Meet White Squirrel Kitchens

Rooted in Plants. Crafted with Care

White Squirrel Kitchens is a plant-based foods company based in Asheville, North Carolina. We specialize in delicious, quality plant-based cheeses and charcuterie that are 100% vegan, soy-free, and gluten-free. Our products are hand made in small batches using only the best ingredients. Vegans and omnivores alike love our food, and we know you will too.

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Small Batch. Big Flavor

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Crafted for Everyone

• Good for all cheese lovers, not just vegans

• Artisan, expertly hand-crafted

• Small batch / handmade

• Plant-based & dairy-free

“Wait, this is dairy-free?”

Plant-based cheese that truly satisfies.

At White Squirrel Kitchens, we use traditional cheesemaking techniques—culturing, aging, and rind development—to craft cheeses that are every bit as complex and delicious as their dairy counterparts.

Our white-rinded cheeses develop real, edible rinds, and every variety is carefully aged to let the cultures work their magic. The result? Flavor and texture so rich and nuanced, you might forget it’s dairy-free.

"How your cheese is made?"

White Squirrel Kitchens cheeses are handcrafted using time-honored cheesemaking techniques.

It all starts with nuts - the base and main ingredient for every variety. After being processed into cheese curd and inoculated with the mother culture, each cheese is aged with care and monitored closely for the perfect temperature, humidity, and ripening conditions. 

Every wheel is nurtured until it reaches peak flavor and texture, just like traditional dairy cheese -- but without the milk!

“Does it taste like real cheese?”

“What do you use instead of milk?”

Short answer: Yes, it tastes like real cheese — because it’s made like real cheese.

We use plant-based versions of traditional cheese cultures and age our cheeses anywhere from 14 days to 2 months, depending on the variety.

Our base? Cashews and almonds.

They make up about 90% of the ingredients, with a few extras in our aged cheeses to support the fermentation process.

It’s real cheese, just reimagined — no dairy needed.

What Customers Are Saying

  • Eli raves about Little Squirrel Camembert

    "Wow - this is the closest thing to cheese I have had...It has this beautiful, rich, bitter, strong funk. One bite and everybody knows it rules."

  • Cat talks about Spiceveld Aged Leyden

    "This tastes like home, but with cheese. This tastes like Mexico!"

  • Amalia's reaction to Little Squirrel Camembert

    "OH... that texture feels so nice. OOOOO. Nutty, kind of sour and tangy, and delicate. MMM. That is really, really nice. I should grab a cracker but- Wow! Completely indistinguishable from dairy cheese."