Mandara Mozzarella di bufala - The cheese with a difference

Mandara Mozzarella di bufala or Mandara buffalo mozzarella is the most highly rated cheese in the world because it is made of buffalo milk. These buffalo milk cheese which is used to make the soft, creamy, and thick in texture yet soft mozzarella cheese is indeed the world’s most preferred one. Belonging to the “pasta filata” family this cheese is a semi-textured one and is famous all over the world as the chief ingredient of pizza. When we come to talk about the buffalo mozzarella then the world leader in the manufacturing of mozzarella cheese is Mandara. The Mozzarella Mandara got its name from the manufacturers of this cheese. The company which manufactures Mandara mozzarella was first started by Francesco Mandara in the second postwar when he opened a chain of delicatessen specialized in dairy products. What first started as the merely commercial activity soon became manufacturing and in the sixties a cheese factory was founded. In 1983 the company was taken over by Giuseppe and Elisabetta Mandara, the nephews of the founder.

The buffalo mozzarella or mozzarella di bufala Mandara is produced in Italy’s Campania and Lazio regions because of the favorable weather conditions. Mozzarella di bufala is mainly produced in the seven provinces of Central-South Italy. They are Caserta, Salerno and also in the parts of Naples, Latina, Frosinone, Benevento and Campania. The history of the buffalo which produces this milk needed to make this world class cheese dates back to the seventh century when it came to Italy but the earliest reference of mozzarella cheese in history is only available from twelfth century only. Known as “Campania’s White Pearl” mozzarella di bufala Mandara is characterized by strong tradition and culture. The buffalo mozzarella is a stringy textured product which has the color of porcelain and has thin rind and also a very delicate taste. The best part is that the cheese when cut gives out a white colored watery fluid which has got the aroma of the milk enzymes. The name mozzarella comes from the very action which goes into making it and which consists of tearing off the spun mass and giving it the typical round shape. This mozzarella cheese was very difficult to preserve and so it could not go beyond its production regions for a long time. It was mainly sold as the smoked version. Later on, with the development of technology and different companies like I.L.C MandaraS.p.A this mozzarella di bufala Mandara came into limelight.

This Mandara mozzarella di bufala is found in different shapes like round, plait like and in small bit like shapes. Rich in nutritional facts, this mozzarella di bufala Mandara is here to stay with its exotic taste which the foodies will love in the years ahead.