire vegan life searching for cheese that resembles cheese you used to have on your pizza or you you’re not really fussed by it and may buy it on a whim occasionally. As most vegans will tell you – vegan cheese is not the same as real cheese and there are very few products out there that come close, although the selection has vastly improved over the last few years. I’m in the not so fussed category. I like vegan cheese as it adds another element to a pizza when melted but I can take it or leave it. However when a new cheese becomes available we like to try it!
We buy our vegan cheeses online and purchased Vegusto No-Muh Melty for the first time last week after eating it at a vegan café in Köln. I thought it would be best to write a product review by comparing it to Cheezly because Cheezly is a brand most vegans know, have tried and is available more widely than other vegan cheeses, for example Daiya (we can’t get that here in Germany). Now I rarely do product reviews for two main reasons:
- I like to make my own versions of things and only rely on processed products when in a hurry or for convenience. Therefore those meals are not worthy of a blog post.
- People who read this blog could be located anywhere in the world and may not be able to source the reviewed product.
Just to clear some things up before we start this is based solely on my personal opinion and I bought each product with my own money, nope no free samples or independence issues here. I am also comparing the products that I can obtain here in Germany and therefore they may vary slightly from country to country. So my Cheezly may not be exactly the same as your Cheezly. Alright here goes!!!!
The Scoreboard
Category | Winner |
| Ingredients: | Tie |
| Uses/ Usability: | Vegusto No-Muh Melty Tie |
| Taste: | Vegusto No-Muh Melty |
| Price &Value for money: | Vegusto No-Muh Melty |
| Company | Tie |
OVERALL WINNER: Vegusto No-Muh Melty. I recommend you try this cheese next time you’re purchasing a vegan cheese and see what you think. We will be buying more and trying the other products in the Vegusto cheese range.
Ingredients
- Note I have added the e codes and explanation for some of the ingredients in pink so you can look further into them if you wish!
Vegusto No-Muh Melty | Pural BIO VEGI-CHEEZLY Mozzarella |
| Water, vegetable oils and fats, starch, yeast, nut butter, rock salt, wheat fibre (gluten free), rice flour, flavouring (vegetable), carrageenan (E407 - seaweed Stabilizer - vegan alternative to gelatine), spices, citric acid (E330), colour (turmeric (E100)) | German version (on packet, translated): water, vegetable oil *, tofu, soy flour *, sugar *, wheat starch *, thickeners: carrageenan (E407 - seaweed Stabilizer - vegan alternative to gelatine)* locust bean gum (E410), salt, yeast, vinegar *, calcium carbonate (E170), natural flavours, yeast extract (* = from certified organic) |
Nutritional value for 100g:
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Other:
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Opinion: Both products seem pretty good with no nasties hidden in the listings (note though that I am reviewing Bio/Organic Vegi-Cheezly). Both are gluten free and from what I can tell No-Muh Melty is soy free too so it is better for people with allergies, although it does contain nut butter. I always choose an organic option if available so I like that Cheezly offers a Bio option and also states that they do not use GMO ingredients.
Winner: So I think it is a tie for this round with Cheezly maybe sneaking ahead due to the organic option.
Taste:
No-Muh Melty | Pural BIO VEGI-CHEEZLY Mozzarella |
| This cheese is full of flavour and super creamy. It’s pretty rich for a vegan cheese. It is so flavourful you could eat it on it’s own on a cracker. It must be the nut butter that gives it this creamy melty taste and feel. What I like about this cheese is it doesn't conform to a type of cheese, for example Mozzarella, and therefore isn’t limited by trying to achieve a certain taste. This is super tasty and super creamy. | Cheezly has a mild taste. It is perfect for when you want a mild flavoured cheese melted onto something, however the cheese taste isn’t that great on it’s own. I certainly wouldn’t eat it unless it was melted on something and that something would have to be pretty flavourful. So really this is a melty cheese for texture and I don’t think it adds a lot taste wise. |
Winner: Based on taste it is definitely the No-Muh Melty.
Uses / Usability:
Both of these cheeses are considered melty cheeses perfect for pizzas and well anything you want melted cheese on!No-Muh Melty | Pural BIO VEGI-CHEEZLY Mozzarella |
| This cheese is a lot softer than the Cheezly and consequently not as easy to grate. However it does appear to melt better and the end result is very creamy. Due to the taste being more creamy and rich it can be used in more ways. We used it as a Bocconcini-style cheese in a tortilla pizza and as a Mozzarella-style cheese on a pizza. Overall this cheese is more versatile. | This is a harder cheese and is easier to grate. Unfortunately though I can’t see many more uses for it other than grating it on something to melt. The taste isn’t overly strong and the texture isn’t all that creamy so I probably wouldn’t use it for anything else other that a pizza. It also doesn’t melt that great. I mean it’s ok but I think it gets a little dry. |
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Bocconcini-style: Tomato Basil Flatbread Bruschetta  | |
Mozzarella-style: Caramalised Onion PizzaBefore | |
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Winner: No-Muh Melty.
Price & Value for money:
- prices were obtained from alles-vegetarisch.de as indicative prices only
Vegusto No-Muh Melty | Pural BIO VEGI-CHEEZLY Mozzarella |
| Price: 4,59€ Quantity: 230g Per kilo: 19,95€ | Price: 3,15€ Quantity: 190g Per kilo: 16,58€ |
| This cheese is more expensive but has more uses. | The usage of this cheese is limited. |
Winner:Based purely on numbers and price it’s Cheezly but based on value for money it’s the No-Muh Melty. Although the No-Muh is more expensive you can do more with it therefore I think you get greater value from it. Cheezly’s usage is more limited so I think it is really only an ingredient for one type of meal, for us that is pizza. Therefore I think this winner of this round is No-Muh Melty.
Company:
Vegusto No-Muh Melty | Pural BIO VEGI-CHEEZLY Mozzarella |
| Vegi-Service AG is a Swiss family company developing since 1997, only 100% plant foods. | Owned by Heather Mills. |
| No reported incidents. | No reported incidents. |
Winner:Tie
