Redwood: Beef Style Pasties

I was surprised how much I enjoyed these. Everything just seemed well balanced, although I probably had quite a low expectation... I thought they might be like the Frys Pepper Steak pies which I didn't much like. The filling is nice, beef style things are ok and you get a good amount of potato cubes. And the pastry is good too for a frozen item. They are also a good size, and as they aren't boxed you can size them up in store. The ratio of filling and pasty too is good, everything is good - nice seasoning, size, not too dry or moist. It's hard to fault to I'll stop, say 5/5 and let you know if anything changes! Thanks

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

Redwood: Cheezly and Tomato Pizza

I've been waiting for this day, being able to buy a vegan pizza in shop. Redwood have a few different styles, I went for the plain one just to see what it what it was like, and I'll probably buy it again to use my own toppings. Now the pizza itself is only child size or snack size, but thats not too bad, I mean if you want to have a pizza dinner you could get two or get something else. And it was quite nice. The base was certainly nicer than I expected, not like in a equisitic way but I thought it might be hard or something and actually it was quite soft. And the cheezly tomato base was nice too, nothing like fine dining just nice like supermarket quality. Definitely be buying them again. 4/5

Redwood: Super Melting Cheddar Slices

Also - I've finally tried to cheddar style slices from Redwood. So in response to my review of their mozzarella slices... yes these too taste like cheddar (when cooked - I'm not eating them raw they look wrong). But I didn't try them at the same time so I can't really tell the difference. Maybe these ones were a little more yellow? They might have been less mushy too but it's only marginal I think. Next time I make a pizza I will probably pick these ones now, but like I said I couldn't really tell them apart so I wouldn't mind. 5/5 again.

Redwood: Super Melting Mozzarella Slices

I thought after that appalling review for Tesco's medium soya cheese I should try and recommend a good cheese alternative. So far the best one I've come across is Redwood's Super Melting Mozzarella Slices. I'm basing this review on a few uses when the slices have been cooked, and just making pizza or pizza bread. I say that because when it's raw from the fridge it's not very dense and its quite brittle. I also haven't tried it raw, but I did smell it and it didn't smell bad. In fact not really much odor at all.

Anyway, cooked slices on a pizza it's really good. They do melt, but I would recommend using an oven and not a microwave as it seems to respond better to that kind cooking. At first they'll start to glisten, like you can see moisture or fat coming out, then they melt and then it starts to golden. Taste wise, I think it taste's a bit more like mild cheddar than mozzarella. But unlike many vegan products that try to taste like some kind of animal product and fall short, I think on a blind taste taste this one might be able to fool people. The texture is also more like cheddar than mozzarella, because it's not stringy at all, you can cut right through it. Perhaps they should change the name, or maybe should try their cheddar version first.

4/5
*updated 30/08/14 - changing rating to a 4 because it's not stringy and has room for improvement.