Plant-based alternative to cheese, made from potatoes: surprising, responsible and delicious!
We can no longer ignore it, plant-based is booming. Consumers are gravitating more towards food without animal products. A more plant-based and less animal-based diet is beneficial for health, good for animal welfare and sustainable. The rise of plant-based is a huge gamechanger for the food sector. In this development, Aviko Rixona, renowned producer of dried potato products, saw the challenge of extracting even more added value from potatoes! The company is now the first in the market to launch Potato Cheezz: the new plant-based alternative to cheese.
Potato Cheezz is made from potatoes. Potato Cheezz looks like cheese, tastes like cheese and has a similar texture to cheese. What makes this plant-based alternative to cheese so unique and innovative? Potato Cheezz is fat-free and a source of fibre! As a result, Potato Cheezz fits well into a more plant-based and sustainable diet.
Vegetable substitute for cheese
Potato Cheezz is the ideal vegetable substitute for cheese in finger foods, snacks or fillings in meat-replacement alternatives.
Special Potato Cheezz-variant
In addition, a special Potato Cheezz variant is available for applications on pizza or gratin. 12% rapeseed oil has been added to this variant. This oil is rich in unsaturated fats.
Blocks of 10 kilograms
Potato Cheezz is available in 10-kilogram blocks. No dried potato flakes or potato granules are used in the production of Potato Cheezz.
About Aviko Rixona
Over the past 100 years, Aviko Rixona has grown to become a leading, globally operating producer of dried potato granules and flakes. Rixona supplies its products to various industries in the food sector in more than 60 countries on all five continents. Aviko Rixona is part of Aviko and Royal Cosun. Owned by some 8,400 sugar beet growers, Royal Cosun is a leading international agricultural cooperative that has been operating for almost 125 years. Royal Cosun's mission is to unlock the full potential of plants within a transparent, circular process and turn them into valuable, plant-based solutions.
More information
Are you interested and would you like more information about Potato Cheezz? Send an e-mail to info@rixona.nl or call +31 (0) 478 524 822.