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Hi Merle! We're so thrilled that our Fresh Mozzarella is S-tier worthy! 🤗 The pricing of our products is something that is on our minds as well! To give you some more insight into our pricing, it is a direct reflection of the high quality, ethically sourced, organic, ingredients we use, high labor standards, and artisanal processes required to make our products. As we grow, we not only want to maintain these high standards across our business, but work to make our products as accessible as we can! We seek out partnerships, like our one with Plantega, to help share our products, at fair prices, to areas experiencing a lack of vegan options as well. 😊

@litbabie

Жыл бұрын

Your smoked mozzarella is the BEST!

@Gypseabliss

Жыл бұрын

Please find a way to sell in Ecuador 🥺 Miyokos butter and cheese is something I def miss

@ABisdoingjustfine

Жыл бұрын

Most vegan stores here (India) stock up only on Sheese. It’s really expensive, and it tastes terrible. I wouldn’t mind the cost if it tasted good. I really hope I’ll get Miyoko’s here someday!

@MoushZN

Жыл бұрын

Please come to South Africa,there's a great market here

@11235Aodh

Жыл бұрын

Would you please launch your product in the Netherlands.

Hey Merle can I just say something nice? I love you. You're one of my favorite people you're always truthful and I appreciate that. You're so underrated. People are missing out.

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness 🥹 you’re so kind, thank you for the loving words. Made my day

@Erika-et1zu

Жыл бұрын

I'm subscribing just because of this love right here...and cuz you're fun too!

I’d love to see your rankings on vegan yogurt next!!

@khristydiaz2035

Жыл бұрын

Omg yes!!! Theres this one in a light blue tub, might be oat based, absolutely TERRIBLE. Please do yogurt Merle 😘👍🏻

Miyoko's is the vegan cheese GOAT. The fresh mozz is great on a homemade margarita pizza, the shreds are solid and the new bottled liquid mozz pizza cheese is next level fantabulous. The Violife ranking did hurt a little but I do find I prefer the sliced cheeses (gouda and provolone are my favorites) or the Mexican or cheddar jack style shreds over the mozz.

@presley6438

Жыл бұрын

Yesss Violife’s Mexican style is really good! As well as the ColbyJack style.

@jenniferjuneau7329

Жыл бұрын

Why should anything this girl ranks hurt? Who is she? And yes, Miyokos rules

@puggirl415

Жыл бұрын

@@jenniferjuneau7329 You're kind of right. I mean I've watched a few of her videos and I appreciate her ranking system but I can pretty much tell when she is going to low rank something as soon as she opens the bag. I wish her descriptions of taste were...well more descriptive. All we get so far is sunscreen, toothpaste and animal food/treats as descriptors. There are so many more ways to describe taste and texture.

I love these ranking videos so much 😭 it helps me recommend things to my cousin and her boyfriend who are vegan and it helps me find vegan alternatives

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

Aw yay I’m glad they’re helpful 🥹

@VeganV5912

Жыл бұрын

@@MerleONeal .. Time-Iapse pig carcasses. 5-10 days in your stomach puutrefying 🤮. Deodorant mask the symptoms but you still smell bad in your feet and shoes and socks 🔴🍖🦠🧟‍♂️🥾🦶🧦, 🧟‍♂️💩🚽🤮🤮🤮. No Fibre. PH 4, hard arteries.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKqHvLamh7XciLw.html .. Vegans they don’t smell, because lots of fibre if you eat plants and fruit and nuts and berries and tubers and lentiIs beans and potatoes etc. Lots of fibre !! PH 7-10. Smooth arteries. ToiIet ✅❤️💩🚽😉 neutral. And you get bigger and stronger and fitter when you go plant based. No fat deposits because fat deposits is animals and cheese and fish etc. Herbivores like gorillas and bonobos and Orangutans, no plaque because plaque is eating corpses 🧟‍♂️🦠🍖🔴... Hard arteries. No fibre !! We are herbivores. Like bonobos and orangutans and gorillas. Ape family. They are herbivores like humans. We act like ‘Omnivores’, and get heart attack and cancer and high blood pressure and strokes no fibre and fat deposits clog your arteries !!!! 51% death rate !!!! Vegans have 4% cancer. And Gorillas they have 1% cancer in the wild 😜. And they don’t eat meat, and they are huge, 97.6% the same as us !!! Fibre is plants and fruit and nuts and berries and sweet potato 🍠 and lentils and beans and rice and oats etc. Peer reviewed scientific fact !! Yeast is B12. Teaspoon 500% !!!!! And it’s natural, 🦠 (hint hint🥖🍞B12). Or marmite teaspoonful 480% !!!!! Duckweed B12 500% teaspoon !!!. Nori sheets B12 46% 1 piece......

