Tofurkey Vegan Pizza

Since making the transition to a vegan lifestyle, one of the food items I was most teary-eyed at having to give up was pizza.  Therefore, when browsing my local Cold Storage, I was surprised and excited to see a vegan pizza on offer.  Vegan pizza is not something new to me, I have had the opportunity to sample many types in other countries.  However, seeing a vegan pizza in a Singapore supermarket was a nice surprise.  This pizza is supposedly unique for having fake cheese that really melts.  Health wise, it certainly beats real pizza.  There is zero cholesterol inside, compared to 15mg in a standard American pizza.  Also there is 330mg less sodium, 10g less fat and 4g less saturated fats.

The pizzas come in a variety of flavours.  For this review I went with the Pepperoni Pizza.  The pizza is a little on the small size, especially for the huge price.  Frozen pizza (the most common meal of choice of lonely, lazy, overweight, single Westerner folks) is something I ate quite frequently in England, but certainly it is no where near as delicious as freshly cooked pizza, especially when talking about the base/crust. The same can be said for this frozen pizza, the crust is simply too stiff and ridged.

After cooking was complete.  I sliced a segment to see how authentic and oozy the 'cheese' was.  Unfortunately, this replica cheese is a long way away from the real thing.  It doesn't really have any cheese flavour or texture.  There is a slight soft mushiness to it, but nothing like real cheese.  The mock meat on top did have smoky flavour, but only vaguely resembled what real pepperoni tastes like.  As I mentioned, size wise it is small, and could barely feed two people - Especially a self-confessed pizza gorger like myself.

Price: $17.95.     5/10

Conclusion - It was something that I simply had to purchase, in order to suppress my curiosity.  However, moving forwards, it is not something that I would purchase again.  Pizza definitely can be made vegan, with there being ample delicious combinations that are possible.  With that being said, a pizza that can achieve authentic fake meat and fake cheese still has a long way to come - In the future, no doubt, it will eventually be concocted, though.