Vegan Mac and Cheese Taste Test - Which One Is The Best?

How's it going guys? I'm Chris. I'm Jasmine. Sweet Simple Vegan. How's it going? Welcome back. Welcome back to our channel. On our channel we share all things vegan basically, taste test recipes, vlogs, lifestyle, everything in between. And today is a very special day because we have a whole bunch of mac and cheese in front of us and we're going to be doing a taste test for you guys. So we do taste tests now relatively often and our goal with these is to try out all of the options for you so you don't have to and give you our opinion on everything. And of course everyone's palates vary but we're going to have two mouths here to taste test everything and we're actually bringing a third person in today who's non-vegan. Who's not vegan. Yeah. More biased here. That will definitely help in the critique of all of these. There are, how many, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, there are 7 options here. There are definitely more on the market. We just got everything that we could possibly find in our area. And we do have a homemade variety that we'll also be sampling and the recipe for that will be linked down below. Yes. So for these videos we usually show the process of us making all of the food and then we taste test everything. But there are so many options here today and these are very simple items to prepare. So instead of doing that we're actually just going to be making them off camera to speed things up and then we'll show you what it looks like after it's cooked and then we'll tell you how we cooked it. So there's classic mac and cheeses where you get the mac and cheese and you put a powder in it with like milk, almond milk. Is that how you do it? I think so, yeah. And then we have like this one I know for sure they have like a squeeze packet in it. We'll get into details and these two are like ready to go. So we're just going to like warm those, make these like you would make mac and cheese. I feel like it's pretty standard so we don't really have to show you how it goes. And we'll link our playlist for all of our other taste tests down below as well. We've done vegan eggs, what else have we done? Vegan fish, vegan cheese. And a bunch of other random things in the past. Well like those, that's fun, that's old school. Sweet simple vegan, yeah. Check those out, have a laugh. I'm excited. This is going to be really tasty, I'm pretty sure. Some of these I haven't tried, I don't think. I don't think I've ever tried this one. There's a few I haven't tried. These two I don't remember at all. And this one I don't think I've ever tried also. Yeah. Right? So this is going to be fun. So if you guys are following along with our 30 till 30 challenge. So Chris is turning 30 at the end of the month and we're trying to eat healthier leading up to then. So I'm only going to be having a few bites here and there of these. I think maybe like one or two bites each. I was also going to say like this was in our schedule, like we wanted to do this video for you guys. So we're making an exception today, but all the leftovers are going home with our friends so that we're not tempted. Maybe we could do a cauliflower taste test instead. Vegetable taste test. Get rid of all this, we're doing vegetables. Without further ado, let's get into it. We've got Tom in the house. Also known as Iriton. Also known as Big T, Tofu Master, T-Bone Hot. Yeah. So Tom is a non-vegan and he's going to be giving us his opinion on these as you guys requested. I feel like he is the true test as to whether or not these are actually mac and cheese. When was the last time you had real cheese? Just to get some perspective. A couple days ago? Okay. Does tacos have real cheese? Yeah. Is it real? I don't think it's real. But I mean, it's dairy. I don't know if it's real. Right. Yeah. So the first one we're trying today is our homemade mac and cheese. With gluten-free noodles. We're just going for the sauce. It's nutty, right? It's got a nutty... You can tell it's nuts? No. Isn't that what sophisticated people say when they eat wine? Mmm. We've got some notes of cashew. It's in the back of the tongue. I'm going to aerate this a little. Right. Yeah. Mmm. I think if we used regular pasta, it would have been better. Yeah. The gluten-free noodles. This is the first time we've tried them. Really? They're kind of tough. Even though I cooked it. Usually gluten-free noodles, if you cook it at the right time, sometimes they get super