{"id":59,"date":"2024-01-29T23:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vegancheesereview.com\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2024-11-16T21:51:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T20:51:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vegancheesereview.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origin of Vegan Cheese Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vegan Cheese Review is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We are consumers of vegan cheese, who prefer it to dairy cheese primarily for the health benefits. At the same time, we also value the environmental and ethical advantages of plant-based cheese compared to intensively farmed dairy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For several years we enjoyed getting to know an ever-wider range of quality vegan cheeses and we thought it would only continue to rapidly get better and take over the dairy-based cheese market rather sooner than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then in 2023, suddenly several of our favourite vegan cheeses disappeared from the local market. While we were still convinced of a bright future for vegan cheese, there appeared to be obstacles for the continued rise of vegan cheese. One often mentioned obstacle for the success of vegan cheese was that consumers did not know which products to choose from the many available options. Which vegan cheeses are most enjoyed by others, what do they taste like and which ones would suit the requirements you\u2019re looking for? Those are the questions we try to answer.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Mission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information and reviews to explore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vegan Cheese Review aims to provide independent, high-quality and free reviews of vegan cheeses, to help consumers explore the available vegan cheese options on the market and find the products they\u2019re looking for. By doing this, Vegan Cheese Review seeks to support the long-term market development of vegan cheese, providing the information which we hope will help promote the best quality products and convince more and more cheese lovers that vegan cheese can be, not only a healthy, but also tasty kind of cheese.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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scope<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do we define as vegan cheese?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We use the definition from Wikipedia:1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Vegan cheese is a category of non-dairy, plant-based cheese analogues. Vegan cheeses range from soft fresh cheeses to aged and cultured hard grateable cheeses like plant-based Parmesan. The defining characteristic of vegan cheese is the exclusion of all animal products.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While a pretty clear definition, it may still at times lead to a grey area if a certain vegan product can be seen as a ‘cheese analogue’. In our approach, any vegan product that would be consumed in a manner similar to a dairy cheese could enter the scope of our reviews. So, in case of doubt we rather cast the net a bit wider, while that may mean we include products some would not consider vegan cheese.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Independence and approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To ensure we can make independent reviews, we minimize potential conflicts of interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n