In order to make cheese, you got to have milk first. So if you want to make cheese regularly and in large quantities, you got to have your own cattle farm for steady supply of milk. That’s how Mercanti Veneziani Trading started producing their Casa Del Formaggio brand of Italian artisan cheeses by making use of the family-owned Montelibano Cattle Farm in Murcia, Negros Occidental.
The company is perhaps the first to locally produce quality Italian style artisan cheeses in Negros and the rest of the Philippines. They currently have Holstein cows from New Zealand which are grass fed and no chemicals are added to their diet to keep them natural and healthy. The cows are milked twice a day, at 3AM and 3PM, with an average of 12 liters of milk per cow. The milk are then brought directly to the processing area for cheese production.
Casa Del Formaggio Cheeses
Casa Del Formaggio was founded by Francesco Patron and Isabelle Montelibano in the year 2014. Francesco Patron was from Venice, Italy and he noticed the lack of cheese production in the Philippines. They started to learn the techniques of cheese making in Italy and came back to the Philippines to begin production of fine cheeses.
Casa Del Formaggio produces Mozarella, Casiocavallo, Asiago Alto, Casiotta, Stracchino, Ricotta, Fetta, and Kesong Puti. For more information about these cheeses, you can visit their website.
Where to buy Casa Del Formaggio cheeses
By buying locally produced products we are also helping these companies provide employment to the community. If you want to buy Casa Del Formaggio cheeses, they are available at the following outlets.
Bacolod City
- Capriccioso Deli Ristorante
CSI Bldg., 15th-Lacson Street, Bacolod City
Contact: (034) 432 9558 - Cantina Mondo
Robinsons Central Citywalk
Mandalagan, Bacolod City - K Mart
Galo Street, Bacolod City
Metro Manila
- Piecofoods, Inc.
Pieco Bldg., 2242 Don Chino Roces Ave.
Makati, Metro Manila 1200
Contact: 7523330-32 8928286 - Legaspi Sunday Market
Herrera St. cor Legazpi & Salcedo V.A. Rufino St.
Makati, Metro Manila
Every Sunday from 8am – 2pmFor order and pick up at the Market, Contact: 09273775248
How to make cheese
Interested to know how cheese are made? Watch this video for the basic in Italian-style cheeses.
