It has gained mixed reactions.
A vegan Camembert cheese has been invented by a French cheesemonger, and it’s proving to be very popular.
Anne Guth, who is the owner of Les Petits Veganne, creates various cheeses for vegans, including a blue cheese, and a garlic flavoured one.
The dairy-free option is made from milk extracted from cashew nuts.
“Following our new diet and by adoring the authentic taste of cheese, we decided to succeed in reproducing them ourselves by innovating the recipes with vegetable ingredients,” Anne’s website reads.
“Our vegetable specialties are living products thanks to the cultures and mushrooms used during their manufacture. Like real cheeses, our creations mature and age with time.
“The more the refining is pushed, the more their character develops. This gives them a unique texture and flavor!”
However, it wasn’t the cheese being dairy-free that was the obstacle, instead, it was much more of an aesthetic matter.
She told The Telegraph: “The most difficult thing was to create vegan ‘cheeses’ that appear visually beautiful.”
Franceinfo TV conducted a blind taste test on the product, and it had varying reactions.
One blind taste-tester said that it wasn’t “unpleasant,” while another said “the texture is strange” and has a “strange aftertaste.”
That didn’t stop vegans from purchasing the cheese though, as within days it sold out on Anne’s website. For €10.90 a piece, it’s a steep price to pay for a vegan grilled cheese.
