Mozza

What Mozza does

Mozza Foods is a Los Angeles-based food technology company founded in 2018 by Adam Tarshis, developing micellar casein protein through engineered soybeans. The company's core innovation is producing casein — the functional protein that determines how cheese melts, stretches, and holds structure — inside soybean plants rather than via precision fermentation or animal agriculture. This approach leverages the existing global soybean supply chain (over 4 billion bushels of annual US production, with harvesting, processing, and logistics already operating at scale) to bypass the need for new bioreactor infrastructure. Mozza targets large-scale dairy manufacturers with a B2B ingredient model, positioning its casein as a drop-in replacement requiring no reformulation or new equipment at the customer end.

The core product, marketed as Mozza Casein, is supplied to dairy manufacturers producing mozzarella, cheddar, and other casein-based dairy foods. The business model is direct enterprise sales of an ingredient protein, with revenue contingent on commercial supply targeted for 2028. The company is currently pre-revenue, accepting enquiries from dairy manufacturers for early sample access, and is in active conversation with institutional investors and regulatory partners. Capital raised across disclosed funding events totals approximately $15.6M (a 2022 round of ~$9.38M from investors including CPT Capital, Synthesis Capital, VegInvest, True Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Social Impact Capital, plus a March 2024 SEC Form D exempt offering of ~$6M). Mozza's commercial proposition rests on three conditions: functional performance parity with cow casein, cost parity with conventional casein, and supply reliability through existing agricultural infrastructure.

As of the most recent data, Mozza operates with 1-10 employees, has no disclosed patents or trademarks, holds no food-safety certifications, and has not yet commenced commercial sales. The company is incorporated in Delaware with operational headquarters in Los Angeles, California, and is classified as a venture-backed private for-profit entity.

Name

Mozza

Legal name

Mozza Foods, Inc.

Website

https://mozzafoods.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mozza Foods is a Los Angeles-based food technology company developing micellar casein protein produced through engineered soybeans, supplied as a drop-in ingredient to dairy manufacturers for cheese and dairy production. The company is pre-commercial with revenue targeted for 2028.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Dairy Protein Ingredients

NAICS

Dairy Product Manufacturing (3115), Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing (31151)

SIC

Dairy Products (2020), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Dairy Protein Ingredients (Whey, Casein/Caseinates, Milk Protein Concentrates/Isolates) (AFAJAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultivated (Cell-Based) Protein Foods Manufacturing (AFAKAGAI)

Keywords

• Plant-based casein
• Alternative dairy protein
• Micellar casein ingredient
• Soybean protein production
• Dairy ingredient supplier

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ingredient Sales to Dairy Manufacturers: B2B ingredient supplier model. Mozza produces micellar casein and supplies it to dairy manufacturers as a drop-in ingredient for existing production lines. Revenue will come from selling the casein protein ingredient. The company is pre-revenue with commercial supply targeted for 2028.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mozza Foods produces micellar casein protein through engineered soybeans using existing global agricultural infrastructure. The ingredient is supplied to dairy manufacturers as a drop-in replacement for cow-derived casein, enabling production of mozzarella, cheddar, and other casein-based dairy products without requiring reformulation or new equipment. Commercial casein supply is targeted to begin in 2028.

Product overview

Mozza Foods operates as a single-product ingredient company producing micellar casein protein grown in engineered soybeans. The core product, Mozza Casein, is supplied to dairy manufacturers as a drop-in ingredient for existing production lines, enabling the production of mozzarella, cheddar, and other casein-based dairy products without requiring reformulation or new equipment. The company is currently accepting enquiries from dairy manufacturers interested in early access to samples with commercial casein supply scheduled to begin in 2028.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mozza Casein Micellar casein protein produced through engineered soybeans using existing agricultural infrastructure. Designed as a drop-in replacement for cow-derived casein, supplied to dairy manufacturers for use in mozzarella, cheddar, and other casein-based dairy production without requiring reformulation or new equipment.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Perfect Day: Perfect Day produces animal-free whey and casein proteins via precision fermentation and sells them as B2B ingredients to dairy and food manufacturers. It targets the exact same customer base and product category as Mozza, but uses a fermentation manufacturing platform instead of engineered soybeans.
• Remilk: Remilk produces non-animal dairy proteins (including casein and whey equivalents) using precision fermentation and supplies them as functional ingredients to dairy manufacturers. It is a head-to-head competitor for Mozza's target customer set, differing primarily in production technology (fermentation vs. plant-based).
• Imagindairy: Imagindairy develops animal-free dairy proteins, including casein, using precision fermentation for use in cheese and other dairy applications. Like Mozza, it focuses on producing functional proteins for B2B supply to dairy manufacturers rather than building consumer brands.
• Those Vegan Cowboys: Those Vegan Cowboys uses precision fermentation to produce casein proteins identical to bovine casein, targeting cheese and dairy manufacturers as customers. The companies share the same end-market and product functionality goal, with different underlying production platforms.
• Eden Brew: Eden Brew is an Australian food-tech company using precision fermentation to produce animal-free dairy proteins for use in dairy products. It overlaps with Mozza on the goal of supplying functional dairy proteins to dairy manufacturers, though it is geographically focused on the Asia-Pacific region.

Emerging players

• Nobell Foods: Nobell Foods uses soybean plants to produce dairy proteins, including casein, via a plant-based expression platform. The technology and target product overlap meaningfully with Mozza's engineered-soybean approach, but Nobell has historically emphasized consumer applications and is at an earlier commercial stage.
• Climax Foods: Climax Foods develops plant-based cheese using AI-driven ingredient discovery to mimic dairy functionality. It addresses the same end market (cheese applications) as Mozza but competes with a plant-blending approach rather than producing a true casein protein ingredient.
• Willicroft: Willicroft is a European plant-based cheese brand focused on cheese alternatives for retail and foodservice. It addresses the same downstream cheese market as Mozza's customers but competes as a finished product rather than as a casein ingredient supplier.

Others

• Benson Hill: Benson Hill is a crop innovation company that uses proprietary genetics and AI to develop improved soy and other plant protein ingredients. It is not a direct casein competitor but represents a comparable enabling platform — engineered crop ingredients — with deep expertise in soybean processing that overlaps with Mozza's agricultural production model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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