Say cheese: Amul to start making buffalo mozzarella, invest Rs 200 crore

Move over Italy, India could soon become the global export hub of mozzarella cheese

Italy may be the home of premium buffalo mozzarella cheese, but India could soon give the country a run for its money in this regard.

India’s largest dairy cooperative, Amul, has submitted a plan to the government, aiming to turn the country into a global hub for the export of mozzarella cheese made from buffalo milk, which is sold at a hefty premium around the world.

Mozzarella cheese is one of the products identified by the government for support under its Rs 10,900 crore production-linked incentive scheme (PLI), to give a massive push to food processing exports as well as to build