So you've raided every single supermarket shelf for vegan cheese from Tesco through to Morrisons and every other large supermarket retailer here in the UK?
You've tried all of the coconut oil based vegan cheeses and you must be thinking, there has to be something better, and you're totally right, there is. Here we will introduce you to artisanal vegan cheese makers here in the UK that make wonderful cheeses using more authentic cheese making processes whilst using healthier ingredients too.
Don't worry, we've been there, and back again, and got the t-shirt! We still regularly buy vegan cheese from the supermarkets in the UK but often find ourselve's always wanting to try something new and thats where the amazing artisanal vegan cheese makers come in.
If you're wondering if there is more to the UK vegan cheese industry than Violife and repackaged Sheese then you need to look in to artisanal vegan cheese from the UK.
If you've ever heard of the term nut based cheeses, these are more akin to what artisans make, below is a stunning artisanal vegan cheese you can get in the UK which is made by Pips in Wales.
If you don't fancy reading most of the article, head to the bottom and you can see every single artisanal vegan cheese available in the UK today, of which you can filter to even narrow down the results to find specific family type cheeses you may be interested in, from mozzarella, through to red leicester, manchego, even vegan blue cheeses and everything in-between.
If you didn't know, we are the biggest cheese database on the entire internet, you read that correct, with almost 2000 vegan cheeses in our directory that we continually find, research, get told about and add to the site so that you can see what is available to try today.
You can find that directory of vegan cheeses right here and not only is it brimmed full of amazing vegan cheese, we have added multiple filtering and sorting options to help you narrow down your choices and help you find a new favourite today.
One of those filtering options on the discovery tool is called seller type and it categorises the vegan cheeses as either mass produced, which are most of those you'll find in the supermarkets and most of those you have probably already tried and then there are artisanal cheeses.
You can head on over to the directory right now, find that filter and click on the artisanal vegan cheese option and you will be shown over a thousand different vegan cheeses made by incredibly skilled, passionate and empathatic vegan cheese mongers from around the world.
By continually updating this database of vegan cheeses, it is this same data which we can help you find amazing artisanal vegan cheeses here in the United Kingdom.
What is Artisanal Vegan Cheese
If you find a vegan cheese in a supermarket, more likely than not, it will be mass produced for the supermarkets and the thing that distinguishes this is that you can find the same cheese in the same supermarket all over the country, whether you're in Orkney or Cardiff.
Now with artisanal vegan cheese, they are often only available to order through their makers website or in a small health food shop in the location that they are created. This means you can still order most artisanal vegan cheeses wherever you are in the UK because most will deliver to your door. We've successfully ordered hundreds of artisanal vegan cheeses right here in the UK with no issues.
The other signs of an artisan is that they have single handedly refined and created their own vegan cheese range, usually this is just one or a handful of people at most. They then also make their cheeses by hand in their own kitchens and oversee most of the production.
They are small businesses but they have big hearts, creating fine vegan cheeses for you to enjoy and what we love about them is that they are always using the finest ingredients and you'll find that artisanal vegan cheese is much healthier than mass produced cheeses because they mostly use wholefood ingredients.