Vienna · gelato
Veganista
A founder-led, named origin story with a specific date and specific technical decisions (plant-milk selection for allergy accommodation), independently confirmed across two separate interviews three years apart.
What we know
- Founded May 2013 by sisters Cecilia Havmöller and Susanna Paller, stated by the founders themselves in a named interview with Vegane Gesellschaft Österreich; described as Austria's first fully vegan ice-cream salon
- Founders describe testing recipes 'until it was perfect' before opening, and using multiple plant-milk bases (soy, oat, almond, rice, coconut) to accommodate allergies -- direct quote in the source interview
- Grew from one shop (2013) to eleven Vienna locations plus one in Parndorf, Burgenland by 2021, per a named Trending Topics report
- Ingredients stated by co-founder Paller as organic, regional and Fair Trade 'where possible', in a direct quote
- Product co-developed with the national supermarket chain SPAR for a four-flavour frozen retail line, confirmed by both the founders and SPAR's own category manager
- Status
- open
- Address
- Neustiftgasse 23, 1070 Wien
- Maker
- Cecilia Havmöller and Susanna Paller, co-founders, sisters
- Opened
- 2013
- Website
- www.veganista.at/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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