This doesn't sound promising, vegan-wise: "dairy goodness without the saturated fat and cholesterol of ordinary cream cheese."

Ponycakes, Smart Balance organic margarine is also vegan (even says so on the container), though it's very expensive.

I emailed them to ask which of their products contain dairy....for some reason I couldn't find nutritional info/ingredients for any of the products anywhere.  And you'd think a product that emphasizes health so much would provide something on its site :(

All of the smart balance cream cheese has milk as the first ingredient.  If you click on the actual product title, there is a nutritional information link beneath the picture.

I'm pretty miffed that I haven't received any response to my email to the company.

tofutti has a non-hydrogenated version!?!?!?  i stopped eating it because of the partially hydrogenated soybean oil.  is there another one?

Yep, there's a non-hydrogenated version. We get it at our Whole Foods store regularly (sad, but true). I cannot imagine why they continue to make the hydrogenated kind--unless they think it tastes better than the hydrogenated kind. Personally, I like the taste of the non-h version but I've not had the other so I cannot compare them.

tofutti has a non-hydrogenated version!?!?!?  i stopped eating it because of the partially hydrogenated soybean oil.  is there another one?

Yep, there's a non-hydrogenated version. We get it at our Whole Foods store regularly (sad, but true). I cannot imagine why they continue to make the hydrogenated kind--unless they think it tastes better than the hydrogenated kind. Personally, I like the taste of the non-h version but I've not had the other so I cannot compare them.

I've had both; I can't tell them apart.  They cost the same.  Must be because the market demands hydrogenation!  ::)

Hydrogenation is used because it makes the shelf life longer I think, not so much for taste.

Yep. Yuck!

FOLLOW YOUR HEART is coming out with a vegan cream cheese and sour cream. Now those will be vegan (they make that cheese everyone loves).
Has anyone seen/tried this stuff????!!!!

NO!!! But I do love their cheezes! I will be scouring my HFS like a hawk until I find it! :D

AND:

Oh, I always get the Tofutti Garlic and Herb Better Than Cream Cheese. I think it is so tasty!

I have yet to find this, but I reeeeeally want to try it! :'(

The tofutti garlic and herb flavor is hydrogenated, so what I do is take the non-hydr version, add garlic powder and herbs and then proceed to eat the entire tub.  Yum.

;D I actually don't care much for the taste of plain Tofutti, so I usually do something similar... I spread the cream cheese on a bagel, then sprinkle it with a little rosemary, dried basil, garlic powder, and other random herbs, then add a bit of salt & pepper, and I like it much better this way! :)

I must admit this is my one annoyance in having gone vegan - the lack of healthy substitutes for butter and cream cheese and cheese. Not that butter or cheese is healthy, but the way I see it, at least the organic butter or cheese, is more natural and whole than the margarine or fake cheese.

All the margarines I've seen are made from a composite of various oils, one of which is palm. This is the worst oil out there. I just can't make myself use any of the products as a result.

I've gotten used to it now. But, in the beginning I was actually grumpy because I couldn't make a lot of things, i.e. butter my bread, make pie crusts, etc. Still, the more I go without these things, the less I miss them. So, it works out anyway.