mushy. Yeah. It's totally the noodle's fault, not the cooker. Chris made this, though. You made the pasta? I made the sauce. Oh, yeah. I made the pasta. I'm ******* stupid. I'm just saying. Get a 10 out of 10 if it wasn't good. If it wasn't for the pasta. The sauce is great. I like it. I might be biased, but. No. That is pretty good. All right. Should we rate this? This is more of a, I guess. I mean. We have nothing to base it on yet. Yeah. It's good. I would eat this one. I guess. It's also healthy, oil-free. All whole foods, pretty much. Right? Yeah. I'm not sweating, so I think that's a good sign from the first two bites. You might have diarrhea a little bit later. We're already sweating. You don't eat it because it's good. You know, you eat it because you just want to punish yourself. You heard it here first. It's really good. I'm going to keep eating it. And this is actually pretty healthy. Yeah. Do we have to finish the bowl before we go to the other one? Imagine. Right. Yeah. That would be terrible. I could eat this all day. All right. I think we got to move on to the next one. Let's keep it moving here. We're going to go cook it, and then we'll be right back. First take, not garbage. That was pretty good. Fuck yeah. All right. Next up, we got the Upton's Cheesy Mac. And this one on the front, it says ready in one minute. And it actually gives the option of cooking it in a pot or microwaving it for a minute. And we wanted to stay true to what it says on the front, so we microwaved it for a minute. And this one has a sauce packet that's already made. So you just squeeze it on, microwave it, and then we're going to eat it. They also have a bacon mac and cheese version. They have a few different varieties. So this is the most classic of sorts. Nice. So I'll move in a little bit. Come on. Get close. Get comfy. I'm just trying not to sweat on anybody. It's coming up a lot. It's not bad. A little salty. Nutritional yeast, rice bran oil, salt, cornstarch, mustard, onion, garlic, paprika, turmeric, sugar. Mustard. See? Called it. This one tastes like... Tinny. It doesn't taste like mac and cheese to me. Yeah, it tastes like pasta with sauce. It has the texture and it looks like mac and cheese. But I don't think the flavor's there. Yes. I would agree. Right? Yeah. Not my fave. I'm going to continue to eat it. What does it taste like? I'm definitely, I don't have five or six minutes to spare in my life. So the one minute is kind of a big deal. Moves it up a little bit. Ain't nobody got time to really cook. Yeah, the fact that you can literally put this into a bowl and microwave it. In a minute. I like that. Right? So the noodles weren't hard. It was like, they were like soft. Yeah, it was interesting. Moist. But it's shelf stable too. Like this doesn't need to be in the fridge or anything. Which is cool. I feel like if you had this and then you brought like vegan parmesan or nutritional yeast with you or brought it with you. I'm like thinking if you take this like for lunch or something. But if you add that on top it'll probably taste a little more cheesy. I can't stop eating this. It is tasty. It is. The saltiness. Yeah, it's pretty salty. It's good base. I believe. Good base. I like it. It needs a little. Maybe like a little sriracha in there. A little hot sauce. A little. Mmm. Really good. Maybe a little ketchup for Jasmine. Oh yeah. Right? Ketchup and mac and cheese. Have you eaten that? Sounds good. I'm the nasty one. I'm done. I gotta go. Right? It's for real. Alright. Oh my good. So the next one is Amy's rice mac and cheese with organic rice pasta. Gluten free. Dairy free. I already like it. It's got a woman's name on it. So. Wow. Better than like Uptown. Wow. I thought it was Uptown. Don't you trust? I trust Amy. Right? Amy. She's nice. Alright. Okay. This says after years of recipe testing we have found a delicious dairy free cheddar style cheese to go with our tender organic rice pasta. This dish is so tasty. This dish is so tasty that people will no longer have to miss out on their favorite mac and cheese. Oh my god. Thank god. In quotations. Oh my god. This actually smells really good. Right? Right. So this one has. Wow. Look at that cheese stretch. From what I've seen in the ingredients it has. Oh wow. It's ooey gooey. It has a vegan cheese shred in it of some sort. Yeah that's really good. That's like Kraft. It's not as saucy but it definitely tastes like if you put like cheese and melted it over. Yeah. I like it. It didn't taste like Kraft until