Americans Taste Test Shockingly Good British Vegan Chocolate
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In this video we try an assortment of British vegan chocolate bars. Join us as we do a taste test of 4 different brands of popular vegan chocolate from the UK. We tried 7 different vegan chocolate bars from NOMO, Moo Free, Pip & Nut and vegan Kitkat. Not only is it surprising just how many dairy-free chocolate items the UK seems to have, we're shocked at how good some of these British vegan chocolates are.
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Love seeing Steve hit the chocolate high,more hyper then Sophia😂.
Agreed. Sitting hear laughing myself silly!! 😂
Aww, thank you for taking the time to make this video with Aria's favourite chocolate bars, this will make her so happy :) and we think having a pen pal in the USA is a fantastic idea. Sending love from Catherine, Aria and family x
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We seem to be pretty good for vegetarian and vegan options here in the UK, and clear labelling too.
For a bit of vegan luxury,Booja Booja and Monty Bojangles Vegan Truffles are hard to beat 😋
Oh yes had them on 2 Xmases delic 😋
Oh my, yes they are very morish!!!
True, they are expensive but good.
Omg Yes!😍 They are delicious!!
I'm vegan (my choice as a Buddhist) and a coeliac (gluten free) so nobody wants to take me out for a meal! 🙄🤣 Actually the 'free from' choices are very good at major supermarkets in the UK. There are fabulous artisan vegan chocolates in the UK as well as more mainstream ones like these. Sophia is absolutely cuteness overload and an utter natural on videos (which is not guaranteed with children). Her confidence (which comes from her parents) just shines out 🥰 She'll do brilliantly in Elementary School and would already have started Primary School (in reception) in the UK! (Look up "A day in the life of a Reception Child"). Steve and Lindsey - you're just such good fun!
Shame on those refusing to go out with you. Plenty of places sever meals that are vegan and gluten free as well as regular meals. I’m lactose intolerant & mum mum is gluten intolerant. We go out to places fine. I must say yes there are some great vegan options in u, but personally I’m not a fan of all of them. I love vegan magnums but I’m not a fan of vegan Ben and jerrys. I love hotel chocolate, dirty cow chocolate, vegan Kit Kats but I’m not a fan of some of the other chocolate brands like nomo that advertise as vegan. I suppose it’s all a matter of taste. I also love vegan brands like coconut collaborative. People often seem to forget that many foods we actively consume a lot are naturally vegan like- Oreo’s, jammy dodgers, churros, chilli Doritos to name a few.
I tried "free from" once and some of it wasn't bad, but I could not stand the bread.
@@EmilyCheetham No, honestly, I wasn't being serious! All my family are coeliacs (and my brother-in-law refers to us with caring humour as "The Mutants" - which is technically accurate(!) - it's down to faults in the HLA-DQ genes. I have a wonderful family and a few very close friends - yes they would take me out for a meal! 🥰 Finding restaurants which serve both gluten-free and lactose free food is not trivial in the UK but they do exist and for many of them it is a vegetarian/vegan option. My Mum and sister are lactose intolerant - I just choose to not make milk. Actually, it's down to 'least damage' being a Buddhist rather than being a vegan. I would eat meat or fish if absolutely necessary and offered (as to not do so might upset the person) but if you eat chez-moi it's always vegan meal! Of course anyone who knows me offers me vegan/gluten-free food anyway which is very kind. Unfortunately for me, being gluten-free is a medical necessity so I can't have many of the standard biscuits. Some of the 'free-from' biscuits are yummy though!
@@RandyDarkshade2 I think the bread I make is tasty even though I say so myself!
Jo’s Yummy Chickpea Bread
As the second major ingredient is potato starch, I suppose it should be Chickpea and Potato bread but you can use any vegetable starch really. The idea came about after wanting an easy-to-make a vegan and gluten free bread-maker recipe which was so bomb proof even I could make it work! Many gluten free bread recipes use half a dozen hard-to-get or expensive flours to get the right consistency. I looked around for a suitable base and came up with gram (chickpea) flour. It is inexpensive, you can buy it at many supermarkets. I cobbled this recipe together from a dozen different recipes on the Internet and amazingly enough, it works perfectly!
