Organica: Vegan Dark Chocolate Bars

The golden coconut bar is really good. I found the dark chocolate but doesn't taste that dark; it's quite thin layer of chocolate and the coconut centre is quite sweet inside. The texture is nice as well. I think it could do with more chocolate around the outside,  maybe use a vegan milk chocolate and for the bar to be bigger. 4/5

In the hazelnut nougat bar the dark chocolate is more noticeable. There are no solid nut pieces  just two layers inside. One is like the nut layer kind of similar to a nut butter and the other is a pale yellow nougat layer. I would be more of a fan of it if it had nuts because it would make the texture a bit more diverse. It's still nice, but like the coconut bar its bit small and i would prefer the chocolate to be less dark. 3/5

Food Battle: Alpro Vanilla Soya Custard VS Provamel Organic Soya Custard

I'm back with another food battle... and this time it's all gravy. Yellow custardy gravy. Well this battle is a bit more clear cut I think. One is a nice custard the other is just a bad impression of custard. Which one is which? Well this battle goes to alpro soya. Which despite being a soya product tastes really good, not too soy-ee, and more importantly just like normal custard. It's sweet, creamy, yellow, smooth, and smells nice. The Provamel one on the other hand, and I'm sad to say, is none of those things. It's quite pale, has a weird lumpy slop texture, only has a weak vanilla soya taste and just wasn't enjoyable. And I had a the whole carton in a bowl so was really trying to enjoy it, but it didn't happen. Provamel gets 2/5, Alpro gets a 4 or 5 - I'll make my mind up next time.

Redwood Vegideli: Bio Curry Style Sausages

I don't have much to say about these really. I wasn't sure what to have them with (well curry...obviously) so I had a couple with a korma, and they were ok. I also had the other two on their own to see what the flavour was like. Don't get me wrong they taste quite nice, the texture is good and they're kinda meaty. But I'm just not sure how they would be the best ingredient. So, having them with a curry was ok, but the curry taste in them is a little odd. I could just think of much better things to go with a curry than these sausages, and I can't really think of anything else that these would make better than something else. Maybe it's a personal preference. They were nice, but just not really fitting in. 3/5

Amy's: Organic Bowls - Brown Rice, Black-Eyed Peas & Veggies

Ok, so out the box you get a fairly small portion, I would have liked a bit really it's almost like a child portion. Anyway, I quite enjoyed this, I took the mushrooms out because they're not my thing but what you gonna do. Once it's cooked it looks a little watery but it tastes good, I'd recommend stirring all up before you eat it because some of the bits are clumped together and the top layer needs to mixed in the watery base. I'm not too sure what the overriding flavour was, quite veggie and earthy, and certainly quite moorish. I think it had a little coriander but it was just right. And the texture of the dish was good too. I mentioned the base being watery but mix up it's a bit juicy but in a nice way (tastes nicer than it looks). 4/5

Biona Organic: Spelt Tortellini

As  fresh pasta is usually egg pasta there isn't a great deal of choice for vegans, almost no choice. And here is that choice. Green spelt and vegetable tortellini from Biona. Out the packet, smells like bread crusts, but I'm not complaining. It's a difficult to review to make, because there isn't much to compare it to, I'm not sure I've eaten much spelt pasta before and so I'm not sure how good this is in terms of how good it could be. It is nice, I had it with quite a rich sauce because on their own, while nice, they aren't oozing with flavour. Texture of the parcel is little rough and harder than you might expect but it tastes healthy, inside some veg which make it more dynamic and interesting than just eating dry pasta. So I will be eating it again, as it's nice to have filled pasta and I'm not the master chef. Taste wise for a fresh pasta, I'd say around 3 because it could taste nicer; I think 1 mark is for the filling and the other for the parcel. Maybe a low 4 though because changing the pasta part probably wouldn't make it green spelt (I hope that's right). 4/5

Biona Organic: Mini Spring Rolls

It's about time I reviewed these, lost count now how many times I've had them. These are amazing, I'm really not sure how they could be improved. Biona also sell a packet of two larger spring rolls, which taste the same, but I prefer these because mathematically you get more crispy skin to vegetable mix! I usually oven cook these - which I don't think it gives instructions for on the pack but about 10 minutes at 220 is right. And they still taste nice and oily when they've been oven cooked too, just wait until they start brown up. Both the filling and wrap, if cooked properly, are just awesome. It's got a really nice, really strong flavour. A nice balance of texture, and they taste like takeaway food. 5/5

Green People: Peppermint Toothpaste

Time for a non-food product, this is the tooth paste I usually buy. It's quite a friendly make, I think some of the profits go to charity, and the tooth paste itself is organic and has no fluoride. I'm not really a fan of peppermint, but this has quite a mild flavour to it. Which is good if you don't like strong toothpastes, but bad if you're breath is kicking. Texture is quite chalky (in a good way), so I would recommend it. Maybe 4/5

Dragonfly: Organic Beany Tomato Burger

The organic Beany comes in a pack of two burgers, inside a plastic sheet because they are protected in oil. These, as the picture and name suggests aren't meant to be mock meats, rather a proper vegetable burger. I'm reviewing the tomato one, though I have to say it tasted just like lots of vegetable's rather than distinctly tomato. It was very nice though, and that's I'd give it 5/5. It tastes homemade, in a good way, like fresh and flavoursome. Texture is nice, quite consistent not too hard or anything (like a potato). These can hold their own, what I mean is that they would be enjoyable to eat by themselves unlike some other burgers which need buns and sauces etc. And they work really well on a bbq too!

Essential: Organic Red Pesto

I've tried a few vegan red pesto's, and while there are some things about this pesto it is my favourite by far. I like to mix this up in a pan with tofutti sour supreme and some vegan chicken bits and pasta. Texture wise - pretty standard really its pesto - but it is quite oily so shake well. And taste, quite good. When you open it or cook the smell is quite bitter, and taste wise its quite vinegary. So I'm not sure if I eat it ok it's own, but for the chicken dish I make it's just great! I don't think it has any vegan cheese in, I could be wrong, but there's always a good cheezly alternative which is parmesan style and can recommend (basically a bit harder than their cheddar one). 4/5

Provamel: Organic Soya Strawberry Flavour

Not much to say in this review. I had this the other day, and it was ok. The milk is thin like you would expect and as it's soya you can taste the soya. The strawberry flavour isn't that strong, it's there but not intensely sweet (which I'm not saying is a bad thing). So I would have given 3/5, but towards the end the straw sucked up some yoghurt material. I did shake it quite well beforehand, and it had 6 months left on the date. So it was an unpleasant surprise and I had to spit it out. It was a bit like a skin. So I would have to give it 2/5 now as I'm not sure I would buy it again.

Against The Grain: Chocolate & Orange Cookies

A quick review now of Against The Grain's chocolate orange cookies. These cookies are more of the top end in terms of packaging and price, but there isn't a great deal to chose from in the vegan biscuit arena so I decided to buy them. And I'm glad I did. These are... amazing. The flavour is really packed in, a strong but not overpowering chocolate orange taste. Texture is hard and crispy, so not soft cookie type, that said next time I will try and microwave them and see what happens. Hard is the wrong word actually, they break very easily, brittle perhaps well I mean they're not soft.

The only bad thing is there's only 9 in a box :/

5/5