I will say, the Follow Your Heart one reminds me of cotija cheese. And as a Mexican slowly moving to veganism, it makes me very happy! I use it in my burritos, tacos and plan to use it on my elote preparado. 😀 ill definitely be giving these higher ranked items a try though. Thanks Merle!

Here in France vegan cheese is very hard to find, Violife is the only decent option. I think a lot of people recommend it from Europe as it’s the best we can find !

@OksanaTravis11

Жыл бұрын

i disagree, for me it tastes like freaking plastic xD

@dr.tanyajay4473

Жыл бұрын

@@OksanaTravis11 It doesnt taste great but it’s hard to find better here sadly lol

@OksanaTravis11

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.tanyajay4473 yea I agree, in Germany it's the same, great vegan meat replacements but cheese is very difficult to find

@Meetmeatthebuffet

Жыл бұрын

@@OksanaTravis11 if you haven‘t tried it yet, give the simply v shredded cheese a shot! They seem to have changed their recipe so that the weird aftertaste is gone now and it is an awesome vegan cheese alternative!

@VeganV5912

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.tanyajay4473 . .. Time-Iapse pig carcasses. 5-10 days in your stomach puutrefying 🤮. Deodorant mask the symptoms but you still smell bad in your feet and shoes and socks 🔴🍖🦠🧟‍♂️🥾🦶🧦, 🧟‍♂️💩🚽🤮🤮🤮. No Fibre. PH 4, hard arteries.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKqHvLamh7XciLw.html .. Vegans they don’t smell, because lots of fibre if you eat plants and fruit and nuts and berries and tubers and lentiIs beans and potatoes etc. Lots of fibre !! PH 7-10. Smooth arteries. ToiIet ✅❤️💩🚽😉 neutral. And you get bigger and stronger and fitter when you go plant based. No fat deposits because fat deposits is animals and cheese and fish etc. Herbivores like gorillas and bonobos and Orangutans, no plaque because plaque is eating corpses 🧟‍♂️🦠🍖🔴... Hard arteries. No fibre !! We are herbivores. Like bonobos and orangutans and gorillas. Ape family. They are herbivores like humans. We act like ‘Omnivores’, and get heart attack and cancer and high blood pressure and strokes no fibre and fat deposits clog your arteries !!!! 51% death rate !!!! Vegans have 4% cancer. And Gorillas they have 1% cancer in the wild 😜. And they don’t eat meat, and they are huge, 97.6% the same as us !!! Fibre is plants and fruit and nuts and berries and sweet potato 🍠 and lentils and beans and rice and oats etc. Peer reviewed scientific fact !! Yeast is B12. Teaspoon 500% !!!!! And it’s natural, 🦠 (hint hint🥖🍞B12). Or marmite teaspoonful 480% !!!!! Duckweed B12 500% teaspoon !!!. Nori sheets B12 46% 1 piece......

I love these videos! As someone who is trying to eat a more plant based diet those videos have helped so much!

