What’s the best vegan cheese for pizza?

While learning how to make the best possible pizza at home I got annoyed by the cheese on my pizzas looking and/or tasting different every time I tried a new type. I hope this settles once and for all the best types and ways to use commercial vegan cheese on pizza.

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Chapters:
Follow Your Heart Shreds: 0:00-00:54
Daiya Shreds: 0:55-1:34
Melting Hack #1: 1:35-2:21
Block of Cheese: 2:22-3:07
Melting Hack #2: 3:08-3:46
Cheese Slices: 3:37-4:25
Miyoko's Block: 4:26-5:08
Miyoko's Liquid: 5:09-5:59
Recommendations: 6:00-6:28

[Karen-bjlc]

Making good pizza at home is SO satisfying. Thank you for the tips!

[JacKAsterisK]

I love the testing! So cool that you identified problems and updated your method accordingly, instead of just straight comparing all the cheeses.

My favorite combo has been Be-Hive cheese (kinda expensive though, since I order online) mixed with Miyoko's liquid mozz and some Follow Your Heart or Violife parm on top. I use a pizza oven though so I'm not sure if it works as well in a normal oven.. I haven't tried the Daiya blocks though, I certainly will now, thanks!

Speaking of Be-Hive, I mainly order from them for their pepperoni since it's seriously next-level. Since you're the seitan master I'd be curious of your thoughts if you ever get some.

[jadeburns]

I honestly very much disagree on one of them, I've tried all of them multiple times and by far the absolute best one if you follow the instructions on the container is the liquid mozzarella, it's genuinely been life-changing for me honestly

[BlueFlame_l.o.g]

This is such a Great video! Really appreciate how you went the extra mile to experiment with the different types of cheese 🧀 This is Excellent!

[Allhailbillcoleman]

I had a really good result when I mixed daiya cutting board shreds with good planet shreds. Good melt, pull, and a clean mozerella style flavor. Give it a shot!

[landonrush]

Really digging your videos. The vegan hams are badass. Violife is my go to for cheddar and mozzarella

[nancyherrmann]

While in Walmart going over to the soy tofu section, Walmart now has its own vegan shredded mozzarella cheese. Haven't tried it yet primarily bought it for making a pizza.

[HeronCoyote]

I’m surprised you didn’t test Violife.

[stephensano]

Loved this video as it narrows the category of Mozzarella cheese accurately. Traditional Italian pizza has olive oil added on top before placing it in the oven. That said, adding oil to the cheese makes perfect sense as does adding oil to any pizza for extra mouth feel.

[swjsjwv]

Great video and tips! I happen to really love that liquid Mozz from Miyoko’s for homemade pizza. There’s even a local non-vegan pizza joint that uses that for their vegan pies, it’s great!

[binkuspinkus]

interesting; i haven’t bought the new Daiya shreds yet because i’ve been unimpressed in the past. I guess i’ll give them a shot!

[tamcon]

Uprating despite dad puns. [scowls] Really surprised that Daiya, which I have always thought tastes like melted white Crayola crayon, was the winner, but perhaps it was their reformulated recipe, which I rarely see in these parts. Last year sometime, I saw a vegan food blog hack--which I can't find now--recommending just blitzing one's favorite vegan cheese shreds in a small blender, or a measuring cup with a stick blender, with an equal volume of neutral-tasting plant milk to ensure that it melts fully. I will look for the cheeses you used here because I'm curious to see if they result in a superior pizza with less trouble. Thanks for posting!

[SunDragon]

From the look of it, you'll be able to make a pretty solid cheese blend if you combine the Havarti with one of the more melty cheeses

[jorats]

I really like the Silk mozza and the Violife mozza. I’ll def try the food processing trick next time.

[MattBuck]

I’d imagine just like dairy pre shredded cheeses their coated in some gmo crap to keep it from sticking together. So hand shredding a block of cheese will always melt better.

[DakotaWeatherhead]

Best method for cheese I've done so far, is cooking it on the stove top with a good plant Milk (Oatly, Ripple, or Next Milk) seasoning it, then adding it to my pizza. It does indeed bubble and get melty at this point. You can even add more tapioca starch for increased stretch.

[waynek]

Great review - thanks!
Can you link to your pizza dough recipe? Cheers
Oh, one tip... lay your grater on its side and you can take advantage of the whole length of the grater's surface

[sunnyshealthcoaching]

Derek Sarno puts his in a food processor with a little bit of vegan yogurt or sour cream! He says it gives that bubbly liquid type texture with a tangy flavor

[guppygills]

that jalapeno havarti block is one of my favs! i like eating slices of it with slices of apples as a snack 😋

[thatveganchick]

I’ve had only slices when I’ve needed shredded, but I just stack the slices and cut them with a knife…much easier than trying to shred them.