MimicCreme vegan cream substitute - review

[story1267]

*sighs*

How I wish I could come in with a huge, rave review of this stuff. It has such potential.

It's vegan, basically nut milk but more concentrated. It has 10 calories per tablespoon vs. regular light cream at 30 calories per tablespoon........

....but, it's just not that great as a coffee creamer substitue which was my original reason for trying it.

It breaks up when you pour it into the coffee and, although it looks a little better after vigorous stirring it still isn't quite right looking.

It takes more MimicCreme to get even close to the creaminess of regular.

On the other hand it tastes just fine.

Now I have me a whole bunch of this stuff. I think I'll try using it up in some kind of recipes that call for regular cream.

So, the search continues...............

 

[yelly]

Thankyou for the review - I've been looking for it!

I'm sorry it didn't work out like you had hoped for your coffee. I wonder what made it separate like that?

I also have a question - how much fat is there per serving compared to regular heavy cream? Does it give an ingredients list? And, in your opinion, does it seem like it might work as a substitute for cream in recipes? Thanks so much in advance!

Dani

 

[story1267]

Dani, sorry for the delay.. I'm moving and things are a bit hectic!

Here's the info on the MimicCreme:

Serving size - 1 TB

Calories - 10
Calories from fat - 10
Total fat 1g
Carbohydrates 1g
Fiber 0g
Sugar 0g

Ingredients: Purified water, almonds, cashews, sodium bicarbonate, rice starch, non-iodized salt.

Hope that helps!

 

[yelly]

Thanks!!

Oh! Moving - yuck
Hope things get back to normal soon!

Dani

 

[story1267]

Well those containers of MimiCreme have been sitting in the pantry for almost a year.....

.....until tonight when I made up some ice cream with it.

And, ooooh baby, let me tell you, this stuff makes up some mighty fine dairy-free ice cream! I am very pleased to have found a good use for it!

 

[story1267]

Spammer reported.

 

[ra colavito]

There's hope yet!

Hi Suzanne,
I manufacture MimicCreme and wanted to
thank you so much for giving our products a try. I had to respond to your post regarding our coffee creamer because we have been spending a good deal of time on the problem of it separating in high acid coffees. You are right--it still tastes good but doesn't look very appealing. In about one month we will be releasing a new formulation of our creamer that will not separate in strong high-acid beverages. We have modified the amount of the salt buffer that we used in the original coffee creamer formula and this completely mitigates the problem. (Our regular Unsweetened cream will separate, however, in some coffees as it does not contain this buffering agent, called Dipotassium Phosphate. We recommend using our coffee creamers in coffee. BTW, were you using this 32 oz carton of Unsweetened in your initial coffee test?) The new coffee creamers sold in 16 oz cartons contain the modified buffer. We would be happy to send you a sample of the new version as soon as its available for you to review as we feel it will please you. Drop me a note with your address and I'll take care of that. In any case, glad to hear you had great success with the ice cream. Thanks again for telling folks about us. Rose Anne

 

[story1267]

Hi Rose Anne, thanks for posting and explaining about the buffering ingredients. And yes, it was the 32 oz. carton. At the time I was ordering the smaller coffee-creamer sizes weren't available. When I was looking at the ingredient list recently I noticed there were differences between the regular and the coffee-creamer. And now I understand why.

I'd be glad to try the new formulation and I'll PM you my info.

Thanks for providing a vegan alternative! I actually have makings for an experiment in coconut ice cream ready to go....and I'll post on your website as well.