I like. I think this is my favorite one so far. It's definitely. If you like your mac and cheese gooey. And ooey. That's right. Patent pending. This one's like legit mac and cheese. Yeah. Legit. And it tastes like. The options one didn't really taste like mac and cheese. It's too legit to quit. Nice. Did you make that up? Yeah I did. It's a trademark. Nice dude. Trademark of it. We're making business moves. As well as mac and cheese. If you are looking for a healthy option I would avoid this one. There's so much oil. Alright I'm on the challenge. I gotta stop. What is it called? What did you say Chris? The cheese stretch. Yeah. Look at the cheese stretch. It's actually impressive. This is the party. Is that party size? 20 grams of fat. For you and your 20 friends. Bring it for the Superbowl. It's gonna be great. You guys got some chips? Look at. Look at the stretch. Stretch. There is. Look at that though. Look at that cheese. Wow. Look at the suspension on that. Oh. It's taking so long. Wow. Yeah. Oh wow look at it. It's stretching. Wow. Look at it. It's still. We got like a quarter inch there. This is scientific ----. Next up is Rhodes and Organic Mac and Trees. So this is Edward and Sons brand if you're familiar. And um. I actually used to love this mac and cheese. Mmm. Really? That is the grayest looking mac and cheese I've ever seen. It's a little dull. I think they forgot after they, you know, put the rubber and all that in. They like forgot to put the color into it so. So this one has 1.5 grams of fat per serving. Wow. What a difference. Per serving. Let's see. How many? So there are two servings. So it's three grams of fat. Wow. There's three grams of fat. No wonder it's gray. That's without the butter. Oh okay. You put vegan butter. Yeah. Okay. Let's try it. So this is uh. It says on the box kids mac and cheese. I actually like it. I didn't know it was trees. Well. That's funny. I thought you guys just had a list. I don't get it. Kids? Where does it say kids? On the side. Kids mac and cheese. Great for growing bodies. Mmm. That's creepy. But that tastes good. It does right? It tastes like um. What's the other type of cheese? The white cheese that they usually make mac and cheese with? Mozzarella. Yeah. That's what it tastes like. Mozzarella. Yeah. Whole grain. Vegan. Yes. Certified organic. And good source of B12 and fiber. Oh this is soy free. Nut free. And dairy free of course. I would eat this all day. Yeah. This is um. It's nice. I don't know guys. It doesn't taste like cheese. I don't think. It tastes like cinnamon a little bit to me. Does it? Really? That's what I was thinking too. I do not taste that. Actually now I do. At the end. Yeah. It's at the end. That's good though. Not quite the same cheese. Stretch. There's no stretch. This one. It does have nutritional yeast. But I feel like I can't really taste it that much. But this one has a ton of iron, B12 if that's what you're looking for and calcium. Would you buy it is the question. I feel like. Yeah. I don't know. It's good. I mean I wouldn't. I'd just feed it to my guests. But I wouldn't eat it. No I'm just kidding. Special treat. No it's good. I like it. It's kind of good. Also the sound is the most authentic to mac and cheese I've ever heard. I think that's really important when you're eating food to make it sound. That's true. Right. Because that. The grossest. Cheers. You know Tom. Per usual. Jasmine is the most disgusting one at the table. Oh my god. Can you scoot in Tom? Come on Tom. Come on. I know Jasmine smells. Right. Yeah. I'm sorry. Physically. It's been a few days. Okay. It's natural. Sorry. We're going to try the. I thought you were a professional. Sorry go ahead. Field roast mac and chow. Creamy mac and chow. Tender pasta covered in delicious cheesy sauce made from creamy chow slices. Mmm. Something tastes a little off about it. It was only a matter of time before we became inspired to craft a rich cheesy sauce using our creamy original chow slices. A homemade classic and perfect combination of creaminess, texture, and umami. Simply made. Simply satisfying. Umami. Right. Cheese looks a little bit like snot. So. It was only a matter of time. It tastes all well and fine. But I think. It's like a plasticky aftertaste. Oh ----. I'm scared. So this one you make in the microwave. Sweet. It was like sweet right at the end. Like tangy. Yeah. I think it's plastic. Yeah. Right? It was only a matter of time before we could make money off these vegans. So. It is sweet. Right. See. I