Auricchio
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History.
In 1877, at San Giuseppe VesuvianoSan Giuseppe Vesuviano
San Giuseppe Vesuviano is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km east of Naples...
in the province of Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, the Auricchio company was born. Its founder was Gennaro Auricchio, the creator of the special rennet which endows Auricchio provolone
Provolone
Provolone is an Italian cheese that originated in Southern Italy, where it is still produced in various shapes as in 10 to 15 cm long pear, sausage, or cone shapes. A variant of Provolone is also produced in North America and Japan...
with that flavour which is unique in the whole world.
Mr Gennaro Auricchio's firm rapidly made a name for itself: already at the end of '800 it crossed the Ocean and landed in the USA, in Little Italy
Little Italy
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.-Canada:*Little Italy, Edmonton, in Alberta*Little Italy, Montreal, in Quebec...
's shops. Its renown and size were increasing steadily so that Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
's production unit was added to Naples' first dairy. Today, the Auricchio has also plants in Macomer
Macomer
Macomer is a town and comune of Sardinia in the province of Nuoro. It is situated on the southern ascent to the central plateau of this part of Sardinia, at the junction of narrow-gauge lines branching from the main railroad line running east to Nuoro and west to Bosa.The district, especially...
(Nuoro) for Pecorino Romano
Pecorino Romano
Pecorino Romano is a hard, salty Italian cheese, suitable primarily for grating, made out of sheep milk . Pecorino Romano was produced in Latium up to 1884 when, due to the prohibition issued by the city council of salting the cheese inside their shops in Rome, many producers moved to the island of...
D.O.P. and other fresh and mature sheep cheeses, in Scandiano
Scandiano
Scandiano is a town and comune in Emilia-Romagna, in the northeast part of Italy country, near Reggio nell'Emilia city and Secchia river . It had some 24,700 inhabitants as of 31 March 2009....
(Reggio Emilia) for production of “caciotta
Caciotta
Caciotta from the Tuscan "caciola" indicated a range of types of cheese produced especially in the central regions of Italy from the milk of cows, sheep, goats or water buffalo....
” (roundish small soft cheese) and “ricotta
Ricotta
Ricotta is an Italian dairy product made from sheep milk whey left over from the production of cheese. Although typically referred to as ricotta cheese, ricotta is not properly a cheese because it is not produced by coagulation of casein...
”; in Solignano
Solignano
Solignano is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 110 km west of Bologna and about 35 km southwest of Parma....
(Parma) specialized in the production of “Parmigiano Reggiano
Parmigiano Reggiano
Parmigiano-Reggiano , also known in English as Parmesan , is a hard granular cheese, cooked but not pressed, named after the producing areas near Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, and Bologna , and Mantova , Italy...
”.
The company is market leader for sales of Provolone
Provolone
Provolone is an Italian cheese that originated in Southern Italy, where it is still produced in various shapes as in 10 to 15 cm long pear, sausage, or cone shapes. A variant of Provolone is also produced in North America and Japan...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and worldwide, and it offers a wider range of dairy products:
- ProvoloneProvoloneProvolone is an Italian cheese that originated in Southern Italy, where it is still produced in various shapes as in 10 to 15 cm long pear, sausage, or cone shapes. A variant of Provolone is also produced in North America and Japan...
(sharp, mild and smoked) - Parmigiano ReggianoParmigiano ReggianoParmigiano-Reggiano , also known in English as Parmesan , is a hard granular cheese, cooked but not pressed, named after the producing areas near Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, and Bologna , and Mantova , Italy...
- Grana Padano
- Pecorino RomanoPecorino RomanoPecorino Romano is a hard, salty Italian cheese, suitable primarily for grating, made out of sheep milk . Pecorino Romano was produced in Latium up to 1884 when, due to the prohibition issued by the city council of salting the cheese inside their shops in Rome, many producers moved to the island of...
D.O.P. - A large assortment of fresh and seasoned PecorinoPecorinoPecorino is the name of a family of hard Italian cheeses made from ewe's milk. The word derives from pecora meaning ‘sheep’, also from the Latin pecora meaning livestock....
cheeses
The company is already exporting to different foreign markets, and in particular to the U.S.A. market since the beginning of the last century; the sales share developed by the export department represents 25% of the total turnover of the company.
For more than 135 years, traditions have been passed down from father to son. Auricchio’s jealously protected secret rennet formula, the care it takes in choosing the right people to make the cheese, and its passion combined with experience and technology are the ingredients needed to make products of superb quality. The quality control cycle starts from the very beginning when the dairy cows are chosen. Auricchio only works with farms that have carefully selected special breeds. Auricchio technicians then suggest to the farmers the type of animal feed to use to obtain the best milk for processing. After strict tests certify its suitability, the milk is processed according to the highest standards of hygiene. Auricchio Products are artisan and, for the most part, are still worked by hand.
Over a century of experience and a respect for tradition has been skillfully integrated into the modern QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM that is certified according to the UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 standard (CSQA CERTIFICATE N.126).