You will need:
• A food processor/mixer with a pastry blade/bread hook.
• Bread-maker set to the standard bread making programme.
• Sieve to sieve the dry ingredients.
• A large bowl to hold the flour and a small bowl (over ½ litre) to hold the flax mixture.
• Scales to measure out the ingredients.
• Measuring jug to measure out the water.
• Two wooden spoons, a tablespoon and a teaspoon.
• Balloon whisk to mix the flax mixture together.
For the flax mixture:
• 45gm Ground Flax Seeds.
• 18gm Ground Psylium Husk.
• 500ml water.
For the flour mix:
• 300gm Gram Flour (Chickpea Flour).
• 150gm Potato Starch.
• 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar.
• 1½ teaspoons of salt.
• 2 teaspoons of Xanthan Gum.
Added later:
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
• 4 teaspoons (yes really!) of EasyBake bread yeast.
Method:
1. Measure out the flax seeds and psylium husk, sieving each one into the smaller bowl.
2. Add the 500ml of water a little at a time, whisking constantly to reduce lumpiness until all the water has been added.
3. Leave the mixture to one side to thicken. Ideally it should be left around 5-10 minutes to absorb completely.
4. Measure out 300gm of gram flour and sieve it into the large bowl.
5. Measure out 150gm of potato starch, sieving it as well and adding it to the large bowl.
6. Add the sugar, salt, Xanthan gum.
7. Do not be tempted to add the yeast at this stage as you will probably kill it off and your bread will not rise.
8. Add the flour mixture to the food processor/mixer.
9. Poke a little hole in the flour and add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, pouring it into the hole.
10. Add the flax mixture on top of the flour and vegetable oil.
11. Mix the ingredients together thoroughly using the pastry blade/hook - on my blender I run it on low for about 20-30 seconds.
12. Add four teaspoons of yeast using a CLEAN teaspoon and mix again for 20-30 seconds.
13. Now comes the ‘fun’ bit! The bread dough will be of a consistency somewhere between a thick cake batter and superglue!
14. Transferring the bread dough over to the bread-maker is tricky to say the least - hence the suggestion of two wooden spoons - one spoon out the mixture and the second to scrape the dough off the first spoon! This part takes me a few minutes although maybe you’ll be much better at it than I am.
15. Set the bread-maker to its standard programme which takes 3 hours 30 minutes on my bread-maker. At the end of that time you should have a fabulous loaf of bread.
I am sure it would be perfectly possible to cover the bread to rise somewhere warm in a conventional bread tin for an hour or so and then to bake in a conventional oven for around 30-40 minutes at 200oC but I have never tried it myself. If you did that, I suspect you could halve the quantities of yeast.
My intention was to create the easiest possible bread maker vegan and gluten free loaf and using a food processor and bread maker and it works for me. It’s really yummy too!
Jo x
@@joannecunliffe8067 my ex who I’m still good friends with is vegetarian, my gran is coeliac, my mum is gluten intolerant as is a friend, I’m lactose intolerant. I deal with food allergies & intolerances a lot. Ye uk is pretty good nowadays. Restaurants could be better with desserts. I often get fed up with 95% of them just having sorbet or vegan icecream as their vegan/dairy free option. But savoury wise Iv never had too much trouble in uk.
Morning from Nottingham, uk ❤ only just recently stumbled upon your channel and it brings me so much joy, you guys are great!
I have a daughter and she loves to watch to see all the wonderful things that Sophia receives💞
Keep up the good work guys x
I love your sugar rush singing Steve. I have such a sweet tooth, that it would take a very large amount of chocolate to make me hyper 😂 nice idea for Sophia to have a pen pal 👍🏻x
Sophia is an angel, and a real credit to you both and her own beautiful character.
Thanks, Kate! We're very proud of her.
Ombar is another brand that is sooooo good. Also, Halo is amazing.
This was a fun one 😂 loved your vibe Steve 😂
The treat without a teat 🐮 😎
Good video as always Steve seems so happy love from Scotland ❤
Haha at Steves singing
I think the sugar has got to Steve😂
He was buzzing 😂😂
and more palm oil it has the better !
