I opened my copy of PETA's Animal Times magazine yesterday to find myself face-to-face with a truly mouthwatering advertisement from Redwood Foods. Vegan feta cheese, vegan chorizo and vegan "beanfeast" paté have now been added to Redwood's already extensive list of delicious vegan treats.
It was the vegan feta which really caught my eye. I've missed feta cheese salads so much since I went vegan. Oh yes. Feta cheese, basil and sundried tomato salads, with a drizzle of olive oil... It really was about time someone spotted the gap in the market.
You should be able to get your hands on these latest additions to the Redwoods catalogue by heading to your nearest Holland and Barrett.
The reason no vagan tofu recipes produce feta which doesn't taste much like the goats/sheps milk feta is the absence of caproic acid (in ovine, esp. goat,) milk products). Caproic acid (or a closely related substance) is an ingredient of human presperation as well & smells/tastes like sweat/sweaty socks. So I rubbed the vegan feta balls under my arms & it helped a bit!
Fellow vegans, I kid you not!
Margaret