What Other Cheeses Do They Make
Below we'll list all of the vegan cheese range that they create and sell online and you can see their range in our database of vegan cheese.
We have just announced this years vegan cheese awards for 2024 and what an amazing array of vegan cheeses on offer.
We have just announced this years vegan cheese awards for 2024 and what an amazing array of vegan cheeses on offer.
And in this article we will do a deep dive in to the overall winning cheese, which was the Mad Cheese Gouda Vibes.
As well as winning the best overall vegan cheese of 2024 after getting the most votes in this years nominees, it also won the best gouda category too.
Made in Cincinati, Ohio, United States, this award winning cheese is made with a base of millet. A nutrient rich, environmentally friendly crop and when you learn about this artisanal vegan cheese brands values, you can see why they choose it.
It's smoky, creamy, firm and aged with a smoked sea salt rub.
This is a versatile vegan cheese, one that you can serve on a cheese board to slice and enjoy as it is, but is also ready to melt and added to the top of your favourite vegan burger or even a pasta dish.
What first sets this winning cheese a part from the rest of the nominees is it's base ingredient, millet.
Here you can find vegan cheeses in our database made with millet and as you can see there are only a handful out of the almost 2000 vegan cheeses available to buy today.
With only one other brand at the time of writing who make their vegan cheeses with this base ingredient.
It is a type of small seeded cereal grain and is actually a part of the grass family. It has some environmental benefits for growing due to its tolerance to droughts and grows well in drier and arid regions and has recently gained popularity in other regions for its health benefits.
You will usually find it being used for a variety of dishes, including salads, soups and even bread making and now you can see it in vegan cheese too.
Mad Cheese is run by Heather Donaldson, the owner and founder. A one lady team running an artisanal vegan cheese company from Ohio, United States. We'll include a snippet from their about page here so you can learn more about them.
In 2019, my husband and I decided to try a vegan diet for one week. We wanted to do more to help the environment (did you know that eliminating meat and dairy products from your diet is the single biggest thing you can do to help slow climate change?) and were hopeful that we would enjoy the food enough to make it our permanent way of eating.
Before going vegan, we both had a love for artisan cheeses and charcuterie. I wasn’t thrilled with the commercial vegan options available, so began researching how to create and age plant-based cheeses and meats at home. When the pandemic hit, we both ended up at home with no outside work. (My husband works in the film industry and we were living in Los Angeles). This gave me plenty of time to work on perfecting my recipes.
Mad Cheese was started in 2021, so only 3 years in business and we believe this is their first ever award!
Below we'll list all of the vegan cheese range that they create and sell online and you can see their range in our database of vegan cheese.