Z Natural Foods Sour Cream Powder - Long Shelf Life, Easy 2:1 Mix

We live in SE Alaska - OffGrid- & on a remote island. All of our groceries and supplies are brought in by float plane. Sometimes planes are delayed up to 45 days due to weather. We love sour cream. 😍 So decided why not try this, as it's shelf stable, until you make a batch. It mixes right into sour cream. Literally add water and that's it. The texture is awesome. We used to have a dairy farm in VA, we know milk & creams. 😅 And this tastes almost like the sour cream I used to make back on our dairy for our customers. We've been making small batches so as not to have an abundance go bad.. I cannot speak to the shelf life of it once it's made, as we've been eating it within 7 days.

I like to have this on hand for baking, I didn't know it was a thing until recently. Great idea. Good value for the price. I haven't tried it as actual sour cream. I have tasted it. The texture isn't quite as I was expecting. If you whip it well it should take in more air.

I have mixed this up 2 times. The first time I ate it right away on a baked potato, it was very thin so I added more powder. It was a bit chalky in texture. Then I realized I hadn't read all the directions. It says to refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours. Whoops. Second time I mixed it like the first time with the extra powder. Refrigerated it overnight in a Rubbermaid with a tight lid. Again used it on a baked potato, but this time it was thick like cream cheese. Tasted great and no chalk texture. Next time I will use the proper ratio 2 powder to 1 water and refrigerate it. It thickens a lot while sitting. It pays to follow directions. I live in an rv and have a dorm size refrigerator, not much room for a regular tub of sour cream. Also I tend to use about half of the regular tub before it starts spoiling. So even though this costs more per ounce, I can mix it in small amounts I can use before it spoils, thereby, actually saving money. If you throw half away your price per used once is actually 2 times the cost than if you used it all. Example $4 for 8 oz tub using only half is really $4 for 4 ounces.

It tastes great and doesn't expire no where near as quick.

Do not buy from Amazon. Cheaper on the ZNatural Foods site. In fact, do not buy at all. The package was not outdated, but upon opening, it smelled weird. Almost like a new can of paint! Even after mixing according to the directions, it did not remotely taste like sour cream. The texture and smoothness was like sour cream, but I will throw it away!

Very convenient. I will not have to keep buying so much fresh sour cream. Works for me. I didn’t know it existed!

Amazing Flavor I cook for 1, so using powder products are such an amazing way to save $$ I highly recommend Z Natural Foods. Easy to use and flavor is superior!!

Doesn’t taste good. Product looks very good . After achieving right consistency didn’t taste great as sour cream. More powdery than creamy texture