I eat chao shreds right out of the bag. It’s the ONLY good vegan cheese. It tastes the same as Kraft mozzarella (which was my favorite as a kid 😂)

I really like Violife’s cheddar slices and shreds…but I agree with you; the mozzarella is just weird.

I was binge watching all your ranking videos yesterday this is perfect omg

Yay you finally did the cheese category!! Thank you ❤️❤️

Why do I watch Merle's taste testing videos when I'm hungry.... or maybe they make me hungry. Time for second breakfast!

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

I support this!

I've had the same experience with violife cheese! It's so hard and tastes fruity/bad. When I first ate it, I thought it had gone bad!

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

okay THANK YOU. I was shook

@kittye8340

Жыл бұрын

Same.

This was sooooo hilarious! I love the pineapple aftertaste reaction. I am a HUGE fan of Chao. Never tried Parmela, So Delicious, or Follow Your Heart. I’m definitely NOT a fan of Violife or Daiya. I don’t know if they’ve changed their formula, but when I tried Daiya, I felt it was like a science experiment gone wrong! I love some of Miyoko’s flavours, but I haven’t tried the one in this video.

Love these videos and I love when your honest 🙏🏽

Chao is definitely a favorite. I will get the chao slices and eat it with some nuts and fruit for a refreshing snack.

Love the rankings videos

OMG I love your video it helped me a lot because I've been really struggling with vegan cheese and honestly I do not have the budget to go out and try tons of different vegan cheese lol.

Merle, you are absolutely right on Violife! I LOVE their cheddar as well and use it all the time, but I draw the line at their mozzarella - as you said, something is weird with it. The smell bothers me, the taste is just funky and off. I want to love it, but just definitely can't!

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad i'm not the only one who thinks so! I was scared to share that opinion hahaha

@alenanela1743

Жыл бұрын

Violife mozzarella is NOT the vibe! I agree with you. I bought a bag of the shredded mozz and I am not a fan at all. As you rightly said, the smell and taste is funky in a way that no mozz should be.

Love from South Africa🌍 Keep the video's coming🙌 You're super funny!

Nothing beats Miyoko's mozz, it's on another level. Quick recipe - - I grab a bowl and throw in some crushed garlic, sliced onions, sliced tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil & balsamic vinegar - salt & red pepper flakes. I let it marinate for like 10 minutes, then slice up the mozz and lay it over seeded Italian bread, put on the marinated toppings, and oh my goodness, pure heaven!!!

And here I am watching this while snacking on Babybel plant based cheese. Good stuff!

Merle, really liked this video. I’m so glad you tried the Mykonos, that is my favorite vegan cheese, it is so good, it is expensive, but for the fact that good vegan cheese is hard to come by i regularly buy. I do want to try chao, I hadn’t tried it yet. Great video

Dang, I'm pretty early! Just wanted to say that my sister and I have been mostly plant-based for a few years, but this channel has really inspired me to try to phase out the dairy and meat products I still use. I'd love to see you try to use soy curls in a recipe because they have so much more fiber than tofu, but I've been struggling to find really good recipes!

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

Oh yay I’m so glad you’ve found some inspiration here!!

what's interesting too is that some melt well in the microwave but not so much in the oven. Also, some of the slices by brand are better than the shreds

Great review Merle.. thank you. Also loved your Disneyland vegan review.

i have a nut allergy so i can’t use a lot of these but my brother in law is vegan and during the holidays when i cook/bake i love using ur recommendations for dishes i make for him and other people who can eat them to enjoy!

Yeah is ok I'm with you with the Violife its the only one of those we get here in the UK. Not my favourite, totally get the pineapple thing. We have others over here and maybe i should give more of them a go but to be honest getting ones like that is why i rather stick with the creamy variety lol xox Great vid hun xox

Love these ranking videos! Would you ever do a ranking for ice-cream sandwiches? I know Aldi's has one right now, the og tofutti (which is rebranding!) and my personal fav Coolhaus. p.s. shout out to the silent heros behind/left of the camera!

