Overview
Delicious.
Nutritious.
Sustainable.
At Compassion Creamery, we make artisanal small batch cheese and dairy alternatives heroing the humble oat that’s oh so creamy.
We have an emphasis on health. Oats by nature are incredibly nutritious, packed full of cholesterol lowering beta glucans. We make sure to use ingredients we can pronounce and would be happy to eat every day.
100% of our oats are Aussie grown and we take measures to maximise our sustainability. Our salted caramel, for instance, is made by upcycling the oat-whey byproduct of our cheese making!
How It Started
You could call Compassion Creamery a Covid project. Whilst people were busy baking their loaves of sourdough (including myself, my starter was called Harry Reynolds), I was trying to find a good cream cheese accompaniment to schmear on top of warm crusty bread.
Being vegan for over 6 years, I had trouble pointing out delicious and healthy vegan cheese alternative to my flexitarian and sustainably conscious friends. We wanted to create something that was delicious, ethically transparent and nourishing, as good food should be. We wanted to create a deliciously nutritious option without dairy, nuts or soy, and alas, a very long oat-fed obsession was born.
But Why Compassion?
For the environment. For all earthlings. For you.
After years in the corporate world, I was burnt out, feeling unaligned and unmotivated as well as reckoning with a long term mental illness. Finally, I took the plunge into developing a much needed support system and starting to prioritise myself, from the inside out.
Compassion became a word that kept on popping up, from podcasts to passing conversations. Learning to gradually appreciate its relentless persistence, the light-bulb moment came. It’s a daily reminder to nourish ourselves both inside and out, with kindness and patience.
I’ll be the first to admit, compassion is a bit of a ooey gooey word. We associate it with empathy, loving-kindness and alleviation of suffering, yet somehow innately, there’s a part of us that’s a bit uncomfortable with admitting and reaching out for help.
Ultimately, we can enrich the world by being our most whole and true selves. But it is up to us to take ourselves on this journey; no one can walk it for us. So let the little tub of Compassion sitting in your fridge be just a small reminder to treat yourself with kindness.
And treat yourself, with compassion.
Our Mission
com•pas•sion [n]: Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by the wish to relieve it.
True to our word, we want to lead with Compassion. We are working to create a kinder, more sustainable and ethically transparent food system for our environment, the animals and humans.
We believe that though the world’s conglomerates are jumping on the plant-based bandwagon, savvy consumers (like yourself!) will soon want *healthy* plant-based food.
So Compassion is on a mission to meet you there, crafting deliciously spoon-out-of-the-jar goodness that’s cruelty free and oh so nutritious.
Rewards
Help Us Spread a lil' Compassion - $20.00
Just a lil boost to help get us off the ground...thank you! 10% of the proceeds will be donated to Animals Australia.
Treat Yourself with Compassion - $30
3 Months of Compassion...To Your Doorstep! - $100
Partner with Compassion - $2000
Stretch Goals
Stretchy Pizza Cheese- $10000.00
Our next goal is to create…you guessed it! A stretchy pizza cheese!
The task is formidable and it’s no easy feat to replicate the ooey gooey mozzarella you all know and love so this will help us with the R&D process of recreating what can simply be described as *chef’s kiss*
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