Vegan Bacon Review and Taste Test
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- Vegan Bacon Review and Taste Test! Yall have asked and asked for the video and it's finalllllyyyy here!
See which is the best vegan bacon in our review and taste test! What should you spend your money on and which you should pass on!?
We are trying 8 different vegan bacon products from 7 different brands.
Notes:
*We purposely did not purchase Sweet Earth. This is a personal preference. It is a Nestle brand and we do not support their companies when we know they own them. You can google "why not to support Nestle" for more info.
*GTFO apparently stands for Great Foods not get the eff out (whoops!)
Do you have a favorite? Let us know if you agree with us!
Let us know in the comments what vegan taste test you want to see next!
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0:00 Vegan Bacon Review and Taste Test
04:40 Up Close Shots of First 4
04:58 Lightlife Smart Bacon Review
06:31 Lightlife Smoky Bacon Tempeh Review
08:02 Soy Boy Veggie Bacon Review
09:22 Upton's Natural Bacon Seitan Review
12:00 Up Close Shots with Next 4
12:31 Hooray Foods Vegan Bacon Review
13:49 Thrilling Foods Vegan Bakon Review
15:42 Be Leaf Vegan Bacon Review
17:56 All Vegetarian Inc's Vegan Bacon Slices Review
20:25 What's the Best Vegan Bacon (Rankings)
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Let us know your fav!
Lightlife is my fave!! Haven’t tried the other top ones yet
The All Vegetarian is my fav. So I'm excited to see how it does :)
I buy the Lite Life you buy and I agree with the turkey bacon comparison but I liked turkey bacon. The only other I bought was Hooray and I spit it out the texture almost made me hurl. I've heard good things about the last on and want to try it, the All Vegetarian inc.
I really like the Prime Roots maple bacon, def the best one I've tried
@@karissahochberg1823 ahh man that one looks good! Haven't heard of the brand but noted for if we do a Pt 2
you guys are my comfort ppl, you leave me with a smile and knowledge everytime💚
awww thank you!
I am a small town girl (less than 2000 people!) in the south (double whammy!) so vegan is absolutely ridiculous to try to do…but I do. Thank goodness for shipping! You have no idea how much you have helped me on this journey! I hate investing in an expensive item hoping I will like it and praying I don’t have to chunk it in the trash after the first taste test, because some items aren’t cheap. You guys and I are totally in sync flavor wise and I appreciate you two so VERY VERY much, so THANK YOU! 🥰
New sub/watcher/listener. Lol you guys def keep it real. Enjoyed watching you suffer thru the reviews
Thanks for the review!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Any time
Great video and good for you using your money to support (or not support companies like Nestle!). I actually liked the smoky tempeh on a BLT or wrap and have made my own vegan bacon with rice paper (good on a sandwich, not so much alone).
I wish there was youtube and your channel years and years ago when i was vegetarian in my teens to late 20s. The sheer lack of support from family, community, friends and no real support groups or even vast vegan/vegetarian options to buy, cookbooks, channels etc I sadly fell. Alot of people say I was not really a Vegetarian/Vegan for the real reasons. So not true. I know my heart. I dont know how i found your channel but when I did i felt comfortable and supported right away and went right back into my old ways. Vegan from that day forward till now and always. Thank you for not being judgemental and helping all walks of life start their journeys right were they are. Your both appreciated.
Yeah, I'm always surprised by how many vegan channels are fine with Sweet Earth/Nestle. I live on one of the Great Lakes, so there's no chance I'm supporting those water thieves.
What did they do ? Maybe I have been living under a rock but I would love to know
@@Malabustacie nestle owns/ has a monopoly on most water sources, they charge ridiculous prices on water too, most countries they are the only source, in Africa the water, and the powder baby formula is Nestle, and it's way too expensive, either the mother spends her last on the formula, and clean water, or her baby starves. Nestle is a multi billion, or trillion dollar corporation, they get rich off of poor people, needing clean water, and formula, at expensive amounts of money! I believe this is what they are talking about. I'm not 100% sure of all the details, I'm probably missing allot here, but I seen a story on nestle years ago, written by an ex employee, and it mentioned what I said here, but in more extensive details, look it up on line, or here on UA-cam, so you can see 4 yourself.