My niece is allergic to certain legumes ( peanuts, baked beans, kidney beans etc) so for a long time she couldn't have chocolate. However since Nomo came out, she's been able to have chocolate as they use rice flour instead of peanut oil 😊
It's like the inside of a crunchie bar
My 6 year old granddaughter is Dairy intolerant and she has some of these chocolates. She didn't like soya milk but loves oat milk. Many UK supermarkets have a good selection of dairy free items.
I was Lactose intollerent as a young child, my Grandmother cured me of it before I started school by giving me raw milk, available from the Milkman then, it was the only milk she used.
My 5 Yr old autistic grandson is dairy intolerant so I have to buy vegan chocolate for him and it is almost double the price for a small bar. I love to see Sophias reaction to these taste tests.
@@teresanew9247 An intolerance or allergy is often the result of not getting the colosstrom in the mother's initial breast milk often as a premature baby, I was 7 weeks early and the hospital gave me a low survival chance back then. I received a Lactose free formula made from Goats milk and without the gut protecting good bacteria developed the intolerance. Pasteurisation destroys both good and bad bacteria. (edit for typo)
I'm glad you guys have tried this ❤ so many people turn their noses up at vegan stuff, but things taste so much better now days 😊 I'm allerigic to milk and have a sensitivity to cocoa powder so can only have the vegan white chocolate, but it's nice they make things for those of us unable to have dairy etc... 😊
honeycomb eg cinder toffee is in a cadbury crunchie bar
Lol, Steve on a sugar rush 😂
Honeycombe is big over here. I haven't heard be called cinder toffee.
My favourite vegan chocolate is Vego. It is the creamiest milk chocolate with milk chocolate. Second is Nomo nut and fruit. Third is the vegan kitkat. However, I'll eat any vegan chocolate, really. 😂
I was completely disappointed by the lack of vegan vegan options and variety when we visited last Augaust. We are spoilt for choice here in England. I hope next time I go to visit family there will be more choices. I'm definitely bringing more vegan food in my checked bags.
Hi family 😊 ❤
Luv'd Sophia's intrinsic fascination with the ceiling, Luv'd Steve's silly singing . Lol😂. Luv'd Lindsey 's soft giggles ! And clearly the vegan chocolate wasn't bad either ! 😊
I love NOMO. The yellow bars are pure caramel and yummy and you can also get raisen and biscuit ones. Would love to try the KitKat but I also can't have Gluten 😭
Moo Free Bunnycomb Mini Bar 20G is 60p at supermarkets over here.
Nirvana my fave band of all time
A great little taste test!
'Cinder toffee' is the hard but brittle caramelised sugar filling you find inside a 'Crunchy Bar' if you've ever had one of those? (I can't remember whether that's been in any of your taste tests so far).
Pips are good, but when I was vegan my favourite chocolate was Nomo. My favourite bar was the pink one (fruit and nut).
The moo free is disgusting, it has a grainy taste, to me.
Never had a vegan kitkat.
Ombar is a good vegan chocolate bar, but expensive for the size. Monty bonjangles do vegan truffles with prices of cacao in which I think Steve would like.
I was literally going to send you selection of vegan chocks, as I am vegan over 10 years and find them surprisingly tasty here in UK 😂 glad you tried them, there is a lot more options and brands, vegan bueno dupe, vegan snickers bar dupe etc., even Cadbury has plant bar. Thank you for the video guys, enjoyed it!
Please don't send them that poison I like there channel
@@mattymcnally okay 👍🏻
Me too 😅 I was considering
Bunneycomb is Honeycomb ...cinder toffee, we have a similar non vegan Crunchie Bar in UK, you may have seen it ?
Think they have received a crunchie in one or more packages, if liked the vegan version, the real thing should definitely be up there street 😋
As a vegan it's good to see you try dairy free treats!! The vegan lindt chocolate is my favourite and the bojangles truffles 😊
Cinder toffee is the honeycombe inside the Chrunchie
I thought that was just honeycombe. Cinder toffee is harder and darker in colour.
My partner is lactose intolerant and she found the lactose free Quality Street creams from a company called Whitakers .