When I was trying to go lactose free, I ordered a pizza with that daiya cheese and it was so slimy. The taste was tolerable but the texture was hard to deal with. 😩 This was also years ago so maybe they adjusted it but ugh.

@gwenedy

Жыл бұрын

Daiya has drastically improved both the taste and texture!! try it again when you can

Merle calms my soul

Miyokos is definitely the best. I haven't had it raw, but now I might need to try it. And the Chao is soooo good for a quick snack as a microwave quesadilla.

OMG I agree about the Violife! I actually had to throw away a huge pan of eggplant rolatini I had made because the taste of the Violife I thought was really bad. I had also heard good things about it so I was surprised. Choai cheese is the BEST! You should try Trader Joe's vegan parm...the almond one is really good! They also have a cashew based mozzarella but I didn't try it. BTW you are amazing and always literally make me laugh out loud! 💜

i am literally eating Miyoko's classic chive cheese as I watch this! LOL! What amazing timing? ;)

Merleeee please do a Frankencheese video! Mix all of the mozzarella's and make a pizza or something hahaha (if you haven't eaten them all)

hahahaha these videos are so funny her rephrasing the puns ;3 i live for these

I like your funny rankings. I like chao cheese, but when I get the sliced cheese it dries out very quickly as well. The taste is really good

That was my exact experience with Chao’s as well. Amazing raw but too much like butter when warm.

I’m not veggie and I’m actually addicted to dairy. I’m bummed you didn’t try the Nafsika garden ones because they’re the first I try and even knowing it was fake, I couldn’t tell the difference

Me, a new subscriber, early to this video with my reusable water bottle and my crush on Merle: 👁👄👁

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

😘

You've got to try Nafsika's Garden vegan cheeses, they will absolutely knock your socks off, especially their feta!!

Field roast usually delivers on their products. I like them. Daiya brands is starter vegan food lol. When you don't know what to get, choose daiya. I feel the same as you regarding violife. The flavor is off putting. I can't find the miyokos anywhere but I'm hunting for it.

Oh Merle, I do love a good ranking video. Let’s get mozzarella cheesish 💚

You should do more full baking recommendations! I occasionally bake for vegans, and even knowing what to make is hard.

@emk3

Жыл бұрын

there are a lot of egg substitutes such as banana, applesauce, or flax seed so you can make vegan cakes, cookies & brownies!

I need to get some Violife cheese from the US to try because now I'm very curious if it tastes different from what we get here in Canada!

I love Chao and Miyokos. I don't use them as a main topping but just getting a cheesy feel and taste. Yes I could eat the whole package. Melted or not. Yummy

I love her so much. I respect her opinion the most became she keeps it real. When your trying something new it's get scaring you don't until try it. She doesn't sell it or swear by it she keeps it real. She makes us think for ourselves. Before we buy it try it for our selves. It's dose sucks I live in a small town it's hard to find some stuff when I get chance I am on it.

literally subscribed after the “hey all you people” at the beginning 😂💀

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

Nothing like Spongebob to bring the people together

It would be super cool to see a vegan yogurt ranking! Personally I would love to find a yogurt that doesn’t taste like coconuts but still has a good texture :)

I didn't see this Instagram story for suggestions, and I know I'm a bit late, buuuut I really enjoy Nurishh mozzarella on top of pizza! Most of their other cheese alternatives don't do it for me, but the mozzarella is great.

Thank you for the rankings, do the other violife cheeses have the same issue for you?

So great! 😍💜👏🏾

I think it would be really helpful and mlre interesting to do the raw and melted cheese test at the same time and have the two ranking sheets next to each other because I couldn't remember where the raw cheese was ranked when doing the melted version. Lol

The follow your heart was the cheese that was on top of the baked Mac n cheese from that plant based bistro you went to on Make it Vegan!