@@Zrock1986 thanks for the info . I tried looking it up but I didn’t find much … only saw that vegans don’t support them because they are not a vegan brand but I knew it had to be deeper than that … but thank you for explaining it to me
You guys should do a video where you make and taste test all of the different kinds of homemade bacon (coconut, eggplant, rice paper, tofu, etc.) I feel like most store-bought bacons are not there yet but there's some homemade ones that are good :)
Thanks for the idea! We like it
What a great idea! My favorite vegan bacon is rice paper and shiitake mushroom! A plus in the taste test is that you all can perfect the recipe and put it on your site! 🤗
Yeah Sauce Stache does tons on UA-cam daikon radish bacon is his favorite still I think
@@MakeItDairyFree you could make it a little ‘series’ and do it with different meats , homemade chickens, hot dogs, burgers
Agreed
Love the intro! You guys are hilarious!
I tried the All Vegetarian Bacon is the best. You can cook it longer to get it crispier it really changes the taste and it's game change. Thanks for the taste test.
Y’all hellllla funny 😂 the first 4 and a half minutes was all I needed.
thank you so much
I was never a bacon person but I was extremely interested to see all the options you can get in the US, the Mecca for all the most advanced vegan options! And I mean, most of these looked quite wild - some incredibly realistic! Thanks for making this video for us! We appreciate the time, money and effort which went into creating this taste test for us!
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Lots and lots of love!
Stay safe and have a great end of the week!
We hope you have the best weekend!
I’m making my grocery list as you uploaded this so I’ll probably add the stuff to my list! Thanks!
Enjoy!
Oh -- please!!!! Andrew!!!! I happen to LOVE hearing people talk in accents. It would make me so happy to hear a few of yours. I’m sure others would agree. 🙏🙏🙏
haha maybe yall can convince him!
Thank you so much for doing this and sharing, I've been so iffy about trying vegan bacons, I've had breakfast sausage seriously disappoint me when I thought "Get the seasoning right and there's no way this can be bad"... I was wrong, so wrong, lol. Time to get some Lightlife and have some BLTs!
I'm with Andrew on the saving some money, I know vegan food is still rather niche and that drives the price, but some of these companies are out of their minds! lol XD
Tyfs! Hope you're both having a great week. Best of wishes to you and yours.
Lightlife Smoky is my go to. I purchase it at Whole Foods. Thank you for making the video. So many of these products I have never seen.
Awesome!
Thanks so much for these taste tests. I've been making meals that I had as a kid in the 60s and 70s by substituting vegan products, and your videos are a great way to see what's out there. I just started making BLT sandwiches with Lightlife Tempeh Bacon, and I now have to hide the bacon. I also recently made gooey, cheesy vegan Monte Cristo sandwiches, which takes me back to my Long Island diner days. Next, it's vegan rice balls then vegan stuffed cabbage!
yum! keep it up!
5 years ago Sweet Earth was the only bacon we had. I liked it. Then it went away. Now locally all i have is light life. When i make the hour trip to drive to Lexington ( KY here) i get the lightlife tempeh bacon which i buy every time. Its my fave. XO Davita
I agree, that was the best intro!
Perfect, now I'll have an idea of what to use for the Tuscany recipe! 🥰
Enjoy!
Love the Lightlife tempeh bacon! You needed to get it more crisp with extra time & a bit of oil. The only other one I’ve tried of those here is the Lightlife smart bacon. I prefer their tempeh version.
The all vegetarian one is my go-to. They sell them in some Asian grocery stores and many restaurants use this one. Im lucky that there's a vegan grocery store in my city that carries them.
