Vegan Products in Peru
Vegan Chocolate
I bought some vegan chocolate in Puno. One was with coco, the other with crunchy amaranth nuts and coco. I prefered the chrunchy version, as the coco chocolate tasted strange somehow.
Food Hauls in Arequipa
- Snow peas
- Spinach
- Radish
- Ginger
- Coconut powder
- Soy sauce (5.89 Soles/1.80$)
- Tomato
- Limon
- Bananas (4.50 Soles/1.40$)
- Avocado (2.50 Soles/0.75$)
- Tofu 500g (15.69 Soles/4.80$)
- Snack bars (each 3.50 Soles/1.10$)
- Cacao & hazelnut butter (38 Soles/11.65$)
- Peanut butter (15 Soles/4.60$)
- Almond drink (14.69 Soles/4.50$)
- Cereals (9.29 Soles/2.85$)
- Walnuts 250g, Cashew 200g, Almonds 100g (all together 37 Soles/11.35$)
- Roasted Maiz (1.50 Soles/0.45$)
- Pecan nuts
- Raisins
- Swiss Chocolate (11.90 Soles/3.65$)
- Veggie Chips (4.19 Soles/1.30$)
- Mustard (3.29 Soles/1$)
- Biscuits (5.30 Soles/1.65$)
Veggie Chips
These Chips are fully vegetarian as most of them, what a joke… I chose a mixed package with different kind of crisps to try them all. These are the ingredients: Plantain, ripe Plantain, yucca, sweet potato, vegetable oil and salt. My favourite was definitely the yucca crisps, as both plantains were too sweet for me. The sweet potato was also tasty but not special.
life cereals and almond milk
Another thing or two I wanted to try was the granola cereals I found in the supermarket and the almond & coco drink. The cereals were okay, but I think the peanuts should be taken out, as their taste does not fit to the rest. Furthermore it was quiet expensive for the fact that the package was only for two portions, instead of 10. I wouldn’t buy it again. The Almond & Coco drink was okay, but a bit too much coco for my taste. Again I wouldn’t buy it again, as it is three times more expensive than the normal Soy drink.
Sugar free biscuits
Those I really liked, there was no difference between others and it was so nice to have something else than just chocolate that is sweet. On the other hand I prefer chocolate as it is healthier.
Nutribreak energy bars
Both of them were tasty, they are available in the organic shop close to the Plaza de Armas. They don’t have much calories and are ideal for a snack.
Peanut butter & Cacao hazel paste
The peanut butter contains peanuts only and tastes as it has to taste… it’s a crunchy version which is new to me. The Cacao hazel paste contains hazelnuts, cacao and panela (a form of unprocessed sugar). After mixing the content in the glass, which is necessary when there is no other ingredients, it tasted like hazelnut heaven itself… Delicious and also expensive, but you only live twice.
Food Update
You might have thought, what happened that I don’t write posts anymore. Well, I was taking a break in my traveling and relaxed my body, my mind and my stomach (It turned out that I had gastritis). In the mean time I was using the kitchen of the hostel and created this lovely dishes…
Tumbo & Granadilla
I tried my first exotic fruits today. It was the Granadilla (orange) and the Tumbo (yellow). While the Granadilla has a orange peel and whitish flesh, which reminds me of spawn, the Tumbo looks more like a peeled potato, feels like a apricot and has orange flesh like something between a mandarin and a pomegranate. Both taste a bit sour. While the pits of the Tumbo are harder and less comfortable to bite, the Granadilla feels like eating spawn, as the consistency is really similar. However I preferred the Granadilla, as it is by far less sour than the Tumbo.
Corn and Turrón
Yummy, yummy. Perú offers some delicious accidentally vegan Products, such as Inka Corn (salty or spicy) or Turrón (only this specific brand). Inka Corn is a species of corn that is extraordinary big. They prepare it as a snack and you can buy it throughout all of Peru, even though it’s said the corn only grows in Cusco. There is the original version, which is only salted and the spicy version with chilli. I preferred the spicy one. The corn itself tastes like something between chips and pop corn!?! Try it! It’s tasty. I always thought Turrón is not vegan anyways, because I only knew the Spanish version. Until I found this whole wheat Turrón, handmade in Perú. I bought it in a minimarket at the plaza de Armas in Chachapoyas. I don’t know if and where you can find this brand else. But it is delicious. A bit sweet though if you eat too much at once. There are two sizes in packaging.

