# Anyone remember Zevo?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435 "2016-02-18T10:01:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435/1 "2016-02-18T10:01:57Z")

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When I was a kid back in the 60’s and 70’s there was this half-assed sour cream substitute called “_Zevo Cultured Food Dressing_”. It came in a aqua blue/green container. It had the look and consistency of sour cream, but had no dairy in it! I thought it was gross as hell but my parents ate it.

Anyone know WTF was in that shit? How did they make sour cream without milk? Use old Cool Whip? And what made it “cultured”, anyway? 😕

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435/2 "2016-02-18T12:57:14Z")

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I don’t remember Zevo but I use [Tofutti Dairy Free Sour Cream and Sour Supreme](http://www.tofutti.com/dairy-free-cheeses/sour-cream/) all the time. No dairy and I think it tastes better than sour cream.

I also use Just Mayo, a vegan eggless & dairy-free spread that IMO tastes better than regular mayonnaise. Oh, and Nayonaise, another vegan spread that IMO is better tasting than regular mayonnaise.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435/3 "2016-02-18T13:06:24Z")

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I say zip it  
zip it good.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435/4 "2016-02-18T13:13:45Z")

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Are we not milk?

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435/5 "2016-02-18T13:55:04Z")

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Dang, I thought this was about my favorite canceled-after-one-season Nickelodeon animated series, [Zevo-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zevo-3). Usta watch it with my daughter. It was rad.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-zevo/746435/6 "2016-02-18T14:37:13Z")

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Don’t remember that one, but I do remember[IMO Sour Cream Substitute](http://www.shopwell.com/imo-sour-cream-substitute/sour-cream/p/4090000149) from the same era. It was really good. Apparently it was discontinued in 2014.

Here’s a [Zevo Food Dressing](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zevo-Food-Dressing-Advertising-Cook-Book-Diet-Recipes-Mid-Century-/111854108306) cookbook on eBay.