Aged and Cultured Vegan Cheeses Buying Guide

How Many Cultured & Aged Vegan Cheeses Are There

In our discovery app we have the amount of vegan cheeses which are aged and cultured as shown below. At the time of writing this is nearly 80 and as we're adding new cheeses each and every week, we're sure we'll soon have this over 100 in the near future.

That means there are nearly 100 aged and cultured vegan cheeses available to buy online right now!

With every vegan cheese we add to the discovery app, we use it and it's information to create guides like this one you're reading. As well as including information from ratings and reviews users make on all the cheeses on the site and much more.

Main Ingredients of Cultured Vegan Cheeses

With the majority of vegan cheeses having a main ingredient of coconut oil, you'll be pleasantly surprised that when cheese makers are creating aged and cultured vegan cheeses, the main ingredient that they use for this type of cheese making process is cashew nuts. They make up 62 of the 80 vegan cheeses with cultures at the time of writing.

That is nearly 80% of aged vegan cheese are made of cashews.

This obviously isn't any good for those with nut allergies, but if you're looking for healthier cheese options, then an aged and cultured cheese can be just that. Especially since the probiotics and live cultures used in the process are actually pretty good for your gut health too.

This is similar to the recipes you'll find when looking to make your own, nearly all the vegan cheeses we have made or look at making which we're going to age and add probiotics to are made with a base of nuts, usually cashews abut sometimes other nut types as well, like macadamia nuts.

So, the vast majority of cultured vegan cheeses are made with cashews, there are other options as well, and these options will grow as we add more cheeses to the discovery app.

But what are the other main ingredients of aged and mouldy vegan cheeses?

Here are the other base and main ingredients used in aged vegan cheeses:

• Coconut oil is still used in a few cultured and aged vegan cheeses.
• Soya is also used, with a handful of them being aged
• As well as cashews, almond nuts are used in aged vegan cheese
• Macadamia is one of the least used main ingredients, but used in a few vegan cheeses to make fabulous cultured cheese.

At the time of writing, these are all of the main and base ingredients used in the process. More could be added in the future, so make sure to follow us on facebook or subscribe by email to be kept up to date, we're always adding new cheeses and the next we find could be aged and using a different ingredient entirely.

Soft And Hard Texture Aged Vegan Cheeses

Whether you're looking for a hard or soft vegan cheese which has been aged and had live cultures added to it to give it that tangy, sour, cheesy taste and texture, you have options for any texture cheese you may be after.

There are a lot of hard, block style aged cheeses, which you can grate on to meals, melt on toast and even eat raw with crackers.

With many soft and spreadable options too you can get an aged and cultured vegan cheese to spread on your favourite crackers, home made bread or in a jacket potato.

If you want to find a specific vegan cheese, we have found the above just by using the vegan cheese discovery app, it's free to use for everyone and it can help you find a new vegan cheese today.

Diet and Free From

If you're looking for cheeses beyond veganism and you have allergies and this further narrows your vegan cheese options, here we look in to the cultured vegan cheeses which are free from certain ingredients and cover other dietary requirements than veganism.

As well as being vegan, every vegan cheese in the discovery app is dairy free and lactose free. This is because no animal products are used at all in the process of any vegan cheese, all vegan food items are animal free.

Gluten Free Vegan Cheese With Cultures

This is by far the most covered and biggest choice dietary requirement in the discovery app. The vast majority of vegan cheeses are gluten free and this includes many aged cheeses too.

There are nearly 50 gluten free aged vegan cheeses at the time of writing, with many more to be added in the future.

Wheat free Aged Vegan Cheeses

You can go one further with the many wheat free aged vegan cheese options. If you're looking for an aged vegan cheese which is also wheat free, there are a few options for you.

You can find them by using the diet type filter on the discovery app and also the hide ingredients filters too. Companies such as Veganz, Nutcrafter Creamer and Mouse's Favourite offer aged wheat free vegan cheeses.

Soya Free Cultured Vegan Cheese

One of the dietary requirements and free from categories that has the most options for vegan cheese, is soy free.

At the time of writing there are nearly 50 options which are soy free and cultured.

You may have a soy allergy and the vegan cheeses in this free from category are free of soya bean oil and soya milk, infact any form of soya. You won't find any traces and are certified on each vegan cheese.

This means you can find a new favourite soya free aged vegan cheese without any issues.

Organic Vegan Cheese With Cultures

Not a specific dietary requirement, but something that could be important to many of you out there. Finding an organic aged vegan cheese.

You're in luck, there are lots of options which are organic. 

