Willicroft Farm makes a variety of alternative cheese products, including a plant-based cheese fondue that's filling, warming and comforting. The product, made with a double fermentation process, consists of simple ingredients like cashews and coconut oil, fermented quinoa, rice and soybeans, plus nutritional yeast, salt, garlic powder and a few other additions to create just the right flavors and textures.
This alternative fondue is sold by the bucket and it sports a playful name that says: 'This is Not Cheese Fondue.'
Willicroft Farm, a family-owned company, got its start in 1957 as a dairy farm but the company entered the plant-based cheese market a few years ago. Now, the company offers everything from parmesan-style cheeses made with nuts to cheese sauces and grated cheese alternatives that can be used in many different kinds of snacks and recipes.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Plant-based Cheese Products
- Opportunity for companies to enter the growing market for plant-based cheese products with innovative recipes and flavors
- Alternative Ingredients
- Using alternative ingredients like fermented quinoa and soybeans can provide new and unique tastes and textures for plant-based cheese products
- Specialty Snack Foods
- Developing specialty snack foods such as plant-based cheese fondues can provide an opportunity to tap into the growing healthy snack market
Sectors Adopting This
- Plant-based Food
- Companies in the plant-based food industry can expand their product lines with innovative plant-based cheese products
- Alternative Dairy
- Alternative dairy companies can create plant-based cheese products as an extension of their product offerings
- Appetizer and Snack Food
- Snack and appetizer food companies can create unique plant-based cheese fondues as a healthy alternative to traditional cheese dips
