Ethical Butter & Cheese?

Ben Done

This year, I've stopped using cow's milk - I've found Oatly Barista and Alpro My Cuppa perfectly acceptable substitutes.

I am however a fiend for butter and cheese - nothing fancy on the cheese front - just regular cheddar, mozarella, red leicester etc

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe there is a 'tastes just as good as' replacement for butter and cheese?

If not, does anyone know of generally available cow's milk-based cheese and butter, produced with the cows' welfare as a priority?

(Apologies to the vegan posters, who may reply there's no such thing as ethical butter or cheese)..

anewme

I don’t think you need to apologise. It’s a very valid question and I’m sure one which others would be interested in, including me.

silent_spark

I think Naturli vegan block is a really great butter alternative, if you haven’t tried it already.

Tar.Aldarion

Naturli butter, applewood smoked cheese and for camembert flying squirrel is VERY similar.

Thelonious Monk

I got Naturli Vegan Spreadable instead of butter recently in Supervalu, it's palm oil free too, you'll find palm oil in a lot of the substitutes or even in dairy spreads.

GoogleBot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517302#Comment_118517302

Sorry to disappoint you. So called naturli vegan spread for every 100g , 33g of oil such as palm or veg regardless of the name. And 28g of animal fat.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118588069#Comment_118588069

Gotcha, thanks for the vegsplaining

GoogleBot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058224166/ethical-butter-cheese

I would be very very careful with Oatly Barista and Alpro My Cuppa as perfectly acceptable substitutes.

As of today's study found, triggers high amount of bad cholesterol.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1561539/high-cholesterol-coconut-milk-increase-bad-levels

Ubbquittious

Try to find a local cheesemaker who pets the goats/cows after they've been milked

Ubbquittious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118588342#Comment_118588342

That's a nuisance. You'd think that natural healthy goodness would be good but there's always a snag, especially if it tastes nice

GoogleBot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118588395#Comment_118588395

Taste nice? The chemistry technologies are so good nowadays that if I eat cardboard mince I would tell everyone that I had the best meal in my life.

Not sure what natural heathly goodness you are talking about when it comes to processed food.

Tar.Aldarion

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118588342#Comment_118588342

That's talking about coconut milk, a completely different product.

GoogleBot

Soy cause malnutrition, variety of chemicals used in processed food cased obesity and cancer. If something tastes nice and vegetarian friendly but highly processed substance with catchy name it doesn't mean it's healthy.

Tar.Aldarion

"Soy cause malnutrition" - makes no sense and is nonsense.

"variety of chemicals used in processed food cased obesity and cancer" - calories cause obesity, what exactly "causes cancer"?

"If something tastes nice and vegetarian friendly but highly processed substance with catchy name it doesn't mean it's healthy." - it doesn't make it healthy or unhealthy, depends what it is.