These cheese will have entirely organic ingredients and that means no pesticides.

Non GMO Cultured Vegan Cheeses

As well as organic, you may find non GMO vegan cheese ingredients important, there are quite a few aged vegan cheeses with these specific ingredients.

Palm Oil Free Cultured Vegan Cheeses

Dietary requirements don't stop there, here you can see palm oil free cultured and aged vegan cheeses to buy online.

If this is important to you, we have you covered.

Flavours of Aged Vegan Cheeses

There are many different flavoured and flavourings of cultured vegan cheeses, but whats out there? Aged vegan cheeses aren't just plain cheeses, are they?

Many actually have other flavourings and flavours added during the ageing process and here we look at what options there are.

There are over 40 vegan cheese brands and many of these are making vegan cheeses which are aged and flavoured.

Sweet and Spicy Aged Vegan Cheeses

Most you will find are savoury but there are also some spicy aged cheeses available.

Spero, Montys and Tyne Cheese make savoury cured vegan cheeses with more on the horizon.

Ever wondered if you'd like a sweet aged vegan cheese? Tyne Cheese, Miyoko and Mouse's Favourite all make sweet aged vegan cheese.

Different Flavour Options

Looking for something a little more exciting or looking for a favourite flavour, then look no more! Here is a list of different flavoured vegan aged cheeses:

• Aged garlic vegan cheeses
• Chive flavoured aged vegan cheese
• Aged vegan cheese with oregano
• Sundried tomato cultured vegan cheeses
• Truffle oil aged vegan cheese
• Dill flavoured cultured vegan cheese

And many many more, if you want to find extra aged vegan cheese flavours, just use the discovery app and use the flavour filter.

Best Vegan Aged Cheese

What is the best aged vegan cheese? Right here you can see the answer to just that question.

Below you can see the best 6 cultured and aged vegan cheeses which are voted for by you and other vegan cheese lovers.

How are these the best? It's simple, we use our discovery app and all of the cheeses in it. From that we take the overall rating which has been made by vegans and vegan cheese lovers from around the world and then shared here.

That's how we know what the best aged and cultured vegan cheese is. And the list isn't our specific favourites, as that would be a little biased, these are your thoughts and opinions.

We highly recommend that if you have had any of the vegan cheese on the site, go and give them a star rating and help others find amazing aged vegan cheeses.

Further down you'll find other ratings which show those that are great at melting, eating raw and for cooking with.

Best Aged Vegan Cheese For Cooking

What is the bet cultured and aged vegan cheese for cooking?

Below that question is answered, with the best 6 aged and cultured vegan cheeses for cooking with, as voted by you.

This is worked out, like the overall rating with ratings and votes from people like you. As every vegan cheese on the site can be rated in four different ways and without the need to register.

An overall rating, which you can see above this, the best for cooking, which the best 6 are below and then best for melting and best to eat raw.

These have been voted on because they are good for cooking, putting in lasagnes, making cheese bread, vegan cheese sauces and many other applications.

The star rating that you see below on each cheese is the overall rating but if you head to each individual cheese you can see their other ratings, which you can also vote on too.

Best Vegan Cultured Cheese For Melting

Here are the 6 best cultured vegan cheeses for melting. After an artisinal grilled cheese sandwich with a fabulous aged vegan cheese, look no further.

Below are the absolute best melty cheeses which are cultured and aged.

These are worked out by the votes from vegan cheese lovers like you. If you head to the individual vegan cheese pages you can see their star ratings which show how good each cheese is for melting. 

As well as grill chilled sandwiches, these cheeses are great for pizzas, grilling, baking, cheese on toast, sprinkling on top of chips and so much more!

If you're after a cultured vegan cheese for melting, look no further!

Best Raw Cultured Vegan Cheese

Having people over for an evening and thinking about having a vegan cheese board? Why not give some aged vegan cheeses a go.

What is the best raw cultured vegan cheese, below you can see the best 6 cultured vegan cheese for eating raw.

If you prefer your cheese on crackers, or like us, straight in your mouth, then these cultured cheeses could be just what you're looking for.

Make Your Own Aged Vegan Cheeses at Home

If you are looking for aged vegan cheese recipes, look no further.

We have the biggest database of vegan cheese recipes on the internet and with that a handful of amazing aged and cultured vegan cheese recipes you can make at home right now.

You will find quick and easy cheese recipes as well as aged vegan cheeses that might make a bit more time to make but they will be worth it and if you haven't given vegan cheese at home a go, now is a great time to start.