Vegan Cheese Alternatives

ALL CHEESE
EXCEPT
VANOZZA

VANOZZA is a food brand from Hamburg. We develop second-generation plant-based cheese alternatives — born in the restaurant kitchen, made for the restaurant kitchen. For us, taste is never up for compromise: our products melt, pull strings, and handle just like dairy cheese. Because we could never give up cheese ourselves — and with VANOZZA, no one has to. Now available in wholesale and at the supermarket.

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VANOZZA plant-based cheese alternatives - mozzarella, feta, and parmesan

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Our Products

Cheese alternatives for your kitchen

Mozzarella Flavor

Our plant-based cashew mozzarella is the first alternative that melts to a creamy finish and actually pulls strings! Ideal for pizza, grilled cheese, or bagels.

Pulls Strings Clean Label

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Old Italian

Savory, cheesy, with a bold umami note. Our cashew-based Old Italian binds creamily and cuts a fine figure on pasta, risotto, or in pesto. Ready-grated, with 19 g of protein per 100 g.

Umami 19 g Protein

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No Sheep Greek

Bold, tangy, and deceptively close to the Greek original. Our No Sheep Greek handles just like real sheep’s cheese and is even oven-stable. Wonderfully versatile: cold in salads, hot on tarte flambée, or creamy as a dip.

Allergen-Free Oven-Stable

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Brie Flavor Natural

Crafted following traditional cheesemaking methods and ripened with noble mold cultures, our cashew-based brie alternative wins you over with a mild flavor, delicate rind, and creamy core. Enjoy it pure, on bread, or hot as a baked cheese.

Traditionally Ripened Cashew-Based

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Brie Flavor Green Peppercorn

Crafted following traditional cheesemaking methods and ripened with noble mold cultures, our cashew-based Green Peppercorn Brie delights with a delicate rind, creamy core, and a peppery kick. Enjoy it pure, on bread, or hot as a baked cheese.

Traditionally Ripened Green Peppercorn

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Chili Cheese Style

Fiery, creamy Chili Cheese Style sauce, 100% plant-based, perfect for burgers, nachos, and fries. A spicy chili note meets intense cheese flavor.

fiery creamy

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Grated Gusto

Our Gouda-style Grated Gusto with pea protein melts evenly, browns beautifully, and delivers the perfect cheese crust. Developed especially for foodservice: ideal for pizza, pasta, gratins, and creamy cheese sauces.

browns perfectly with pea protein

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Frischcreme Natur

Our almond-based plant cream cheese, Frischcreme Natur, is fermented for a mild, natural tang. Spreadable straight from the fridge, oven-stable, and endlessly versatile: on a bagel, on pizza bianca, or as frosting.

Fermented Silky-Smooth Spread

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Mozzarella Flavor

Our plant-based cashew mozzarella is the first alternative that melts to a creamy finish and actually pulls strings! Ideal for pizza, grilled cheese, or bagels.

Pulls Strings Clean Label

Discover Mozzarella

Old Italian

Savory, cheesy, with a bold umami note. Our cashew-based Old Italian binds creamily and cuts a fine figure on pasta, risotto, or in pesto. Ready-grated, with 19 g of protein per 100 g.

Umami 19 g Protein

Discover Parmesan

Chili Cheese Style

Fiery, creamy Chili Cheese Style sauce, 100% plant-based, perfect for burgers, nachos, and fries. A spicy chili note meets intense cheese flavor.

fiery creamy

Discover Chili Cheese

Grated Gusto

browns perfectly with pea protein

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Frischcreme Natur

Fermented Silky-Smooth Spread

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Our Benefits

Why choose VANOZZA?

100 % plant-based

Perfect for vegans, flexitarians, and everyone who supports sustainable eating.

Natural ingredients

Mostly natural ingredients and authentic flavor.

Endlessly versatile

Pizza, salads, pasta, or casseroles – use it anywhere.

Eco-friendly

Saving resources and cutting CO₂ emissions.

100 % plant-based

Perfect for vegans, flexitarians, and everyone who supports sustainable eating.

Natural ingredients

Mostly natural ingredients and authentic flavor.

Endlessly versatile

Pizza, salads, pasta, or casseroles – use it anywhere.

