After years of constant growth with rates between +1% and +1.5%, in 2019 Italy’s mascarpone cheese export sales grew by +6.5%. Moreover, in the first eight months of 2020 exports skyrocketed: +15%, with peaks of +20% in Germany, France, Belgium, and England.

Mascarpone is not a niche product. In fact about 100 thousand tons are produced per year for a total turnover of 450 million euros. “In the last week of March – says the Italian dairy producers association, Assolatte – sales in Italy grew by +99% compared to the same period of 2019.”