Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Review
Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Crumbles are a vegan alternative for feta cheese. Read on to learn some of the pros, cons, and uses for this dairy-free feta cheese in my personal review of Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Crumbles.
I have not always been a fan of the vegan cheese options on the market. That said, I was pleasantly surprised with Miyoko’s Pourable Plant Milk Mozzarella and decided it was time to broaden my dairy-free cheese horizons.
This month I tested Follow Your Heart’s Feta Cheese Crumbles to see how they compare to traditional feat cheese.
I’ll share with you my experience eating them plain as well as baked and how you can use them in your own kitchen.
As a reminder, these are not products sent to me or items I will earn any commissions on for the review. Simply put, this is a dairy-free product I tried, liked, and could see myself using time and again.
What are Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Crumbles?
Follow Your Heart was created by four friends at the back of a natural foods store in Southern California in 1970. They later moved to their own brick and mortar shop down the street (where you can still go today).
They later expanded to creating “high-quality plant-based foods to enhance the lives of consumers and contribute to the betterment of the Earth and all its inhabitants.”
Their line of vegan products includes Vegenaise (the original egg-free mayo), shredded cheese, sliced cheese, cheese blocks specialty cheeses, dressings, and dips.
For this review, I am narrowing in on one product in particular, the Feta Cheese Crumbles. Their Dairy-Free Feta Crumbles are:
- Vegan
- Dairy-Free
- Gluten-Free
- Non-GMO
- Soy-Free
- Kosher
- Certified Plant-Based
For additional information about the various products Follow Your Heart sells as well as the nutritional information for the Feta Cheese Crumbles, you can check out the Follow Your Heart website.
What ingredients are in Follow Your Heart Dairy-Free Feta Cheese?
This crumbly feta cheese alternative is made from:
- Filtered Water
- Coconut Oil
- Modified Potato Starch
- Sea Salt
- Less than 2% of Potato Protein, Natural Flavors, Organic Vegan Cane Sugar, Calcium Phosphate, Lactic Acid
Ok, let’s get into the good stuff, what we thought about this dairy-free feta cheese.
What do Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Cheese Crumbles Taste Like?
Consumed directly from their packaging, these cheese crumbles taste:
- Dry and crumbly
- Have a creamy finish
- Tangy
- Salty with hint of potato flavor
Overall they taste similar to traditional feta with a comparable mouth feel.
What We Like About Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Crumbles
I really enjoyed eating and cooking with these dairy-free feta crumbles. Some of the things I liked include:
- The flavor. It was a mild flavor that could easily rival a traditional feta.
- Versatility. I was able to use the product as is, baked, and even melted in a quesadilla.
- Simple ingredients that are easy to read and not too many ingredients used.
- GREAT Shelf-life. Unlike most dairy-free products that only keep about a week or two after they are opened these dairy-free cheese crumbles were good until the expiration date (typically months from when they were purchased).
- Variety of crumble sizes. You got a range of crumble sizes in each container.
What We Don’t Like About Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Crumbles
There is not much I didn’t like about this product. I’m honestly just being a little nit-picky to give some small feedback.
- Too may of the smaller crumbles. I liked biting into the bigger crumbles so when it comes to using the cheese on a salad you might not pick up the flavor as much with the smaller crumbles.
Uses for This Dairy-Free Feta Cheese Alternative
Get ready to see these vegan feta cheese crumbles used in a number of recipes to come! I loved topping dishes with this dairy-free cheese. Some of the ways we used Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Crumbles include:
- On top of Greek Marinated Chicken (Recipe coming soon)
- Sprinkled over a salad
- Crumbled on top of a vegan hummus bowl
- Melted into a Greek Chicken Quesadilla (Recipe coming soon)
Final Thoughts and Reflections on Follow Your Heart Feta Crumbles
Overall I had a very positive experience using and consuming Follow Your Heart Feta Crumbles. It is a product I bought, liked, and definitely will keep on hand for years to come.
If you have tried Follow Your Heart Feta Cheese Crumbles feel free to leave a comment below! I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences with this product!
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