Eco-friendly

Saving resources and cutting CO₂ emissions.

Discover the world of VANOZZA and taste for yourself just how delicious vegan cheese alternatives can be. Together we’re making the future a little cheesier – 100% plant-based!

Where can you buy VANOZZA?

Our Retail Partners

Vegans Fud Trejd

Retail

Find our products at Rewe & selected HIT and Edeka stores.

Discover at REWE

Buy Online

Prefer to order online? Get our entire product range conveniently delivered to your door.

Visit the Kokku online shop

Wholesale

Are you a restaurateur or retailer? Get in touch for wholesale terms and samples.

order@vanozza.de

Where can you find VANOZZA in restaurants?

Find VANOZZA near you

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What our partners say

Our partners and customers share their experiences with VANOZZA products.

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Since we started using VANOZZA mozzarella on our pizza, our guests no longer ask for ‘the vegan option’ – they simply order their favorite pizza. The melt is unbelievable.

Marco, Head Chef

60 Seconds to Napoli, Hamburg

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As a vegan restaurant, we are especially critical when it comes to plant-based cheese. VANOZZA won us over from the very first bite – authentic flavor, honest ingredients, made in Hamburg.

Lisa, Owner

froindlichst, Berlin

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The No Sheep Greek has taken our salads to a whole new level. Our guests love the texture and the flavor.

Jan, Managing Director

ÜberQuell, Hamburg

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Since we started using VANOZZA mozzarella on our pizza, our guests no longer ask for ‘the vegan option’ – they simply order their favorite pizza. The melt is unbelievable.

Marco, Head Chef

60 Seconds to Napoli, Hamburg

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As a vegan restaurant, we are especially critical when it comes to plant-based cheese. VANOZZA won us over from the very first bite – authentic flavor, honest ingredients, made in Hamburg.

Lisa, Owner

froindlichst, Berlin

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The No Sheep Greek has taken our salads to a whole new level. Our guests love the texture and the flavor.

Jan, Managing Director

ÜberQuell, Hamburg

Worked up an appetite?

You can now offer VANOZZA cheese alternatives in your restaurant, too. Thanks to bulk packaging, we can offer great prices. Get in touch for more information!

Yes, cheese!

VANOZZA founding story – Nico in the pizzeria

About us

La Dolce Vita for us and our planet

In 2015, Nico opened the first vegan pizzeria in Hamburg. But something was missing: the ideal vegan pizza cheese that pulls creamy strings. Inspired by his aunt’s recipe from northern Italy, he began developing his own plant-based cheese. After 1,000 attempts and with the support of experienced food technologists, the VANOZZA mozzarella was born — a vegan cheese alternative that combines traditional craftsmanship with modern food technology.

Starting out in wholesale, we have been supplying restaurants all over Germany since our founding in 2022. That same year, VANOZZA received the Food Innovation Camp FOOD AWARD. Since 2023, our products have also been available in grocery stores. In 2024 we won the Startup Days at Grüne Woche, and in 2025 we were honored at ANUGA for our brie.

Today, Nico and Marie stand behind VANOZZA together with their team. From plant-based mozzarella and brie to cream cheese alternatives, our hard-cheese-style Old Italian, and the No Sheep Greek, all the way to our first sauce – we develop what excites us and what works both in professional kitchens and in small home ones. Our vision is clear: plant-based cheese alternatives so convincing in taste and quality that giving up cheese is no longer a topic.

Sustainability

Pleasure & responsibility belong together

We firmly believe that pleasure and a plant-based diet are not mutually exclusive. Our entire team stands behind a vegan lifestyle. And you can taste exactly that in every product we develop.

For us, sustainability does not stop at the recipe. We aim to think it through across the entire product: from ingredient sourcing and responsible supplier relationships to packaging.

50.17% less CO² vs. conventional feta

93.1% less water consumption vs. conventional feta

And it’s measurable: together with CarbonTag, we proved it for our No Sheep Greek in an independent life cycle assessment – from ingredient sourcing to delivery. More info here.

Our Old Italian is our first product to come in high-barrier paper packaging that is recyclable in the paper stream – developed together with Hamburg-based company one.five. It won’t be the last. We keep learning, we keep evolving – and that is exactly what sustainability and responsibility mean to us.