Oh awesome!
I just tried the thrilling food bakon for the first time, and I think it’s amazing! I watched the video on their website, and used a butter knife to separate it then followed their directions to cook it until it will easily release before flipping. It worked out perfect that way. I’m so happy our local co op is now carrying it!
I knew this mike Conley Kyrie wit a beard had him a snow bunny lol. But great content bro , keep it up .
We love the vegetarian vegan bacon, that one taste just like how I remembered bacon. Here in Hawaii it’s around the same price you mentioned but it recently went on sale for $5. At both prices it’s always selling out, which is a good thing 👍🏽
oh wow!
You guys are too funny. I’m so glad you do the taste tests because I have wasted so much money on expensive vegan meat that taste so bad I also have to spit it out. Here in Connecticut there are Not many choices. I will buy the light life because it is the only one available in the store. Keep up the good work. I will keep watching.
Thanks so much
Just started but perfect intro!😂💜💯‼️✌
hahaha thanks
yupp lightlife is always my go to!
It's so easy to find too!
THANKS FOR THE REV...ILL DEFINATELY KNOW WHAT NOT TO BUY!!!
HAHA
Thank you for sharing
We use LiteLife tempeh for BLTs on homemade loaves - everyone loves em
Ha! 11:22 "It tastes like a flavored basketball! love the honesty! thank you
LOL always honest
Thanks for doing the Lord's work here 😂 will for sure check out the Thrilling brands! And now that I know about Sweet Earth I'll have to take them out of the rotation.
hahahahaha, we try we try
LOL @ Andrew over price, it never gets old!!!!
Have you made the rice paper bacon? It's really good!
Very helpful, thank u
I love watching your taste testing videos...your reactions (for your dislikes) were hilarious!!!
Most of those I have not tried. But over all I like the Lightlife Smart Bacon cooked in the air fryer. It is close to the texture and taste of bacon. makes really good BLT when cooked in Air Fryer.
True!!
Awesome!
I was wondering if any of these cooked good in the air fryer!
@@kathycollier3894 most of them cook well in the air fryer. Just keep an eye on them as they can get dry if they're left too long.
@@munajedski thank you!!
I'm not done watching the video but I'm dyyyyin. The thirst tweets in different accents needs to happen! 😂😂😂
HAHAHAHHA
The lightlife smart bacon I bought was so stuck together, I usually had to make more pieces than I needed just to get them separated! The taste was very turkey bacon-y, but I actually like that flavor so it wasn't bad with the crisp. Maybe the tempeh would be better.
Let us know if you try the tempeh!
This didn't go as bad as I expected, and it went pretty bad! 😅 You would think since bacon and cheese are the top foods preventing people from going vegan that there would be some better options out there. 😒
I do like the Sweet Earth one, although I do understand your issue with Nestle. They're a terrible company. I didn't know Sweet Earth was owned by them until kinda recently. I still think it's better to support vegan options, even from bad companies, just to bring up demand for more plant based foods. That being said, I haven't bought Sweet Earth in, like, 6 months.
I should try the Lightlife Smart Bacon. I've only tried the Tempeh Bacon and I don't care for it. I also just don't miss bacon that much. 🤷
I'm going to look for the Herbivorous butcher's one. I heard that most Oriental grocery stores carry the All Vegetarian Bacon and other products like vegan drumsticks. Also a lot of vegan restaurants use the All Vegetarian one.
yes to the drumsticks in the restaurants! the Herbivorous one is just on their website from our knowledge, but their cheese is awesome too, so maybe pair it together :)
Her idea sounds fun. Andrew you know we love your voice
HAHA
This video was so helpful! Thank you, Larisha! YAHWEH bless you 😊
you guys were right on 2 parts .. all vegetarian inc bacon is the best imo, but i always slice in half to 1) give you more slices and 2) you got to cook it to its crispy or just about crispy, it's the closest to bacon I've experienced
Love you guys
Love you back!
