That first bite tasted cheesy, a bit salty, and surprisingly a bit sweet.

Then I added the noodles and evenly coated each macaroni noodle – just as you might if you were making mac and cheese out of the blue box.Īs I’m digging in for the first bite, I notice that it’s about the same color as that good old blue box variety but not as vivid in color as my homemade mac and cheese with nutritional yeast. It didn’t want to mix together right away but after several good stirs, the mac and cheese powder mixed evenly with the almond milk as the margarine melted. Then, I added the Annie’s vegan cheese powder packet to the mixture. In fact, the ingredients looked pretty benign and I was more than curious how this was going to taste like the mac and cheese I know and adore – just without the actual dairy or cheese.Īfter cooking and draining the noodles, I added unsweetened almond milk and a couple tablespoons of Earth Balance to the still hot pot while the noodles were in the colander. I looked at the ingredient list and I didn’t see nutritional yeast or cashews (what I typically make my homemade vegan mac and cheese out of). What do you expect from a box of basically prepared vegan mac and cheese? I honestly wasn’t totally sure. Annie’s runs a LEED Gold Certification headquarter space out of Berkeley, California and despite being acquired by General Mills in 2014, Annie’s continues to make unparalleled products and now with the help of General Mills, their products are more available to the public than ever before – good news for the Vegan Mac and Cheese! This was also their first product to go organic in 1998 (way ahead of their time!). Feel free to continue reading our review, or to check out Annie’s Vegan Mac and Cheese right away, head over HERE.Ī brief bit about Annie’s the company before we dive into the actual vegan product….Annie’s started in 1989 with mac and cheese that Annie wanted to make more wholesome and healthy but still convienent. The sauce packet in Annie’s Vegan Mac and Cheese is a powder that needs to be added to plant-based milk and optionally, a plant-based margarine like an Earth Balance.

Daiya does make one that uses a cheese sauce that is similar to Velveeta Mac and Cheese. Today we’ll be reviewing one of the only vegan mac and cheese products on the market. I mean…sure, I can make a mean homemade vegan mac and cheese but if I have Annie’s on hand? Why would I, right? Long gone are the days of wishing a vegan competitor existed next to that dairy filled blue box mac and cheese that we are all so familiar with. Vegan Mac and Cheese! It’s available everywhere and at anytime (without having to Pinterest some complicated vegan mac and cheese recipe!) thanks to Annie’s Organic Cheddar Vegan Mac.

Annie's mac and cheese dairy free