Follow your heart has amazing dairy free dressings. My non vegan family even eats it. I've never had their mozzarella but they also have good parmesan shreds and blue cheese and feta crumbles.

@Glim246

Жыл бұрын

Follow Your Heart's parmesan meets the approval of the SO who buys the really expensive dairy parm. That's a good recommendation.

@presley6438

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Follow Your Heart’s dressings are top tier! The feta crumbles are a STAPLE in my house! I’m Mexican & it reminds me so much of Queso Fresco. My BF & I love them so much!

@JA99

Жыл бұрын

@@presley6438 Forager has a dairy free queso fresco and monterey jack I've been wanting to try but they're a little pricey!

Chao is my absolute go-to. Love it.

I REALLY like the Chao in vegan mac n cheese and it does take a while to melt down in my instant pot. I would consider it more similar to provolone than mozzarella though. I used to really like Daiya melted (never raw, disgusting) but more recently found it makes me sick so can't eat it anymore. I switched to the So Delicious and enjoy it about the same. Of the ones I've been able to find and try, it seems we feel pretty similarly. Many of the ones you tried I can't find where I am.

Man when you said ‘don’t panic’ after the third cheese I got hella Jenna Marbles vibes - I miss that funny lady!

I just tried the vegan mozzarella from Aldi and was hugely surprised!! I really tasted like real cheese (or what I remember it to be), even raw!! It melted ok on pizza but it wasn't an issue since it tasted so great.

I work at Amazon fresh and people buy a lot of vio life. There's also a dairy free string cheese that i believe is from them too.

The only vegan cheese I've handled myself (so just excluding when I went out to a restaurant in California years ago) is Daiya, and I agree it feels so oily! When I get the package, I feel like the outside is oily before I even start working with the cheese lol Never thought to sniff my cheese or try it raw though! I'll have to do that next time I get some!

Merle. Sis. I've noticed more plants in the backgrounds of your videos. And I'm so here for it. All bow down to the plant lady 👏💅

I watch these vids every time even tho the only brand available to me here is violife haha these are so fun to watch even tho I don't have an opinion on the cheeses!

I’d love to see you try British vegan food. I’m not a vegan but I picked up some vegan brownies from Mark’s and Spencer’s the other and they are so good, it would be interesting to see if there’s any differences between American vegan food and other countries 😊💞

@happinessiallyouneed

Жыл бұрын

The UK is actual heaven for vegan products. So many amazing options at Tesco and other stores - a lot more variety than in Canada (where I live) and likely also the US. I remember reading that the UK was the world leader of introducing new vegan products in 2021.

Chao creamy original is best on a grilled cheese dipped in soup 😋😋 hot take - follow your heart Parmesan is the best all around cheese and AMAZING on pizza. So yummy.

You should do a deli slice taste test. Field roast has some that aren’t veganified deli meat, but they are super tasty

Yoooo target has a Good & Gather vegan mozz and it’s my favorite out of all the brands I’ve tried!

Chao is made from Guerneville tofu, I run a vegan food truck and I use fermented tofu to make my smoked gouda cheeze sauce and blocks 😊

I love all of your videos 🤘

@MerleONeal

10 ай бұрын

thank yoou!!!!

Great video, Merle! We featured your video this week on my website in our "Concessions" area! Link is in my bio!

Please a ranking video on shredded vegan cheeses (specially cheddar?)!!!! PLEASE

I haven't tried Miyoko's mozzarella cheese but I love Miyoko's butter so much I figured out how to make it. The Forager brand of Vegan Mozzarella is super good melted and melts super good. Btw I'm not a vegan but if I find something good I will eat it or serve it to friends who are vegan. For me most vegan food is too processed so I don't often choose it over whole foods.

yay new video from my fav vegan !!! EDITED TO ADD THAT I LOVE YOUR SHIRT, whats your fav HS song or album??

