Russia in a few years will offer Italy its own Parmesan, promises farmer Sirota

Published 2021년 3월 26일

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Russian cheese maker Oleg Sirota believes Russia will be able to establish its own parmesan cheese export market in a few years and offer hard cheese to Italy. He doubts Russia will be able to compete with Italy in the world market but claims Russia will have an overproduction of hard cheese in 5-7 years. Currently, Russian parmesan is more expensive than Italian parmesan, but as production grows, it will become cheaper. Sirota also believes that in the future, Russian factories will make Parmesan, and Italians will try to protect their market from Russian cheese. This comes as a response to Italy's suggestion that Parmesan cheese should be excluded from Russia's counter-sanctions on fresh products.

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Russia does not need parmesan from Italy, and in a few years it will be able to establish its own export of this product and offer its hard cheese, in particular, to this country, Oleg Sirota, a cheese maker near Moscow, told RIA Novosti. Italian Ambassador to Moscow Pasquale Terracciano on Friday in an interview with Forbes expressed the opinion that Parmesan cheese should be excluded from the package of counter-sanctions of the Russian Federation regarding fresh products, since it is not fresh cheese, since it does not contain lactose. “Italians are just trying to reopen our market for their cheese, because they clearly understand that they will most likely lose it forever in a few years,” commented Sirota, noting that any hard cheese aged for more than six weeks is no longer lactose-free. since it is processed by bacteria, all fermented milk products are also lactose-free. Answering the question whether Russia as a producer of parmesan will be able to compete with Italy in the ...

Source: Milknews