The world of food is changing! More and more people are cooking (and eating) without dairy milk and animal products. Every day we see something new on the front of the environment, or equitable ideology, or ethical choices, surrounding the use of animals for food and every day I feel such joy to be alive in the age of compassion and consciousness. We are so awesome!!
We started our journey making hazelnut cheese. While this was a super rewarding job, we were dismayed to find that the price point for our cheese was cost prohibitive for many people. That weighed on us quite a lot. We were approached by a distributor who was interested in getting our cheeses into a larger market and we discovered that that price point was going to go up even more, once a middleman was introduced. We were at a turning point. We would either need to go big and expensive, or reconsider our goals and methods. Did we want to produce a cheese that only a small percentage of people could afford? Or was it time to take a different tack and re-examine our mission?
We decided to change tack. We decided that, while we so appreciate (and often purchase) awesome pre-made vegan cheeses, for us, teaching people how to make their own crazy delicious vegan cheese makes more sense. Teaching people allows everyone the opportunity to grow and learn like we did in the process of product development, as well as keeping the cost of the final products lower, reducing packaging, and increasing self-sufficiency.
We will be adding new and super cool products to this page for purchase, as well as adding fun recipes from time to time as well.
If you have any questions or comments, you can reach us at:
avellana@avellana-creamery.com
Where I can I buy some of your cheese? I have not found a vegan cheese that I really like and am really interested in trying your product.
Hi Linda, I’m glad to hear you’re interested in trying our cheeses. The only way to get some right now is through the perks we are offering in our Indiegogo campaign. After the campaign, when we are in a certified kitchen, we will be ready to start producing our cheeses for commercial sale. Here’s the direct link to our campaign: http://igg.me/at/avellana-creamery
Susana,
I live in South Texas and I am curious, if yall be selling your cheese’s in a on-line store? Seeing as I do not get up your way very often.
It may take us awhile, but that’s the hope eventually! What city do you live in?
I live in Corpus Christi, and to get anything Vegan that taste’s good and just to find it, is hard most things cater to BBQ’s lol
My sister lives in El Paso…they like the BBQ there too 🙂 No worries, we’ll fix you up real nice! (thanks for visiting the campaign!)
I hope you all get the start up money you need, Sorry I could not give more than I did, but I know every little bit helps out in the long run.
Your donation was incredibly generous! Thank you, thank you, thank you:)
I just got my cheese yesterday and it is amazing! I can’t wait until it is available to buy!
Do you sell your vegan cheeses wholesale? I have a store in NC and we have a demand for quality cheeses. Please let me know. Thanks
Hey there! Thanks for your interest! We do sell wholesale. Shoot me a message at avellana@avellana-creamery.com or reply with your email and I’ll send you some information. Thanks again!!
I’m very interested in discussing distributing your cheese to a wider customer base. I’ve been looking for an Oregon grown nut cheese for awhile. I found your cheese late this afternoon and am headed back to Seattle tomorrow the 25th. 10 to noonish the 25th I could meet?
Contact me at avellana@avellana-creamery.com 🙂
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Thanks for the write up!! <3