Great video, talk about taking one for the team. Wow shipping. Still trying to transition to being 🌱 vegan
It's honestly one of the only videos where we've had something shipped because we want our videos to be accessible and that shipping is no joke but there was no other way to do the video without shipping :/
I'm not a vegan, but I'm a vegetarian who loves making vegan dishes. You guys are so fun to watch it inspires me to make more and more vegan dishes.
I really like the Tofurky Smokey Maple Bacon Tempeh on a BLT. I have never had the Light Life Tempeh bacon.
We didn't see that one, maybe Pt 2 in the future!
sweet earth!! That one is the best
DANG that shipping too 😬Hopefully more and more brands will come to the shelves in stores haha
Hopefully!
I want to try the Thrilling and the All Vegetarian. I currently make rice paper bacon, and I like that a lot, but it would be nice to just be able to have a package in the fridge that I don’t have to make ahead of time.
Have you ever made rice paper bacon? A heads up that I’ve figured out, I can make a batch on the weekend, up to when I would fry it, then I can keep the strips in a Pyrex dish with a lid, and pull them out and make however many I want though out the week. 😊
We haven't yet, and that's a great idea!
Yeah I stated in the comments that I've tried all the bacon except Thrilling brand and none are good but the best vegan bacon so far is rice paper bacon. I use the square rice paper.lightly wet them.cut in double or triple layer strips.dip in the bacon 'broth' and then fry or bake. Looks almost like bacon. Great crispy BLT or wrap around veggies like asparagus
@@dianew7058 wrapping around veggies is a great idea! Do you just bake or grill the veggies like normal with or around them? I used to love bacon wrapped asparagus!! 😋😋 I did wrap the rice paper bacon around a Field Roast Stadium Dog once for a bacon wrapped hot dog that was yummy! 😊
@@missy9223 hi. I would wrap the seasoned rice paper bacon around the raw asparagus and cook them both together...you know just like real bacon...it's cheap enough to experiment with anyway until you get it like you want it 😏😉😜
@@dianew7058 true! Lol thanks so much!
15:02 Sooo, this bacon which did not worked fried in slices, would probably be an AWESOME addition to vegan carbonara!
Yes!
Morning star bacon is by far the best we have found. Tastes so good as BLTS
Morningstar has a bacon too would love your thoughts
Light life always comes clutch with the yummy meat substitutions
they do a great job. Their new products have been even better!
Sweet Earth has a product called Benevolent Bacon, which my local supermarkets carry. Its very much spiced (soy sauce and smoked paprika is what I get) and while it doesn't taste like normal bacon, I like it occasionally on my fave burger.
We mentioned in the description (and video) why it's not in the video :)
@@MakeItDairyFree Thanks, I didn't know that. Off my list now.
i really liked this
Loooovvveeee Thrilling Foods. I recommend cooking from frozen. It’s well worth it. I put it in an air fryer for about 10 minters and it’s awesome!
Thanks for the tip!
Anyways I love your show on sorry took me off guard.❤❤❤ ❤❤
Thank you
Agree!! I've only had the hooray and light life and I said the same it's like spot on Turkey bacon and I like the crispyness of it Hooray sucked to me I actually added liquid smoke to it..it didnt work..
oh man
I know you said you don’t support Nestle so I’m not sure if you ever did and tried Sweet Earth before but I can tell you it tastes something like a mix of the 2 bad ones from the first round (Soy Boy & the seitan). The smoke flavor is pretty high, the texture is like doughy in the center and burned to a crisp on the edges, it falls apart when you peel it, it’s messy as hell… long story short, you’re not missing anything! Only other non-meat bacon I ever had was Morningstar Farms a few years ago and to me it tasted like bitter flavored felt. Wasn’t something I wanted to purchase again.
