Best vegan cheese for pizza

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Hi
Dp and I are trying to make the switch to vegan and have heard very mixed reviews on vegan cheese! Which cheese would be best on a pizza? We normally make it with mozerlla and goats cheese so need an alternative to our Friday treat! Thank you!

Following! I've read some awful reviews about vegan cheese.

All vegan cheese tastes like Satan's belly button curd.

I've just found a vegan grated mozzarella in Tesco. It smells like feet but once melted it tastes good.

Thanks for the advice everyone

I like Tesco Jalapeno and Chilli cheese. It's not spicy it just has more flavour almost like a strong cheddar. The grated Mozarella

I just tried the pizza express vegan cheese and it was not nice. Texture was more like bechamel than proper cheese.

No moo melty by miles

I’d rather just go without than use any of the vegan cheeses I’ve tried so far.

Just don’t put cheese on it.

Vegusto melty

There is one called Mozzarisella which is nice. they use it in Zizzi's restaurants on the vegan pizzas. I bought it online from a vegan shop.

Violife honestly tastes just like real cheese! Tesco do a vegan grated mozzarella which would be perfect for pizza in theory, I've never tried it though.

I actually found AIMOND's suggestion to be the best thing I've tried so far. I can't remember if it melts properly though.

Some vegan cheeses though are grim.

Violife is the best I've tried so far. It melts and tastes just like cheese! It's a little pricy though

No Moo Melty! It even tastes nice raw

I use the grated own brand sainsburys cheese (coconut). The grated stuff is just easier, because it doesn't grate very well from a block, and seems to melt differently.

My top ones are:

Violife - tastes more like processed cheese. Melts well but can go a bit dry too, so you may want to layer it under the veg.

Mozarizella - as used in Zizzi's. Slightly sweet flavour and goes very liquidy though.

No Moo melty- I've not bought this in ages but remember loving it.

Tesco vegan grated Mozzarella - melts really well and fantastic taste but the smell when raw in the bag is IMO a bit off putting.

Cashew nut cheeses - great crumbled on if you're going for a more healthy pizza sort of flavour combo rather than a replica of a standard dairy one.

I wouldn’t bother with vegan cheese. I prefer to sprinkle a little diced avocado over the pizza before baking, which gives a melty creaminess.

My local pizza place have artichoke cream which is interesting! So not a cheese replacement as such but adds creaminess and moisture. Have googled and you can get here- www.giordanowines.co.uk/artichoke_cream or www.biona.co.uk/product-714-4.html. An acquired taste but I do like it. Otherwise violife is the best cheese replacement I have found so far.

Probably similar to ronnie's suggestion

Yes to artichoke cream! I make my own in the blender - globe artichokes, lots of walnuts and a pinch of vegan stock powder. Very umami and the nutty flavour goes well with a whole meal base. Unsure if it freezes.

If you're looking for other umami flavours you could always try vegan pesto from the jar? That's a low effort one.