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This is a list of notable water buffalo cheeses. Water buffalo cheese is produced using the
milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. Immune factors and immune ...
from the
water buffalo The water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis''), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also found in Europe, Australia, North America, So ...
. Some buffalo milk cheeses are produced using the milk from other animals as well, such as cow's milk.


Water buffalo cheeses

* Bagot ni horbo, dali ni horbo, or simply dali is a cheese-like traditional Batak dish from Tapanuli,
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,
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, with a yellowish white appearance with tofu-like texture and milky flavor. Dali is made by boiling buffalo milk coagulated with papaya leaf or unripe pineapple juice. *
Bocconcini Bocconcini (; singular , "small mouthful") are small mozzarella cheese balls. Like other mozzarellas, they are semi-soft, white, and rindless unripened mild cheeses that originated in Naples and were once made only from the milk of water buffal ...
– a small
mozzarella Mozzarella (, ; nap, muzzarella ) is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method. Fresh mozzarella is generally white but when seasoned it turns to a light yellow depending on the anim ...
cheese the size of an egg, like other mozzarellas, it is semi-soft, white and rindless unripened mild cheese which originated in
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, Italy and was once made only from milk of water buffalo. Nowadays they are usually made from a combination of water buffalo and cow's milk. * Buffalo mozzarella – a mozzarella made from the milk of Mediterranea Italiana buffalo. It is a
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traditionally manufactured in
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, Italy, especially in the provinces of
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and
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. *
Burrata Burrata () is an Italian cow milk (occasionally buffalo milk) cheese made from mozzarella and cream. The outer casing is solid cheese, while the inside contains stracciatella and cream, giving it an unusual, soft texture. It is typical of Apuli ...
– a fresh Italian buffalo milk cheese prepared using the
pasta filata (Italian: "spun paste") is a technique in the manufacture of a family of Italian cheeses also known in English as stretched-curd, pulled-curd, and plastic-curd cheeses. Stretched curd cheeses manufactured from the pasta filata technique undergo ...
method. * Caciotta – a range of types of cheese produced especially in the central regions of Italy from the milk of cows, sheep, goats or water buffalo * Casatica – a sweet rinded log shaped cheese produced in Northern Italy. *
Dangke Dangke is a type of cheese produced in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, especially in Enrekang, Baraka, Anggeraja, and Alla districts. Dangke is processed by boiling fresh buffalo milk with sliced papaya leaves, stems, or unripe papaya fruits. Dangke i ...
– a type of cheese produced in
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, Indonesia, especially in Enrekang, Baraka, Anggeraja, and Alla districts. Dangke is processed by boiling fresh buffalo milk with sliced papaya leaves, stems, or unripe papaya fruits. Dangke is typically soaked in a brine solution overnight before being wrapped with banana leaves for masking the bitter taste caused by the addition of papaya leaves. *
Domiati Domiati cheese, also referred to as white cheese ( arz, جبنة بيضا '  ), is a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt, but also in Sudan and other Middle Eastern countries. Typically made from buffalo milk, cow milk, or a m ...
– a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt, but also in
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and other
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ern countries. Typically made from buffalo milk, cow milk, or a mixture, it can also be made from other milks, such as sheep, goat or camel milk. *
Kesong puti ''Kesong puti'' is a Philippines, Filipino soft, unaged, white cheese made from unskimmed carabao milk and salt curdled with vinegar, citrus juices, or sometimes rennet. It can also be made with goat milk, goat or cow milk. It has a mild salty ...
– a
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soft, unaged, white cheese made from unskimmed
carabao The carabao ( es, Carabao; tgl, Kalabaw; ceb, Kabaw; ilo, Nuang) is a domestic swamp-type water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis'') native to the Philippines. Carabaos were introduced to Guam from the Spanish Philippines in the 17th century. They ...
's milk, salt, and
rennet Rennet () is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals. Chymosin, its key component, is a protease enzyme that curdles the casein in milk. In addition to chymosin, rennet contains other enzymes, such as pepsin and a ...
. *
Khoa Khoa, khoya, khowa or mawa is a dairy food widely used in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It is made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating in an open iron pan. It is l ...
– a dairy product widely used in the cuisine of the Indian Subcontinent, it is made using both cow's and water buffalo milk. * Litsusu and cologanti – a type of cheese produced in East and West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, with enzymes from litsusu tree as coagulant. *
Mozzarella Mozzarella (, ; nap, muzzarella ) is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method. Fresh mozzarella is generally white but when seasoned it turns to a light yellow depending on the anim ...
– a traditionally southern Italian dairy product made from
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's milk by the pasta filata method. Mozzarella received a
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certification from the
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in 1998. This protection scheme requires that mozzarella sold in the European Union is produced according to a traditional recipe. * Nguri – a buffalo's milk cheese of the
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province in
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, it is prepared in a ball-shape approximately the size of a table tennis ball, and has a soft, leathery texture. *
Stracciatella di bufala Stracciatella di bufala () is a cheese produced from Italian buffalo milk in the province of Foggia, located in the southern Italian region of Apulia, using a stretching (pasta filata) and a shredding technique. Description Stracciatella che ...
– produced from Italian buffalo milk in the province of
Province of Foggia The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy. This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, and ...
, located in the southern Italian region of
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. It is prepared using a stretching (pasta filata) and a shredding technique. *
Surti paneer Surti paneer is a soft cheese associated with Surat in India. It is a type of paneer Paneer (), also known as ponir () is a fresh acid-set cheese common in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sr ...
– a soft cheese associated with
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in India, it is a type of
paneer Paneer (), also known as ponir () is a fresh acid-set cheese common in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) made from full-fat buffalo milk or cow milk. It is a non-aged, non-melting soft ...
prepared from buffalo milk which is coagulated using rennet.


See also

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List of cheeses This is a list of cheeses by place of origin. Cheese is a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms. Hundreds of types of cheese from various countries are produced. Their styles, textures and flavors depe ...
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List of dairy products This is a list of dairy products. A dairy product is food produced from the milk of mammals. A production plant for the processing of milk is called a dairy or a dairy factory. Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, ente ...
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Lists of prepared foods This is a list of prepared-foods list articles on Wikipedia. Lists of prepared foods * List of almond dishes * List of ancient dishes * List of avocado dishes * List of bacon substitutes * List of baked goods * List of bean-to-bar chocolate ...


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