The invention relates to a shaped vegetarian casing-less smoked sausage comprising:

a) 30-80 wt. % water;
b) 5-35 wt. % oil;
c) 2-25 wt. % protein selected from algal protein, bacterial protein, dairy protein, egg protein, fungal protein, plant protein, and combinations thereof;
d) 0-40 wt. % of one or more particulate ingredients selected from herbs, spices, vegetables and combinations thereof;

wherein the vegetarian sausage comprises less than 5 vol. % air bodies having an equivalent spherical diameter or more than 30 microns, as determined by means of micro computed tomography.