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What Is An Acceptable Cheese Replacement?

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susiequsie Apprentice
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Toffuti cheese slices lists maltodextrin as an ingredient. Is it, then, BOTH casein and gluten free? If not, is there a replacement that is safe for both sensitivities?

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happygirl Collaborator
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Maltodextrin is generally gluten free in the US, and would have wheat listed if for some reason it were derived from wheat. FDA states it does not come from wheat by definition.

MaryJones2 Enthusiast
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Toffuti cheese slices lists maltodextrin as an ingredient. Is it, then, BOTH casein and gluten free? If not, is there a replacement that is safe for both sensitivities?

They don't claim that their products are gluten-free but there isn't any gluten added to the cheese. There is a lot of info on dairy and gluten in their F.A.Q. plus the answer to your question about the source of the maltodextrin (theirs is corn based): Open Original Shared Link

Galaxy Naturals Vegan and Rice Vegan cheeses are gluten and casein free: Open Original Shared Link

Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet is also Gluten-free Casein-free and made on a dedicated line: Open Original Shared Link

Best of luck!

susiequsie Apprentice
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Maltodextrin is generally gluten free in the US, and would have wheat listed if for some reason it were derived from wheat. FDA states it does not come from wheat by definition.

Thanks, happygirl. I thought I had read that, but wanted to make absolutely sure. I don't live in a very big area (small town about 5-6,000) and the closest 'big' city (which is certainly far from a megapolis is 35 miles away. The only thing I could find in the 'big' city was Toffuti and didn't want to 'invest' in it if I had to throw it away.

susiequsie Apprentice
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They don't claim that their products are gluten-free but there isn't any gluten added to the cheese. There is a lot of info on dairy and gluten in their F.A.Q. plus the answer to your question about the source of the maltodextrin (theirs is corn based): Open Original Shared Link

Galaxy Naturals Vegan and Rice Vegan cheeses are gluten and casein free: Open Original Shared Link

Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet is also Gluten-free Casein-free and made on a dedicated line: Open Original Shared Link

Best of luck!

Janet, thanks so much for all of the site info. I am printing it out so I will always have it on hand. I just didn't want to chance being wrong and 'paying the price' both literally and figuratively (sp?) since I am still in the process of healing without slipups.

There is such a wealth of information on this site and I do appreciate your help.

mindwiped Rookie
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The Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet that Janet mentioned is one of the better cheeses I've found. It is truly vegan-which means they aren't hiding milk proteins, and it melts really well. I will say that it is a softer cheese, and especially after freezing and thawing it seems to have some excess water, just so you are aware. But it has great flavor, and makes a great gluten-free/df pizza.

susiequsie Apprentice
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The Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet that Janet mentioned is one of the better cheeses I've found. It is truly vegan-which means they aren't hiding milk proteins, and it melts really well. I will say that it is a softer cheese, and especially after freezing and thawing it seems to have some excess water, just so you are aware. But it has great flavor, and makes a great gluten-free/df pizza.

Thank you, mindwiped, that is good to know. Now, all I just have to find out is where in the world I might find it. As I said in an earlier post, I've no access to Whole Foods or some of the other places I've seen mentioned here. In this state, it's just Wal-Mart/Sam's and they don't carry it. I'll keep trying.

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Thank you, mindwiped, that is good to know. Now, all I just have to find out is where in the world I might find it. As I said in an earlier post, I've no access to Whole Foods or some of the other places I've seen mentioned here. In this state, it's just Wal-Mart/Sam's and they don't carry it. I'll keep trying.

We found it at our co-op. My dd said it was okay, no raves, I cut it into shreds. Ours didn't melt. I think it is supposed to melt at high temps. We only tried it on pizza. I hope it works well for you.

I have yet to try these recipes:

Open Original Shared Link

I need to make a 1/2 recipe sometime to try it.

Open Original Shared Link

its for cheese sauce and all of Karina's recipes I have tried so far are fantastic except for the pueblo bread.

susiequsie Apprentice
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We found it at our co-op. My dd said it was okay, no raves, I cut it into shreds. Ours didn't melt. I think it is supposed to melt at high temps. We only tried it on pizza. I hope it works well for you.

I have yet to try these recipes:

Open Original Shared Link

I need to make a 1/2 recipe sometime to try it.

Open Original Shared Link

its for cheese sauce and all of Karina's recipes I have tried so far are fantastic except for the pueblo bread.

