Nutritional Yeast Flakes Nooch

This deactivated dried yeast has a nutty, cheese-like flavour and can be used as a dietary supplement or a condiment.

Nutritional yeast has a similar flavour to cheese – specifically parmesan (but is 100% vegan) with a strong rich, nutty umami savoriness to it that makes it rather seductive.  The umami taste actually comes from glutamaic acid which is an amino acid that is formed during the drying process.