can't tell if I like it. I mean it's probably microwave safe because like. It is microwave. Yeah. Sure. But. It has like an after. Like stinging in my mouth. Am I insane? It's like a blueberry. A fake blueberry coffee taste. Right? Yeah. I was like. Blueberry. Taste like a. Oh I can taste that now. It tastes like a shitty blueberry cookie donut. Donut. It has like a weird. Wow. That's weird. Right? As you were saying it. I was like. It's blueberry. Oh my god. I taste the blueberry. You guys didn't get the chemicals down right. See my palate is so sophisticated and advanced. I could tell what it was. Creamy. Creamy chunky sauce. It is very creamy. But it's blueberry-esque. Mmm. Oh. That's. Actually. That'd be good. It tastes like a sweet red blueberry mac and cheese. You don't even have to change the formula. Mac and cheese. Not my favorite. I'm. I keep eating it but. Mmm. Besides the blueberry. It does have a white mac and cheese flavor. Mmm. Like you can. The mac doesn't taste that great but the plastic lining is delicious. Are we okay now? This is really good. Is this better? Goodly and filet. Oh my god. Let's roll the meat. No. You okay? I'm not okay. So we're gonna. You always start talking as I'm like climbing into my chair. This is Annie's homegrown organic vegan mac with creamy sauce and it's rabbit, it has the rabbit of approval. So this is actually. Oh no. It has to do with me. It's all. It looked at me. It was concerned. The cheese flavor is from pumpkins and sweet potatoes. Nice. There's no nutritional yeast? Pumpkin and sweet potato. Did I say nutritional yeast? No, I'm just shocked that, yeah, there's no nutritional yeast in this. You're shocked that it doesn't have nutritional yeast but it has the rabbit of approval on it? Rabbit says it's good. Good God, no nutritional yeast? Ow! Maybe I should wait to try it. Is it really good? Is it really hot? No. It just shocked my skin a little bit. I'm scared. You can definitely taste the sweet potato and the pumpkin. Little tiny shells here. Oh, this is good. Shell pasta and sauce. She actually thinks it's good, it's obviously terrible. Can't really believe. Sweet potato! Dude, another one? Mmm. I actually like it. It doesn't taste like mac and cheese to me but. No. But it tastes like, like a sweet potato sauce, like a sweet potato pasta or something. Tastes like a baked good or something. Yeah, it tastes more like a dessert than, I could probably not eat a whole bowl of that because it's too sweet for me. It actually is. It's like a sweet potato pie. Yeah. Interesting. I love pie. I ******* love pie. I ******* love pie, guy. It's alright. I'll continue to eat it right now but I don't know if I'd go out of my way to eat it again. Yeah. I don't think I'd get this again. Like, when I want mac and cheese, I want mac and cheese and this one, like. It's certified organic. Like, ours has potatoes and carrots in it but it still has cashews and nutritional yeast and it still has that cheesy flavor. I think ours is the best. Yeah, yeah. Not because I made it but ours, definitely the best. Diane work? The video is the best though. Diane, Diane, Diane. Diane! You're too close, man. Is this? I've been recording the whole time. Yeah. We'll have that in the video. I'm going to get copyright infringement. Oh, that's true. With the pan. Alright, this one is from Adaya. It is gluten and soy free, vegan, five grams of protein, excellent for weight loss. From what I assume, they have their cheese shreds in here. I don't know. It doesn't actually say that but I think, I think they do. Right? Yeah. Well, so it was in like a squeeze pack, like a Velveeta style? Yeah. Okay. It is also available in alfredo and white cheddar style, veggie, deluxe, cheesy macs. Mac. That's a long ass name. Right, yeah. I can definitely taste the cheddar-y-ness. Something tastes off to me. This tastes like the mac and cheese that I used to get at school. Doesn't it? It's very familiar in taste. That tastes tinny. Yeah. It tastes like it's made out of cafeteria in one of those little buffet metal things. Like when I used to get hot lunches at school, this was in there. Right. It's a little, it's gooey. Round rice pasta. Yeah, but where's the cheese stretch? Gluten free. Soy free. Not my fave. No. Oh, that was good. I've had the alfredo one before and I oop. It's like half a second or not even. It's a good sandwich. I had some rice. I did ask for it. Disgusting. You did ask for it. Right, yeah. He was asking for it. That reminded me of