Spanish Food Producer Launches Vegan Cheese Products Made with Olive Oil

Spanish food producer Vacka has launched two vegan cheese products, Mozza and Pumpkin Chxddar, made with Olive Oil, reports the Olive Oil Times.  The use of extra virgin olive oil and melon seed milk as alternatives to coconut oil and fermented almond milk in the two new products led to a 73.6% reduction in saturated fats, the company said.

A patent for Vacka’s non-dairy cheese production method, which involves the fermentation of melon  seeds, was being evaluated by the US Patent and Trademark Office last month, the report said.  While the health benefits of olive oil were well known, Vacka said that melon seeds milk was another healthy alternative to commonly used fats, Olive Oil Times wrote