Whitakers also do orange creams, coffee, mint, rose creams too 😍
Ah this was great! It's my bday today so I was wondering what topic you'd post today - this was a fun treat. My entire social group is vegans (I'm the rogue vegetarian) and I live in a town where vegan foods are the norm - so all these brands were really familiar. We often get a frantic group text when the vegan KitKats come back in stock 🤣
Happy birthday 🎂 enjoy your day 🎉
Happy Birthday! 🎉🎂 Thanks for stopping by and hanging out on your special day. :)
@@shithappens1975 Thank you!!
@@reactingtomyroots Aw thank you so much! And of course! I watch you guys every day while eating breakfast - it's a good start to the day :)
I'm dairy intolerance. My go to vegan chocolate is called buttermilk. It's so good
Thank you for unwrapping then as you go as opposed to the plate thing.
Its fun watching the unwrapping and reading ingredients, seeing, smelling the packet etc. Adds an extra layer beyond just tasting
Glad to hear you enjoyed this format :)
My husband is lactose intolerant and his fav vegan chocolate is kitkat and Cadbury
Thanks my dudes for trying some vegan stuff! 🥰🥰🥰
Reminds me I must buy some Oxtail.
My daughter (7) has milk and soya allergies and she loves the Moo free chocolate. She won't have any other free from chocolate. Bunnycomb and orange are her favourites.
I Highly recommend Buttermilk chocolate. I have a gluten allergy. Buttermilk is a cornish company, I believe.
Galaxy Orange Vegan Dairy Free 100g bar is around £2. A Nomo bar is around 65p. Vegan Kitkat around £1
As someone with a nut allergy that NOMO stuff is nice.
Cinder toffee is an imitation of honeycomb (where the toffee is aerated and really crumbly) but obviously doesn’t contain any animal products (so no bees have made it!). It’s basically what a Cadbury’s Crunchie is.
im buzzing as a vegan lmao
I think the bunnycomb/singer toffee is like honeycomb.
Try Ombar, delish! 😋🍫
10% of the UK are vegetarian (including vegan) which is more than double the per capita number compared to the US so we do have a lot of options over here. I know McDonald's have a McPlant burger here but it was pulled in the US due to poor sales which gives you an idea about these differences.
I've been vegetarian since I was very young (was too squeamish to eat animals, now more ethics) and the worst country in Europe by fa for me to eat out is Spain, followed by France. Germany and Scandinavia are much better. Italy is quite good too.
I have a grand daughter called Aria and she is also 5 years old.X
Our local co op used to sell a fabulous vegan “crunchie” bar. I’m not a strict vegan so I do sometimes eat ”real” chocolate too but like to try different vegans ones. Galaxy do some nice ones,the orange one is good. Finding them is the hard part.
Gluten free things are expensive in the UK, people who need gluten free things, used to get a prescription from the doctor to get different things from the pharmacist. But since shops stock different things, people can't get them on prescription anymore
Unfortunately I was never able to get on prescription as type of condition wasn't very well known although still caused malabsorption. I've noticed where I live at least losing some of the supermarket options, ie asda gf lasange hoping they just improving recipe but its been months, only offer Schar (spelling?) which is ok but has less meat. Yes, prices are often 😱 especially bread. I've started getting uncut as usually better & lasts longer.
The NHS stopped people getting it on prescription 8years ago, as more shops & Amazon are stocking things
my daughter cant have milk and she loves the vegan chocolate
It's really great nowadays that there are so many alternative options!
Cinder Toffee is a mixture of hot, browned sugar (caramelised) and honey or golden syrup into which baking powder is mixed.
It's also known as honeycomb toffee, honeycomb candy, sponge toffee, seafoam, or hokey pokey.
Cinder toffee was my most favourite sweets ever as a child - these days I find it FAR too sweet!
Is that what you find in a Crunchie bar?
@@geoffpoole483 Yes it is!
They used to do cinder toffee lollies for Halloween. 😂
Booja Booja are the best but expensive, Aldi do really good white/milk/dark chocolate vegan bars.
We do have some interesting alternatives to choose from, haven't tried vegan chocolate yet but did try McDonald’s vegan mcplant a while back when was on offer 😉, to be fair it was surprisingly tasty, in fact its probably in my opinion better than the standard veggie options only thing that stops me ordering it more often is the price, will be looking for the vegan kit kat later at the supermarket need to try one 😀
Alternative options have definitely come a long way in terms of quality.
