Cheese production in Russia has almost doubled in 10 years - Ministry of Agriculture

Over the past 10 years, cheese production in Russia has almost doubled. In particular, over 800 thousand tons were produced last year. Such data was presented by the head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Oksana Lut, at the Cheese Festival in the Moscow region. Lut recalled that today Russian cheese makers not only provide the domestic market with a wide range of quality products, but also expand their exports. The minister also noted that the number of farm cheese dairies in the country has already exceeded a thousand. “Everyone was worried when an embargo was introduced on the supply of food from unfriendly countries, that we would be without food and remain hungry. About four years later, we already began a boom in cheese factories,” she said. A further important task should be to increase the recognition of various brands of Russian cheeses on the world market, where they ...