A Different Kind of Cheese Alternative
For nearly five decades, we’ve focused on one thing:
Making cheese alternatives that behave like real cheese in real food.
Not lab food.
Not novelty vegan cheese.
Not diet food.
Food that people can cook with every day.
Lisanatti Foods produces The Original Almond® and RiceCheeze® products — lactose-free cheese alternatives made for households who want the comfort of cheese without the digestive issues or heavy saturated fat.
They melt.
They brown.
They stretch.
They belong in actual meals.
Why We Exist
Most cheese alternatives are designed around ideology.
Ours were designed around cooking.
Our products were originally developed for pizzerias and foodservice kitchens that needed:
• Consistent melt
• Predictable performance
• Lower cost and fat
• No lactose digestion issues
Home kitchens discovered them later — because they worked.
Today the same principle guides every product we make:
If it doesn’t cook like cheese, it isn’t useful.
What Makes Our Products Different
Lactose-Free
Comfort without compromise.
No Saturated Fat
A lighter option without giving up the foods you enjoy.
Contains Milk Protein
Provides familiar texture and cooking performance many plant-only cheeses struggle to achieve.
Made for Cooking
Pizza, casseroles, grilled sandwiches, baked dishes — not just a cracker topping.
Who It’s For
Our customers aren’t one single diet group.
They’re households trying to solve practical problems:
• Lactose sensitivity
• Reducing saturated fat intake
• Mixed-diet families (some dairy, some not)
• Parents cooking for different dietary needs
• People who want familiar meals to work again
From Foodservice Roots to Home Kitchens
Our first products went into restaurants and commercial kitchens — environments that quickly reject foods that don’t perform.
That foundation still drives our approach:
We design products for performance first, then flavor, then label simplicity.
Because if a cheese alternative fails in a hot oven, nothing else matters.
What We Make
The Original Almond®
Smooth, mild, reliable melt for everyday meals.
RiceCheeze®
Neutral flavor and clean finish for versatile cooking applications.
Both are designed to be used — not just sampled.
Our Philosophy
We don’t try to replace dairy culture.
We don’t try to imitate health trends.
We solve a kitchen problem:
Helping people keep the foods they love in their lives.
Made in Oregon Since 1976
Family-run for generations, now part of a new local ownership group continuing the same mission — practical foods that work.