“From villains to heroes”, cheeses pull reference value from milk

After reaching the lowest price level of the year in May, cheeses had a sharp appreciation over the past 40 days and pulled the price reference value in the Paraná market. The main highlight was mozzarella, whose average price increased 47.5% from the beginning of May to 7 July, reaching its second highest level in ten years. The data were presented at a virtual meeting of the Paraná Producers / Industry Parity Council (Conseleite-PR), held on Tuesday (21). The board approved the projected reference value of R $ 1.6986, for milk delivered in July to be paid in August. “It is impressive the variability that this derivative [the mozzarella] had in the period. The cheeses, which were the villains, became heroes ”, compared José Roberto Canziani, from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), one of those responsible for the survey. In addition to mozzarella, other cheeses also had significant appreciation. From May to the first ten days of July, the price of plate cheese increased ...