That Hooray looked like fruit leather! The others in that group, I agree, didn’t look anything like bacon. Even the ones that tried to do “fat streaks” looked horrible! You have me interested in the All Vegetarian Co bacon tho. I’ve seen the Lightlife bacon but for some reason, it doesn’t draw me in so I walk past it all the time. Maybe I’ll grab a pack next time especially because I stopped eating pork when I was 12 so I’m very used to the taste of Turkey bacon. 👍🏽 🥓
If you want the all vegetarian bacon to be a little crispy cook it in a little vegan butter!
We mentioned in the post that's linked that after the video we did cook it in some oil for longer and yes much crispier! It's seriously so good
Definitely look in an east Asian grocery store for the All Vegetarian one. The only national chain I know of is H Mart (Korean). Generally the frozen section will have a vegetarian section, but it may not be labeled. (Do not bother with websites if they have one because it is probably terrible.)
Off to go look at ours!
Nice work on this.
Thanks!
I really wanna try the Thrilling Foods Bakon. I saw another review on it where she used it to cook with greens. chop it up b4 it has a chance to break up.
please make a video trying the new miyokos liquid pizza mozarella!!
Hope to find it soon!
I have tried the last baking and I can’t understand how to cook it it will I guess
Have you ever made smoke tofu? It is amazing. I used to buy it in KC. I make it myself. It doesn’t taste like bacon. It reminds me more of smoked salt meat.
I would suggest the Morningstar Farms bacon but it isn’t vegan. It is supposed to be vegan by the ends of the year from what I have read.
We've heard that too about Morningstar. We'll have to do an updated Pt2 if so! And no we haven't made smoked tofu.
I used to find smoked tofu at Whole Foods and an Asian market but it’s gone from both. The Asian market replaced it with a Five Spice version (nope.) It’s hands down my favorite tofu and I’ve been too lazy to track it down.
Hey can y’all make a vegan “tamale”pie? Fav childhood dish… yummy!😋
We'll add it to our list
Im curious if you've done an update to the vegan bacon. Only bacon I've ever really liked is Morningstar Farms and I like the ease. My attempts at making other forms of bacon from rice paper or carrots end up either burnt or not crispy. I agree with someone else's comment that as much as people say they miss bacon and cheese when they go vegan, you'd think there would be many options out there.
we haven't done another bacon video since this particular one, maybe this year!
Maybe try cooking the Thrilling bacon from frozen. When I grill Impossible Burgers, I have the best success cooking the patties when frozen.
hmm good thought. Separating frozen could be difficult too though
He's so slick. He waits for her taste reaction. Lol!
hahahah
my favourite bacon is bacon, but the first one is also really good!
well yea, but that's out of the question now ;)
Bleaf & All Veg Inc. reminds me of Sizzlean style bacon
You had mentioned about having things shipped to you. I live up here in Alaska so I understand that, but where are you two at?
We're in NJ
@@MakeItDairyFree I thought you two were in Canada or something. I can't imagine having to have things shipped to NJ.
Oh well, hello from Alaska.
@@lisablake4237 for a video list this, it's more so that we are having it shipped because we can't get this many variations locally. And there's a lot more made, so we have those brands shipped to us. Hope that makes sense
@@MakeItDairyFree It does now. I now don't feel so out in the boonies now. Happy Holidays.
Check some local health food shops. Sometimes they have the all vegetarian bacon there.
Nice!
Love the comment about not supporting Nestle.
:)
Love her laugh
aww thank you
All Vegetarian Inc. is 🔥. I tear them in half vertically, cook them in a little oil until they're brown, then drain on a paper towel (I tear instead of cut because I realized the rougher edge makes them wavy as they cook. Fun, but not necessary lol). The Thrilling is good, just grainy & too costly for what you get, especially when All Vegetarian's exists; It's like all they did was season & color some tofu. I read the reviews on Thrilling's bakon beforehand, so I was mindful of its fragility & I found that you really have to use 2 hands or 4 fingers to keep it uniform from package to pan. The level of meticulousness how I imagine one would cook The Queen's bacon 😒🤣.
not the queen's bacon HAHA
Sweet Earth was my go to bacon. I didn't realize they were Nestle. I guess I'll have to find a new bacon.
