Never have Italian culinary specialties been so appreciated in the world and especially in France. Thus, in the country of 1000 cheeses, mozzarella has just dethroned the sacrosanct Camembert, until then the most widely consumed soft cheese in France.
“For the first time in France, the curve for camembert sales, which has fallen steadily by 3% per year, has fallen below that for mozzarella sales which is experiencing annual growth of 5%,
confirms
Le Figaro
, Fabrice Collier, president of the Norman Union of Camemberts Manufacturers (SNFC).
From the start of the year until September 11, 29,230 tonnes of camemberts were sold in France against 33,170 tonnes of mozzarella ”
.
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The use of these two soft cheeses is not the same.
"The first is more of a plate cheese, while the second is a cooking cheese,"
adds the president of the SNFC.
Clearly, we consume Camembert in restaurants or during more traditional home meals, while mozzarella goes well in many easy-to-make and more trendy dishes.
The SNFC president is worried about the future.
“
In the 1980s, 180,000 tonnes of Camembert were produced in France, part of which was exported
, which
is twice as much as today,”
recalls Fabrice Collier
.
With the ban on any reference to Normandy for pasteurized camemberts, we are particularly worried about the future of the industry ”
.