Ohhh yeah the Mcplant is very nice 👍🏼
If you tried a Crunchy bar from the UK, the centre of that is cinder toffee.
Nope honeycombe is different and lighter
I wish I could afford to send you some but I'd love to provide you a list of some of my favourite British children's books which I think you and Sophia might really enjoy. There aren't that many which seem to cross over and it might be a lot of fun and teach you some new British english terms and phrases which you might not be as familiar with
I have to buy nomo or kinnerton chocolate in the uk as both my boys are allergic to all nuts
I think the traditional chocolate is better . I love the singing Steve are you good at Karoki there is nothing wrong with a good bit of dad singing in the house. Merci Jean-Marc
not so good if you are vegan though
Cinder toffee is what you get inside a Cadbury crunchie, it’s made using caramelised sugar and bicarbonate of soda added until it bubbles up.
very nice indeed another name for it is honeycomb
But it’s not real honeycomb, which is the point, and that’s the reason it’s called cinder toffee. Obviously, real honeycomb is made by bees.
Yeah I know cinder toffee as a hard toffee. I think it’s either cooked longer or something because it looks almost black and very crunchy.
I'd probably give this chocolate a try since watching you all trying and enjoying it, even though I wouldn't generally go out of my way to eat anything Vegan.😊
Isn't cinder toffee what Americans call honeycomb?
Yes you are right.
I want some vegan chocolate too
Hi Both, I was wondering if you could react to some more comedy stuff? it was so funny to watch you crying with tears from laughing last time haha, Maybe some of the Catherine Tate Nan episodes, or things like that, if anyone else has got any comedy videos that they think would be good, can always leave here. thanks both 🙂🙂
Ant and Dec Saturday night takeaway pranks are HILARIOUS and are clean enough for a 5yr old!! (Sadly a lot of comedy isn't!)
We'll try to get around to it soon! We do enjoy it. :)
Sophia back cocie time 🤣✌🏽❤️🏴
She really starting to think about her decision 😊
I have no mo giant choc buttons 😊 they are very nice .they also make Easter eggs 😊😊
I'll have to try tgose, as I'm not usually a fan of "alernative" foods lol
I'm hoping someone will send you some Marks and Spencer fare to try 😊
The pen pal idea is wonderful. I know that Sophia really wants to connect to children her own age and have friends to play with. This has been hinted at in several videos.
If this happens, for her to practice her penmanship is something many of her generation will not learn, thus she'll have an advantage over many of her peers. Old school letters and cards beautifully handwritten is a dying art that is never redundant and has far more meaning than a text or email. Preach.🗣️
As part of a recent Jimmy Kimmel monologue, young adults were asked how to write an envelope properly - they had no clue (including SPOILERS! 😯).
Link:
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Or Manual:
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The only difference I noticed is that in the United States of America you put the senders details in the top left corner (where we put the air mail sticker). Here in The Five (this side of the pond) we put those details on the back of the envelope or parcel.
I hope Sophia gets granted her wish and is penpaling it up soon.🦋☀️🧡
My penpal told me they learn cursive in America. We don’t do that in the uk; each persons handwriting is unique to them. Tried cursive as an adult but it really hurt my wrist and I had to stop.
@@jessieb7290
I had to look up cursive writing. Ah, Daddy (long since dead) left school at 15. No qualifications. Back in the day where it was far easier to get a job - he was made redundant in the morning, walked into a business, got a job that afternoon.😯 This was never the case for my older brother and I.
Growing up, Daddy, every now and then, would write to whole English alphabet in one continuous joined up line; crossing the t and doting the i and j at the end. He had such pride in doing this. Now I know that it is called cursive writing. Thank you.
Although, from the examples of cursive writing online, it lacks individuality, as you mentioned (a main reason it was stopped being taught) and looks an absolute bugger to read. Less cursive more cursing.🦋☀️🧡
Cinder toffee is lovely you will have to look it up
Give me a Crunchie bar any day. 😃
I have a dairy allergy so seldom eat chocolate, so seeing the increase in free from is great.