I'm anxious to find some and try some pizza recipes. That sounds yummy! Thanks for the sites!

mindwiped Rookie
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Thank you, mindwiped, that is good to know. Now, all I just have to find out is where in the world I might find it. As I said in an earlier post, I've no access to Whole Foods or some of the other places I've seen mentioned here. In this state, it's just Wal-Mart/Sam's and they don't carry it. I'll keep trying.

Are there any other grocery stores besides Wal-Mart/Sam's? I've found it in Hy-vee's here in KS, our Dillon's (Kroger/Bakers/King's family) would have it, I've heard other's speak of finding it in Safeway's in their areas, and if you have any sort of 'natural' store, they would probably order it for you. I'm also sure a Publix would either have it or could order it for you, they seemed good about gluten-free/vegan/health food at the one I've seen. Wal-Mart might even order it for you, but you might have to commit to buying it by the case in order for them to do that.

susiequsie Apprentice
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Are there any other grocery stores besides Wal-Mart/Sam's? I've found it in Hy-vee's here in KS, our Dillon's (Kroger/Bakers/King's family) would have it, I've heard other's speak of finding it in Safeway's in their areas, and if you have any sort of 'natural' store, they would probably order it for you. I'm also sure a Publix would either have it or could order it for you, they seemed good about gluten-free/vegan/health food at the one I've seen. Wal-Mart might even order it for you, but you might have to commit to buying it by the case in order for them to do that.

I laughed when I read the list of all the stores I might find the cheese in. The ONLY one you mentioned which we have here in WV is Kroger! And I have looked there; they only carry the Tofutti. We do have a very small health food store in our little town, so I'll see if they can order it for me. Thanks for your help.

MaryJones2 Enthusiast
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You can order it online: Open Original Shared Link

susiequsie Apprentice
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You can order it online: Open Original Shared Link

Thanks, Janet, I just checked it out online and think that that's the way to go. I plan to order several of their products, so thanks for the heads up!

Chrissyb Enthusiast
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Susie, Toufutti also make Cream Cheese and Sour Cream replacement that are very good in my humble opinion. Even my very picky 16 ds who does not have to eat them really like them. I make a cream cheese glaze for a pumplkin applesauce cake using all dairy free gluten free and it got rave reviews. :D First thing I not used a box mix on all from stratch so I was just a little proud of myself.

susiequsie Apprentice
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Susie, Toufutti also make Cream Cheese and Sour Cream replacement that are very good in my humble opinion. Even my very picky 16 ds who does not have to eat them really like them. I make a cream cheese glaze for a pumplkin applesauce cake using all dairy free gluten free and it got rave reviews. :D First thing I not used a box mix on all from stratch so I was just a little proud of myself.

Chrissy, that sounds wonderful! Can you post the recipe? Thanks a bunch!

Chrissyb Enthusiast
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The recipe for the Gluten free Pumpkin-Applesauce Bundt cake is from www.recipezaar.com recipe #311455. My gluten free flour mix consits of. the following, (this makes a total of 9 cups I keep in the fridge) 6 cups of Rice Flour

2 cups of Potato Starch

1 cup of Tapicoa Flour

The glaze came from the same website recipe #309276 but I made replacement as follows.

I used toufutti cream cheese, I used earth balance in place of the butter and I used almond milk in place of the milk. Now I am not sure if I did something wrong or if that is the way if was suppose to turn out but it made a lot and it was thin. I did add more powdered sugar vanilla extract for more flavor just because I like it that way. Like I said the taste was really good all the way around.

I hope it works for you.

susiequsie Apprentice
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The recipe for the Gluten free Pumpkin-Applesauce Bundt cake is from www.recipezaar.com recipe #311455. My gluten free flour mix consits of. the following, (this makes a total of 9 cups I keep in the fridge) 6 cups of Rice Flour

2 cups of Potato Starch

1 cup of Tapicoa Flour

The glaze came from the same website recipe #309276 but I made replacement as follows.

I used toufutti cream cheese, I used earth balance in place of the butter and I used almond milk in place of the milk. Now I am not sure if I did something wrong or if that is the way if was suppose to turn out but it made a lot and it was thin. I did add more powdered sugar vanilla extract for more flavor just because I like it that way. Like I said the taste was really good all the way around.

I hope it works for you.

Oh, Chrissy, it sounds perfectly yummy! I'm going to order the cheeses and get to work on making some things. Thanks also for the flour mix recipe. I've seen so many, I just had not yet settled on one. I've been slowly assembling an array of different flours, etc. So, I'll just use that flour recipe.

Thanks again for all of yours and everyone else's help, too!

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