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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Elmlea plant based double cream

We've been drinking heavy cream/double cream/whipping cream in our coffee for years but started trying out some plant based alternatives to a lot of our foods a few years ago. The only one we kept going with was this cream. Exact same cost as the dairy version, and tasted exactly the same.

I wish I could speak towards other brands, this was the only one we tried and stuck with it. I think it might be UK only though...

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does it cook the same as regular cream?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

We used it for things like cheese sauce. Never tried actually whipping it, but for savory meals it did the trick just right

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used to work in the catering industry and have seen almost every chef use it interchangeably with cream when they needed plant based options. It works great

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For anyone in Canada I use Silk Half and Half same kinda idea and tastes like 10% cream to me

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US also has this. It's delicious.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When Iโ€™m at home I can only drink coffee with the Silk, tastes so much better than cream

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's amazing. When I can't find the Silk stuff, I get extra creamy oat milk. But a specific store brand. It's the only other plant milk that has the same texture and creaminess.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its not the same.. nutritionally.

Lots of good micronutrients in cream

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

People who strongly oppose plant based meat alternatives use the same argument. As if that's the only food people ever eat in a single meal, single day, or even a single week.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Speak for yourself. I entirely subsist off of double plant based cream and nothing else.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Or as if they solely eat meat for the nutrients ๐Ÿ™„.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Nobody's eating cream for the micronutrients