The Best Vegan Cream Cheese Options for Your Morning Bagel
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While going vegan is one of the greatest things that you — as an individual — can do for the planet, it goes without saying there are certain things you’ll miss. And cream cheese is, without a doubt, one of them. Until recently, there weren’t too many good vegan cream cheese options on the market. But now, as the vegan movement has progressed, there are so many more dairy-free options out there that taste just like the real thing.
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With a wide range of brands offering so many different flavors made from varying ingredients, you have a huge selection these days. We promise we’ll find you your new favorite schmear for your morning bagel.
Modern Kitchen
Modern Kitchen may be one of the newer brands on this list, but it’s one of our favorites nonetheless, thanks to its strong resemblance to real schmear. The company makes its cream cheese from animal-free whey protein, meaning it’s vegan-friendly, but the non-animal whey protein has an identical structure to cow’s milk whey.
And what’s more, the flavor variety is incredible — from Strawberry, to Spring Onion, Chive, Harissa Pepper and Plain, there’s something for everyone.
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Miyokos Creamery’s Vegan Cream Cheese
If you haven’t already had Miyokos Creamery’s Vegan Cream Cheese, you’re due for a Whole Foods excursion ASAP.
Like the brand’s other high-end dairy-free products, its cashew milk-based cream cheese is rich and creamy — albeit slightly nutty, but the flavor is otherwise pretty on-point. It comes in several unique flavors, including: Everything, Plain, Savory Scallion, Fish-Free Lox (which we’re dying to try!), and Cinnamon Raisin.
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Violife Just Like Cream Cheese
Violife’s Just Like Cream Cheese is unique, in that its base doesn’t come from animal-free whey or nuts. The ingredients include filtered water, coconut oil, potato starch, salt, glucono-delta-lactone, vegan flavor, olive…
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