Nowadays, Caseificio Sociale Castellazzo is an important productive company within the province, as it is able to process 62.000 hundred kilograms of milk to obtain more than 11.000 wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano each year.

The production plan is one of the most modern, up-to-dated to latest laws in force an to the highest quality of standard; its warehouse where the products are stored has the same characteristics too.

Throughout its long history, Caseificio Castellazzo has always been considered a point of reference for hundreds of producers, it was able to create revenue and jobs, it granted continuity and safety in terms of job to the many little farms committed to the breeding of cattle and to the production of milk then transformed into Parmigiano Reggiano.

 

Not only the volume of activity of the dairy has been increasing constantly, but also its attentions to the quality of the product increased as well, so that it resulted to be one of the first dairies of our province to be certified according to UNI EN ISO 9002 standards.

For over a hundred years, Castellazzo dairy has been transforming the best milk in a cheese which is world-class. The secret of Castellazzo is alike to the secret of Parmigiano Reggiano: simplicity and genuineness.

To make Parmigiano Reggiano you need milk, salt and rennet.

To make one hundred years you need commitment, work and conviction.

Commitment and work are two values that have always been patrimony of the agricultural world, conviction is the firm belief of operating in the right way. It is this conviction that has bonded the man who worked in this dairy generation after generation.

The conviction of creating a unique cheese that can be done just in one way: properly.

Every day a miracle is performed at Castellazzo dairy, situated in the heart of Parmigiano Reggiano district.

The milk is gathered in the cattle shed where selected cows are housed: they are the main actresses of a unique event which sees its climax, twice a day, in the moment of milking.

The milk reaches the tanks of  the dairy and here it is transformed by the experienced and skilled hands of Master Cheese-maker Valter Paolini, who is the custodian of an ancient art which has been handed down for thousands of years into the unique-world-class cheese that is Parmigiano Reggiano.
When you taste a piece of this Parmigiano Reggiano, you feel like you are entering a timeless “poem”.
 
 Yes! It is the respect for everything that is alive that distinguishes this land and those who live here.

Castellazzo dairy is at your complete disposal, for any kind of curiosity or question that may concern also the purchase of this world-class cheese directly from the producer to the consumer.