I wondered if it would work in the air fryer thanks!
Me too. Very disappointing.
I really love you guys so funny 😂 🤣 😆 😄
Thank you!
Yea lite life taste like turkey bacon 🥓 I always ate turkey bacon so that’s why I love it in a sandwich. Even for a BLT 😬
Nice!
Love pure ❤
Also would BAKING the bacon work better for the ones that fall apart?
maybe!
The only vegan bacon I loved and would eat again is by Ozo Foods. They have regular, jalapeno, and an apple smoked one.
I’ll be honest and say I like the Lightlife Tempeh bacon but then I love tempeh and I’m not trying to replace bacon. I like it as its own thing, smoky tempeh, but it’s WAY too expensive to get on a regular basis. I’d like to try others but there has to be a cheaper way to ship refrigerated products.
so glad you have something you like
I laughed so much at the beginning of the video, I didn't care about the bacon. LOL. I have only seen the Lightlife.
hahaha thank yoU!
Maybe the fatter pieces are supposed to be more like proscuitto or canadian bacon or something. I'm not a fan of tempeh bacon either. Maybe you guys can do a video of recipes for tempeh :-)
great idea!
After watching another vegan UA-cam channel recommending the beleaf bacon I ordered some. It was horrible. I think although the texture is not the same as traditional bacon, I like portobello mushroom bacon the best
Gotta ask if you remember what bacon tastes like? I have mammal meat allergy (since 2007 or 2008 but wasnt diagnosed until 2012) and haven't eaten mammal products since 2012. I don't remember what bacon tastes like and don't think I miss it
It's always hard. Taste buds definitely change
Trick for separating lightlife...hold the bacon up and slide a butter knife down between the slices.
Also, does Andrew get thirst tweets?
great tip!
so not necessarily tweets because we aren't super active on twitter lol, but comments there's hundreds LOL, mostly on the videos he does alone
@@MakeItDairyFree haha. That’s awesome. I think teasing thirst tweets even without the accents would be hilarious.
@@Mama24loves LOL
GTFO stands for just what you think. I went to their website and read their story. Their delivery charge deters me from buying form them more often. They do have an abundance of products, most of which are non-gmo.
Yes that's hard, so many good idea, but the shipping is just insane
IMO this is one of the things you can get really right in so many ways, making a bad vegan bacon probably needs some further explanation. Like, you have to be making it that way for some really specific reasons.
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:)
I was wondering about benevolent bacon until you said that about Sweet Earth. I support your boycott ✊
(I had it once last year and it's not even that good, so you're not missing anything)
that's good haha
Lightlife is owned by Maple Leaf which is a meat company. May I ask why you will buy their product but not Nestle?
Most vegan brands are owned by a meat company which is unfortunate but the brand itself is still vegan. Nestle is more of a human rights issue for us. If you google "why not support Nestle" you will get a ton of reasons :)
Thank you for the clarification. I had not heard that about Nestle and was curious.
Please try Morning Star Bacon. So much better than lightlife. Lightlife is staight out nasty!!!
I've tried all those bacon but the Thrilling brand and I'm not a fan of any. I use the Vegetarian Plus like ham instead of bacon...ham n cheese. I was so excited about Hooray bacon then dissapointed. The best vegan bacon for me so far is the rice paper bacon you make at home. Cheap n easy n looks more like bacon and gets crispy n you flavor it like you want. I think Impossible and Beyond are probably waiting to perfect their vegan bacon before they offer it. High standards are expected from them so they ain't risking a shoddy half baconed product lol
hahahah def on that last point!
@@MakeItDairyFree Phyllis in. what’s wrong with Nestlé
@@pativoogd2721 check out the description box where we say more