Auricchio

Auricchio

Type	Private
Industry	Dairy products
Founded	1877
Founder	Gennaro Auricchio
Headquarters	Cremona, Italy
Products	Cheese
Owner	Auricchio family
Number of employees	350
Website	Auricchio.it

Auricchio is an Italian cheese-making company, based in Cremona.

History

Founded in 1877 at San Giuseppe Vesuviano in the province of Naples, Gennaro Auricchio was the creator of a special rennet to produce provolone.

By the 1880s it was exporting cheese to the United States, for stocking in Little Italy's shops. This growth created need for new facilities, with a dairy added in Cremona before 1900.

Modern production

Today, Auricchio also has plants in:

Macomer (Nuoro) for Pecorino Romano D.O.P. and other fresh and mature sheep cheeses
Scandiano (Reggio Emilia) for production of “caciotta” (roundish small soft cheese) and “ricotta”
Solignano (Parma) specialized in the production of “Parmigiano Reggiano”

Products

The company is the largest producer of provolone cheese in Italy, and offers a significant range of dairy products:

Provolone (sharp, mild and smoked)
Parmigiano Reggiano
Grana Padano
Pecorino Romano (Protected designation of origin)
A large assortment of fresh and seasoned Pecorino cheeses

References

External links

Official website

Italian cheeses

PDO	Asiago Bitto Bra Caciocavallo Casciotta d'Urbino Castelmagno Fontina Formaggio di Fossa Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana Gorgonzola Grana Padano Montasio Monte Veronese Buffalo mozzarella Parmigiano-Reggiano Pecorino Pecorino di Filiano Pecorino Romano Pecorino Sardo Pecorino Siciliano Pecorino Toscano Piave Provolone Spressa delle Giudicarie Ragusano Raschera Taleggio Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo Valtellina Casera

PAT	Bastardo del Grappa Bella Lodi Mascarpone Robiola d'Alba Scamorza Toma cheese Toma Piemontese

Non-protected varieties	Bel Paese Bocconcini Brös Burrata Cacio figurato Caciotta Caprino Casu marzu Crucolo Dolcelatte Galbanino Morlacco Mozzarella Paddraccio Pallone di Gravina Ricotta Robiola Rosa Camuna Sottocenere al tartufo Stracchino Stracciatella di bufala

Manufacturers	Auricchio Parmalat Sterilgarda

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