Schmidt. Who? From the new girl. Wait, wait. Disgusting. Jasmine. Yeah. Disgusting. This one is modern table, vegan mac, complete protein, classic cheddar style. Lentils, rice and peas. Yeah. Pasta. So it's gluten free, vegan. Smells extremely cheddar-y. It does. I forgot what I was going to say. Oh, this one was a powder and you add milk, vegan milk and butter, vegan butter. Here we go. Looks really hot. Come on, Tom. You're just hogging the bowl. They have a few other flavors also. Yeah, they have white cheddar and southwest it says. That's actually really good. I don't know. You can tell the pasta is gluten free. But it's not bad. No. No, it's really good. I think if you're, if you like fake food, well, I mean if you like it the cheesiest, this one consistently wise, it tastes the cheesiest, not the sauciest, cheesiest. Yeah, it's not the creamiest. I've never heard of this brand before. Is this a new company? No, they rebranded recently. Yeah. Oh, I've never seen this. They've rebranded that? Like the... I'm just saying, would you look at it? Turn it around. It's rebranded. Easy, Tom, right? Yeah, relax. Was there no colors on the box before? Yeah. Maybe we should put two color dots. Maybe there was too much colors. Maybe that's why it's the modern table. It's the chic. It's classy. What are you doing with the best one? She's taking away. You can keep it. I'm just kidding. I've had enough. Oh my God. You're cut off. Let's pick our favorite and let's pick our least favorite. I think that'll be a good. That's a good idea. Okay. So my least favorite... Was the blueberry one. My least favorite was the chow. It tasted like blueberry plastic. Chow chow. What about you, babe? What's your least favorite? I mean, I guess I'll have to agree. It was either the chow or the ammies. What was your least favorite? This one? Yeah, the chow. Not because it didn't taste like, um, like just a salty goodness that, you know, I mean, it's like a TV dinner food that, you know, it doesn't really taste like what you're actually eating. It's just tasting. It's about the sauce. That was like chemical sauce. I'm sorry. I'm going to edit that out. I've got to go. Funny thing, I have a video sponsored by field roast. Terrible. Oh, by the way. Um, and then your favorite. I'm going to say either ours or the ammies. I actually will say the ammies just because it's like legit mac and cheese. To me, it's ooey gooey. It's fatty. It has the pull. You know? It had the pull for sure. Ours will definitely come after because, you know. I don't know. How about you, Tom? Um, yes. Yours was my least favorite. No, I would definitely say, um, this one was really good. The modern table. Really, the box is what sold me. Uh, no, it was tasty. That one was really tasty. They're all pretty good except for that crazy one. Uh, I do actually prefer your guys. Um, cause it tasted like somebody actually made it. Maybe because that somebody that actually made it. That's what I mean. Maybe. Just maybe. Instead of putting a picture of this, put a picture of like somebody making it and put it on. All right. Ours aside, which one would you like to guess? Yeah. I guess ours aside. Probably the modern table. Okay. It's chic. And modern. Post-modern. You gotta. Yeah. Post-modern would be a pill. This is so modern that it's past modern. It's post-modern. You wouldn't understand. You're just modern. Oh, we brought this one too. This is just the pasta. Oh, that's the pasta we made for ours. They actually have a vegan mac and cheese. They have vegan mac and cheese too, but we couldn't find it. Oh, they do? Right? Pork gateway. Oh, also we forgot to mention Sweet Earth has a cauliflower mac and cheese, which we also couldn't find. It's frozen. It's cauliflower. Maybe next time. What was that? Well, I think that about wraps it up here. Thank you guys for watching. Thank you, Tom, for being a part of our video. We really appreciate it. Taking this time out of your busy schedule to come over. He lives really far from us, so. I was in the middle of a nap. And as a parting gift, we are going to gift you all of the mac and cheese. Oh, thanks. You're going to get 12 boxes of them. Ciao. Wow. No, thanks for having me, guys. Anytime. All right. Well, we'll definitely be back for another then. Oh, wow. Wow. You guys really want to work on editing people out, huh? All right. Let us know. If you enjoyed this video. Give us a thumbs up. Comment down below. Make sure you subscribe. 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