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

Oh mannnnnn so many good songs. But if we’re talking about his new album, I really like the song “boyfriends”

I learned in your last video that i watched, you also live in LA and seems like you don't know about Follow Your Heart?? girl!!! it's a whole market and restaurant on sherman way in the valley!!!

Vegan refrigerated cheese always has a popcorn butter aftertaste to me. But the box vegan Mac n cheese (the powder) taste like cheese. So I’m glad you tasted all of these options so I don’t have to anymore

I mainly use chao in my mac and cheese during the holidays so obviously I've never noticed how slow it melts but goddamn. It is the ONLY one where I will return to the fridge at 3am to eat it out of the bag lmao

I just tried vialife cheese slices!

You should do a vegan cream cheese ranking!

I know I asked this in your cheddar video, but can some of these, besides Daiya, be found in Canada, particularly in BC?

I bought Violife mozzarella a few times but it always went bad in the fridge before I could use it up. Kind of an off flavor/smell when it started to go bad, resulting in mold.

i am not vegan nor am i vegetarian but when i get pizza at mellow mushroom i ALWAYS get the follow your heart vegan cheese. it is AMAZING

I so thoroughly appreciate your ranking style. It makes it easy to really trust your opinion. It irks me when influencers wax poetic about how awful a product is and then only give it a C. Or worse, when they rave about something and then give it a B! So confusing and seems disingenuous. So thank you for rating so transparently!

Violife is among my favorites but SOMETIMES it tastes completely different like it’s gone sour/bad. Sometimes it’s mellow and delicious. Very weird, it’s happened to me a handful of times.

@JackieLipson

Жыл бұрын

*Specifically the mozzerella! Never happened with the other flavors 🤯

@Glim246

Жыл бұрын

@@JackieLipson Yup...I don't get the pineapple smell she does...sometimes it smells like an aged stinky cheese and the taste is off....sometimes it's great🤔

Not sure if you have this near you, but my favorite dairy-free mozzarella is the Lisanatti Almond Mozzarella. I get it at the Kroger QFC.

@zeronokotae

Жыл бұрын

Lisanatti, unfortunately, isn't dairy-free. All of their cheeses contain casein.

Our vegan queen is back!! LOVES to see it!! 💖💖💖💖💖😍

I make pizza when I have home grown tomato. You plan to try making basil mozz pizza with miyokos?

We need some dank *Blue cheese* ranking! Oehh and parmesan

Am I vegan? No Will I ever be vegan? No Do I watch ever video on this channel? Hell yeah

Please try vegan deli meat next! Love your videos!

Completely understand the violife ranking. I don’t like it either and to me it has the suntan lotion vibe that you gave the so delicious ice cream in your last video..support you 100% side note, I’m from Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada and violife and daiya are like the only two brands of vegan mozzarella you can find in our grocery store 😒

You have to try follow your hearts smoked Gouda! It’s actually amazing both raw and melted and I’m not vegan!

@MerleONeal

Жыл бұрын

Yes I've had the violife smoked gouda and it's delicious!

Happy to see Harry came to the taste test 😉

I agree with the crowd! Miyoko’s is the best! Like your shirt! Both S tier!

I'm wondering if a blend of the Myiokos and the Chao would be nice on a pizza!? I'm not vegan (yet) but I think maybe that would be nice!

Miyokos Blocked mozzarella is seriously something even my non vegan bf loves i use for pasta topping, pizza, with crackers it’s to die if you can get your hands on it DO !!!

the harry shirt 🥹🫶

I heard that putting some water or oil on the cheese helps them melt

Ngl, that Chao cheese reminds me of the time I bought shredded cheese from the dollar tree I used to live nearby when it first got its own refrigerated/frozen section. I intended to use it for a casserole but after half an hour in the oven, it was still fully intact. I looked at the bag and saw on the back it said "This product is not formulated to melt." which made me look back at it slowly with a look of disgust and think, '........... What in God's name *are* you?!'