I’ve been vegan over 20 years and definitely much more choice these days. When I was growing up I remember having carob bars and not as nice. Booja chocolates are very good and Om bars but Aldi do some really good vegan chocolate too. Moo free and Nomo are very sweet. There are some independent chocolate companies like True pig and Consider it plus Jeavons, all really good.
Oh god, I remember carob very well 🤢😩😂 I’ve been vegan 33 years, and it was the only vegan chocolate available in the 90s… as a teenager, who had previously had quite a sweet tooth, my mam would buy me some for a ‘treat’; it was anything but! Bitter and strangely claggy to the point of literally sticking to the roof of your mouth; my Taid (grandad) tried it once, and stated it was “like eating camel cack”. Never did find out how he knew that, though…! 😂
Both myself and my son have celiac disease so we have to be careful of what we eat can not eat anything made with wheat, barley or rye.
No mo is the best 😊
Cinder toffee, sponge toffee and honeycomb are all the same thing 👍
The best vegan chocolate isn’t there. It’s called Vego and it’s amazing. It has a truffle like centre.
It always intrigues me that Steve seems to easily become hyper after consuming a small amount of sugary products, but Sophia remains pretty calm and just wants to continue feasting. At one point, Steve seamed like he had taken something, banging on the table in excitement, and Sophia had a "WTF!" expression. 😆
I was going to have a pen pal once, but that would've meant learning more French and I didn't want to deal with that. 😛
hahah, yeah...I'm used to being the over-the-top one 😂
Steve hyper on sugar
I take oat milk instead of dairy. My husband said he could never drink it so i put some barista style oat milk in his coffee and he asked if We had bought Whole milk instead of semi-skimmed! No dear you just enjoyed non-dairy!😂
Bunny come, may be hunny come .sinder toffey is none as honey come in the U.K.. TAKE CARE AND all the best. 😄😄👍👍💟
I think you meant "comb" as in Honeycomb.
@@jeanlongsden1696we hope he did 🤣🤣 if it wasn’t for honey every noun would be “alternatively spelled”
Another sugar rush! So funny 😁😆😅
Moo free white chocolate bar $1.25 for an 38g (just over a 1 oz), the Bunnycomb is slightly more expensive, Nomo milk chocolate is about 70 cents, my favourite is the Nomo cookie dough $4.25 for 100g (3oz), I have bought the Moo Free equivalent of Maltesers yesterday but have not tasted it yet, many supermarkets are now making cheaper dairy free chocolate bars but some of it is hit or miss in my opinion,
Wow! That's so much more affordable than the alternative options here. Ours are so pricy.
Gluten free options in the UK are much better than they used to be although there could always be more choice.
As a Coeliac who remembers what things were like when I was first diagnosed around 20yrs ago , I am very grateful for how things have improved.
I’m not GF or a coeliac but when I worked in a supermarket. I said it was about time it happened that’s thats was Christmas 2021. It was my temporary Christmas job.
Thank you ❤
I have migraine from milk products, and I can tell you for sure when it says "may contain milk products" after the list of ingredients it's not f****** vegan, any other of my fellow Brits noticed this xxx
Yes. I’ve noticed this. Unfortunately “vegan” does not necessarily mean “free from” as there is always a possibility of cross production contamination.
Only if the factory handles milk products to make other things, if it's milk liquids it tends to not cross contaminate, if it's a milk powder it gets in everything, but they make no distinction on the packaging so it's a game of Russian roulette!!
The ‘May contain x, y or z’ is to ensure that those on the strictest of diets are aware that they are made in a factory that handles those ingredients, that way if they are a strict vegan/vegetarian or have a severe allergy, they know there is a chance of cross contamination and have the chance to make an informed decision as to whether or not they feel they can risk it. It doesn’t mean that they’re lying about the ingredients. It means they are being transparent about possible risks.
As a vegetarian of over thirty years who has a number of food intolerances, I personally find it very helpful and I’m glad that these disclosures are a requirement.
As a vegan we have to take the ‘may contain’ and hope for the best as being vegan is about avoiding animal products and this is the best way. We may have small traces in there, but our intent is food. It’s terrible for you guys with allergies though!
