Mini Product Review - Hip Whip by Now and Zen

[annuin]

While I was at Whole Foods just before the weekend, I grabbed some Hip Whip, because I needed Cool Whip, and they don't have Cool Whip at WF (and I'm a slacker and didn't want to get actual cream to whip myself, nor did I want to go to a different supermarket after the trip to WF).

Hip Whip is an all natural, whole foods alternative to Cool Whip (which I guess isn't made of whole ingredients and has the chemical preservative stuff). It's also non-dairy, and from a quick look at the ingredients list vegan to boot.

So we tried some of that on our strawberries last night, and to be frank, I think it's disgusting. It actually tasted a bit like rancid cream, which is no small feat when you consider that there's no dairy in it at all. Yech!

Avoid.

Comments

[abigailvr.livejournal.com]

Completely vegan? No casein either?

Of course, it doesn't matter if it's disgusting.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Completely vegan, no casein.

I guess it might be one of those "your mileage may vary" things, but I really didn't care for it.

It started when I opened the container... not that I need things to be perfectly white, but it had this odd beige colour. And rather than being soft and smooth, like cool whip or cream is, it had a bit of a mousse-like or creme fraiche-like texture, only it was like it hadn't whipped up to the mousse-like texture properly. I can be a bit picky about texture sometimes, but I love mousse. So thumbs down for that too. It smelled odd, a bit like rancid milk/dairy, and sweeter obviously because it's got sweeteners added into it.

And then the taste, it tasted as icky as it smelled.

Anyway, the next time I'm looking for a whole foods alternative to Cool Whip, I might just go with real whipping cream. Though I realise that that's not an option for you because of the dairy.

[abigailvr.livejournal.com]

In my experience, some imitation dairy only taste good after you haven't had the real thing for a while. I have to say that this doesn't sound like it ever tastes good. Yuck.

Hey, if I didn't have the allergy issue, I'd definitely eat real whipping cream before cool whip!