Oat milk

Marks & Spencer Oat Drink
1l, £1.55, marksandspencer.com
A slightly creamy colour. There’s very little smell. My fear always with these types of milks is that they’re bland and this is not. I have a very sweet tooth and this is just right. There’s enough oat in there to keep me happy.
★★★★

Innocent Oat Dairy Free
750ml, £1.49, innocentdrinks.co.uk
I think this is the oatiest. Is there such a word? It lacks a sweetness. There’s a slight grittiness … it could be that it’s got more oats in it ... which could be a good thing.
★★★

Provame Organic Oat Drink
1l, £1.89, ocado.com
A bit boring. It’s not quite as oaty as I would like. There seems to be something else … a flavour that I can’t quite describe. It’s quite creamy. Average.
★★★

Oatly Oat Drink Semi
1l, £1.80, oatly.com
This is real, isn’t it? You’re setting me up! I don’t know what real milk tastes like but this tastes creamy to me. I can’t taste the oat… it’s is overwhelmed by the creaminess.
★★

Coconut yogurt

Rebel Kitchen Original Dairy Free Organic Coconut Yogurt
400g, £4.49, ocado.com
This one’s not bad actually … It’s light, I can taste coconut, and there’s enough sweetness in there for me.
★★★★

The Coconut Collaborative Dairy Free Natural Coconut Yogurt Alternative
350g, £2.75, coconutco.co.uk
This one is not as light as some, but it’s filling … thicker. There is an OK hit of coconut.
★★★

Pudology Dairy Free Natural Coconut Yogurt
350g, £3.55, ocado.com
This is the runniest yogurt of the four. And I would like to taste more coconut in it.
★★

CO YO Organic Natural Dairy Free Coconut Milk Yogurt Alternative
400g, £4.99, coyo.com
This has a thick consistency. But the coconut has not hit me … I want to taste coconut! It’s just not coconutty enough.
★★

Vegan spread

Naturli Vegan Spreadable
225g, £1.80, sainsburys.com
It’s spreadable and on its own more edible … there is the poet in me coming out now. I like this one … really light and melty.
★★★

Tesco Light Olive Spread
500g, 95p, tesco.com
This is so alien to me. It’s not particularly salty … it disappears on my tongue. But I don’t really taste anything.
★★

Naturli Vegan Block
200g, £2, sainsburys.com
I guess I could see myself putting this in a cake, but I can’t see myself eating it on bread. I don’t want to taste it too much.
★★

Pure Dairy Free Sunflower Spread
500g, £1.50, purefreefrom.co.uk
I don’t want to be too harsh because it probably does a really good job in cakes and stuff, but if someone was going to give me that on bread, I would say don’t bother.
★

Almond butter

Pip & Nut Smooth Almond Butter
225g, £4.20, pipandnut.com
Mmmmmmmm … I could just sit and eat this. It’s nutty, it’s got the right texture … it feels very homemade in a good way.
★★★★★

Meridian Smooth Almond Butter
170g, £3.29, ocado.com
It tastes almost chocolatey? Maybe it has a hazelnutty taste and that’s why. It’s got a good consistency, it would spread well.
★★★

Sainsbury’s 100% Smooth Almond Butter
340g, £4.50, sainsburys.com
It’s rich. To me this one feels a bit less nutty than the others. It’s not that I don’t like it, though. I can taste almond and it has a good consistency.
★★★

Raw Health Organic Almond Butter
170g, £6.19, ocado.com
Reminds me of the nut butters hippies would give me. I’ve got a feeling this is the healthiest one but it’s not as tasty.
★★

Vegan cheddar

Asda Free From Mature Cheddar Alternative
200g, £2, asda.com
I don’t really know what cheese tastes like – I was vegan at 13 – but I like this the most. Smells cheesy to me … nice texture.
★★★★

Tesco Free From Mature Cheddar Alternative
200g, £2.25, tesco.com
Not bad. It’s chewable. It’s probably, from the descriptions I’ve heard, a good imitation of cheese. It doesn’t taste particularly salty – there’s a flavouring I can’t quite pinpoint.
★★★

Violife Non-Dairy Cheese Alternative
200g, £2.30, ocado.com
When I first put it into my mouth, it tasted plastic, but when I chew into it, it’s not too bad … I could imagine this melted on toast.
★★★

Morrisons Vegan Cheddar
200g, £2.25, morrisons.com
I don’t like the way it looks that much, I don’t like the way it cuts, it’s quite salty and there’s not much texture to it. It is just like … a block of something.
★★

Chocolate

Eat Your Hat Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa
91g, £3.95, eatyourhat.com
This one is bitter, but not too bitter. It doesn’t cling to my teeth. Quite fruity and the sweetness is just about right. Smooth.
★★★★

Marks & Spencer Plain Chocolate
80g, £1.50, marksandspencer.com
I like that … mmm. Slightly bitter but in a nice way. Because of its bitterness, it’s not a type I would eat all of the time … it doesn’t feel too decadent.
★★★

Raw Halo Pure Dark Bar
70g, £3.99, ocado.com
This one seems pretty average. Doesn’t taste sweet enough to me. It’s staying in my mouth, strong aftertaste.
★★★

kAAKAO Original Chocolate
40g, £3.59, ocado.com
It’s really clinging to my teeth! A bit bland. I probably would prefer something sweeter. It’s a bit boring.
★★