Violife Vegan Cheese — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Violife Vegan Cheese by Violife Vegan ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
This isn't cheese, it's coconut oil held together with a stack of starches. A lab-built dairy mimic, not real food.
Why this verdict
- Refined coconut oil (23%) is almost pure saturated fat
- Two refined starches (modified + native) are nutrition-free fillers
- Modified starch is an industrial additive, a NOVA-4 marker
- Built to mimic cheese in a factory, not grown or made from whole foods
- Essentially fat + starch + salt + flavoring with a vitamin sprinkled in
Ingredients (9)
- Water (safe) — Used as a basic ingredient in bread.
- Coconut oil (23%) (moderate) — Nearly pure saturated fat; refined and calorie-dense with little nutritional upside.
- modified starch (concerning) — Industrial texturiser and a classic marker of ultra-processing.
- Starch (moderate) — Added refined starch for structure, empty carbs
- Sea Salt (moderate) — Sodium source; no nutritional edge over regular salt.
- Vegan flavours (moderate) — Undisclosed flavoring blend doing the heavy lifting to mimic cheese taste.
- Olive extract (safe) — Used for flavor/antioxidant effect; a small plant-derived touch.
- vitamin B12 (safe) — Added B12, useful for plant-based diets.
- Colour (beta carotene) (safe) — Natural plant pigment used for colour, also a vitamin A precursor.