Rethinking Mozzarella in India: From White Revolution to the Future of Cheese
Collective Strength
India has lived through one of the world’s most powerful global examples of food-sector transformation: the White Revolution, also known as Operation Flood.
Farmers discovered that by working together to adopt scientific methods and cut out middlemen, they could reclaim value and achieve self-sufficiency.
The classic film, Manthan, the first crowdfunded film in world history, inspired farmers across the country to join the cooperative movement. Over time, this movement took India from dependency on imports to now being the world’s top producer of milk for nearly 30 consecutive years.
Mozzarella production today carries the same potential. By combining resources and knowledge, dairy processors and pizzeria chains can expand and harness the power of ownership.
Building Ownership
Premium mozzarella in Asia is still too often imported, placing businesses at the mercy of trade barriers, cost fluctuations, supply chains, and foreign control.
Mondolat exists to help businesses build ownership instead: of their production lines and their markets, domestic and regional.
Ownership strengthens margins, stabilises costs, and ensures that mozzarella production serves Indian ambitions rather than foreign suppliers.
The Indian government is signalling the same direction, with incentives designed to encourage local mozzarella production, reinforcing that true value comes from building ownership at home.
Knowledge as Empowerment
Making mozzarella isn’t about buying the biggest machine or copying someone else’s process. It’s about knowing what works for your milk, your market, your goals.
That’s where we come in. We share the knowledge to match the right technology with the right context, and to tackle the commercial hurdles that stand in the way.
With clear guidance, we help you move from uncertainty to confidence, and from ideas to results.
The Future of Cheese
India’s dairy journey shows how culture and commerce grow together. Today, mozzarella is next. By respecting tradition and embracing innovation, mozzarella can strengthen both nutritional security and create new markets at home and abroad.
For milk processors, cheese producers and investors, the path forward is not about replacing heritage, it is about building on it with confidence.
With proof from global partnerships and case studies, Mondolat works to ensure that mozzarella made in India is globally competitive.