which health food stores are you shopping? mine do not smell any worse than any other store, thank goodness 😉 i do find it fun to shop them but the prices have gone sky high at most. most of my vegetarian and vegan friends do dairy; during years when i was i did too. it is impressive that you largely do not, and i envy you this ability. i loves me some cheese and there really is no substitute for this. you might just be more hippie than i if you can pull it off and now i fully understand the jam! *giggles*