Visitors to Milan Expo 2015 will be able to witness first-hand the production of one of Italy's most poplar cheeses, the Consortium for the Protection of Grana Padano said Thursday.
The protected designation of origin (PDP) semifat hard
cheese will be made in a purpose-built dairy inside the Cascina
Triluza, an old rural contruction and the only pre-existing
building on the exhibition site that will also host the Civil
Society pavilion.
There, visitors can follow the production process of Grana
Padano in real time throughout the six months of the Universal
Exhibition.
"For us it is a return to the origins of the history of our
product in its natural place of production, namely a Lombardy
farmhouse," said consortium president Nicola Cesare Baldrighi.
The aim, he continued, "is to show an international public
how our cheese is produced on the ground, by offering the direct
experience of two or four workings a day", but also "to transmit
a message concerning the significance and importance of the
protected designation of origin, a concept that has deep roots
in Italy but which is absolutely unheard of outside the European
community".
In addition to the Cascina Triulzi, the Grana Padano brand
will also be present at Expo at the entrance to Eataly, in the
three themed restaurants dedicated to Lombardy, Veneto and
Piedmont - the cheese's main regions of production - in the
Cibus è Italia food enterprises pavilion and in the Italy
Pavilion.
Milan Expo 2015 opens on May 1 under the theme 'Feeding the
planet, energy for life'.
It is expected to draw millions of visitors from across
Italy and around the world.
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