I’ve been vegan for over two and a half decades and one comment I am completely worn out by is, “I would be vegan but I could never give up cheese’.
While that might have been more believable back when I became vegan (didn’t stop me though!), in 2026 there are so many delicious vegan alternatives that giving up cheese doesn’t feel like a hard ask anymore.
And if you want to convince someone just how incredible vegan cheese can be, send them this vegan cheese starter bundle from online grocery store Saporia.
Read more below.
Saporia (the online store powered by Purezza restaurant chain) has put together an Introduction to Veganism bundle, featuring some of the finest vegan cheeses on the planet.
If you or someone you know is not sure if vegan cheese is right for you, this bundle brings together the most convincing argument for ditching dairy that you are likely to taste.
The bundle contains:
La Fauxmagerie – Brixton Blue
I Am Nut Ok – Minerthreat
Kinda Co – Farmhouse
Honestly Tasty – Shamembert
The above lineup includes tastes and textures that cheese lovers will be most familiar with, allowing you to create the dishes and snacks you are used to enjoying with dairy cheese. You can incorporate these vegan cheeses into salads, toasted sandwiches, cheese board, and pasta.
Click here to shop for the Introduction to Veganism bundle and have it delivered to your address.
Vegan cheese is the future!
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Ah yes, the ‘having to give things up’ approach to veganism, instead of the ‘I’m going to discover so many new wonderful things’ approach. 🙂
It was a conceptual problem up until when nut cheeses became popular that vegan cheese ‘alternatives’ or ‘analogues’ are, indeed, not actually cheese. They’re not fermented, are mostly coconut oil and some kind of starch, and dyed yellowish. Mind you, that doesn’t mean they’re not tasty, but they are a different kind of food.
However, nut cheeses can properly be called cheeses, because they are fermented, they just don’t contain dairy or rennet or whatever. So, people can still eat (delicious) cheese when vegan, as there is cheese that doesn’t involve any animal products.
The main remaining problem is that nut cheeses are still expensive, but that’s largely because they’re only produced in small quantities, which should change over time.