@@HillWalker-ws7tx Game of Russian roulette is so true 😂😂😂😂 I can eat things that say may contain and I'll be fine, other times instantly I'll start getting allergy symptoms 😂
Veganism, is far more common in the UK for those that prefer to eat zero animal products for ethical reasons rather than dietary.
However some of the commercial labelling has gone a bit too far. Such as vegan carrots in supermarket.
As well as a massive increase from the big 6 to create like for like but equally ultra processed foods.
Most vegan chocolate is decent though 👍
Mmmmm vegan chocolate
I am lactose intolerant
I thought vegan stuff was vegetarian s maybe I'm wrong lol
I’m laughing at you Steve😂😂 Mary G
I'm used to it 😂
Vegan chocolate mmmmmm 😂
Surely you have VEGAN Chocolate and products over there?
We definitely do, but it's not as easy to come by and usually quite expensive.
Please notice that all bitter/dark chocolate is vegan by definition, while all milk chocolate is usually not vegan (I am guessing they can make milk chocolate from "non dairy milk"). Feeding chocolate to a vegan is the easiest thing: a good bar of dark chocolate is all it takes.
Also, generalised dairy allergies in adults are exceedingly rare. Children can have a temporary cows milk allergy, but that usually disappears with growth. Occasionally you find a cows milk allergy in adults too, which isn't much of a problem: these people must avoid all diary from cows' milk, but can have any kind of sheeps and goats milk. Lactose intolerance isn't an allergy, it's a naturally reduced lactase production. One in 10,000 people must avoid all dairy except Parmigiano Reggiano aged over 30 months and clarified butter/ghee. Most of us only need to be careful with the amounts of milk we have, or use lactose.free milk. Most other dairy products (cheeses, yogurts, etc.) are fine, although the most severe cases must pay attention with ricotta, ice cream, and some very young cheeses. The amount of milk I drink is limited to a splash in my morning coffee, but I safely eat decent amounts of cheese and yogurt.
That's a good point! Never really thought about the fact that dark chocolate is all vegan :)
It’s not actually the case that “all dark chocolate is vegan by definition”. Many contain milk or milk proteins, and depending on what format the chocolate comes in, may also be coated in shellac (derived from beetles)… that’s before any inclusions are added to the mix! Ingredients should always be checked (not least because recipes change, and what was vegan six months ago might not be now) and not just assumed to be vegan friendly just because it’s dark chocolate.
Not true. In the US Dove dark chocolate for example, is not vegan
There are lots of dark chocolate bars that actually do contain milk protein in them- so need to check the ingredients!!
@@Sharon-lb6lf If there are milki proteins they are milk chocolate. At least here in Europe.
please watch "How America Makes Britain Look Like a Tiny Village" by Lost in The Pond
vegan? nah mate
Vegan chocolate no thanks, when i think vegan I think of things like soy and rice flour the soy is OK in sauce but that rice flour makes me sick and I'm talking exorcist style vomiting, and just as I type this I hear you say it contains rice flour
In the USA or in the UK, the words " Vegan " & " Tastes Good " have no bearing or meaning in the English language. The is no such thing as good tasting cardboard products.
Says someone who obviously hasn’t eaten any vegan products at all.
I stopped watching at "Vegan"
No one cares
@@NicholasJH96 about your reply.
@@keithatkinson7649 no about your vegan comment.
@@NicholasJH96 and I meant about yours.
lol steve , your singing was great :P was that from a advert or something? or was you especially hyper :P hope ya'll doing great! ✌🕊
Suggestion another video to review that is quintessentially British from the last few decades. Creature Comfort
Short animation narrated by members of the public
It’s great for accents and getting to know the British sense of humour
ua-cam.com/video/vY2_Su82FbQ/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Although anything from Nick Park Aardman studios is brilliant
“More cheese Grommit?”
Creatures Comforts.
⬅️ need a Lindsay emote!
Couldn’t get hold of the almond butter Pip’s, sorry. Sold out for weeks. Just found out there is a US version of weetabix under the same brand! Probably not exactly the same as the UK one uses wheat from around their factory but surely can’t be miles off.
haha, yeah we were just talking about that! :) And we'll have to keep an eye out next time we go to the store and see if we can find weetabix. Would be interesting to compare ingredients.
It's something. I've never tried. I don't know if I want too