Who wouldn't want to taste that creamy, milky, and buttery flavor of parmesan cheese, which adds a little kiss of saltiness on top of your favorite Hawaiian pizza? Who wouldn't want to experience that extra excitement when it is added in your favorite Italian pasta? Given these, no wonder why the Parmesan cheese is considered as one of the most amazing ingredients that complete the kitchen. But have you ever wondered why it cost a fortune?
Usually added in dishes like Creamed Parmesan Collard Greens, Deep-Fried Garlic Bombs, Spinach, Soft Egg and Parmesan Pizzetta, Chicken Alfredo Tortellini, and Peruvian Clams A La Parmesan, the parmesan cheese can cost a staggering amount of $1,000 or about 6,882.10 Chinese Yuan per wheel. Since it usually weighs about 88 pounds or 44 kilos, the cheese's average cost per kilo is about $11.
Because of the booming business of parmesan cheese industry, Italy, the original and the only legit place Parmesan cheese is made, is gaining a lot of profit from it. As estimated by the statistics, the country is earning about $2.5 billion or about 17.2 billion Chinese Yuan from it.
Aside from so many gallons of milk needed to create one wheel of Parmesan cheese, there is but one important thing that makes the cheese unique, which makes this cheese stand out amid other kinds. This makes the cheese one of the most expensive cheese in the world. According to the news posted by INSIDER, what's special about this cheese lies on the three bacteria that goes along with it during production.
Unlike other cheese, the Parmesan cheese can never be created if not with the help of the three good bacteria that can only be found in northern Italy, specifically the Emilia Romagna region. It is almost impossible to create as perfect as these Italy's Parmesan if not with these. Given this reason, there is only a limited number of companies that are registered to offer this product.
Because of how important these bacteria are, the goal of every dairy company is to ensure to keep these bacteria alive in all the processes from the grass, hay, cows, and milk until it is created to cheese, explains Nicola Bertinelli, the President of Parmigiano Reggiano, producers of Parmesan cheese in Italy. The president also added how important these bacteria are especially in managing the quality of the cheese they are producing. "These bacteria will ferment the milk components to achieve those characteristics of aroma, flavor, and taste..." he shared.
Unfortunately, not all Parmesan cheese available in the market today are original and authentic, as reported by Forbes. Because of how costly the cheese is, there are already some companies that have tried to copy these products.
