Anyone here tried rice cheese?

[spindrifter]

I just heard about this product and looked it up:

http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?akw=&id=37977&catitemid=

Rice Cheese

A cheese substitute made from rice, a small amount of milk protein (casein), food oils, and seasonings. Marketed as a lactose free alternative to common milk-based cheeses, rice cheese is produced in different flavors such as cheddar and mozzarella. It is formed into blocks or slices and has many of the same characteristics of traditional cheese allowing it to be melted, sliced, and shredded in a similar manner to other cheeses. Smooth in texture, rice cheese provides a flavor that has both a cheese and a rice taste.
:shrug:

[Warpy]

1. Tastes fine, texture is a little different

All the vegan cheeses are getting better all the time. For the times I'm lazy and don't want to get out the microplane and block of Parmesean and just want a shake over pasta e fagioli, I use the soy based Parmesean and can't really tell the difference between that or any other pre shredded Parmesean (and NO, I don't mean whatever it is in the green box, I mean real pre shredded cheese).

The main difference I note is with melting qualities. Soy and rice cheeses will melt, but you won't get the stringy stuff kids like to play with on pizza.

Well, there is one other difference. Soy and rice cheeses don't have the same nasty effect on my digestive system that dairy based cheeses do, which is why I started exploring the alternatives in the first place.

[Tab]

2. Are you interested

from the lactose-intolerant perspective, or from the vegan perspective?

[spindrifter]

3. Neither--I was

thinking about the taste perspective and the cholesterol perspective.

[pdxbecca]

4. I tried rice parmesan

It's not too bad. Some of the soy cheeses aren't too bad either, but you have to accept it for what it is, nothing tastes better then real dairy cheese. Unfortunately dairy products don't agree with me either.:cry:

[BeTheChange]

5. Digestive advantage..

Im lactose intolerant and that product has been a Godsend. I wrote off dairy for 5 years because lactaid and the like did nothing for me.

I did find a great lactose free cheese by lifetime at one point made out of dairy with the lactose removed.. Im not sure if they stopped making it or my stores just dont carry it.