The right engagement for where you are.
Every engagement starts with understanding your situation and your constraints. From there, we design the right production system and see it through beyond implementation.
Remote Advisory
You're producing, or nearly producing, but something isn't right. Yield is off, the curd isn't behaving, or you're about to commit CapEx and want a second opinion before you do. We work through it with you remotely: reviewing your process, your milk, your equipment choices, and telling you plainly what we think.
We work through it with you remotely. That means reviewing your process, your milk supply, your equipment choices, and your supplier options — and giving you a clear written position on what we think.
Typical engagement: Single session to ongoing monthly advisory
Production Audit and Strategy
You're seriously considering mozzarella or stretched-curd production — a new line, a new facility, or a significant expansion — and you need to know whether it's viable and what it will actually cost to do it properly.
We review your operation — milk supply, equipment, process, market position — and give you a written roadmap that tells you exactly what to build, what to buy, and what it will cost to produce at margin. Most clients use this to make a go/no-go decision or to brief investors.
Typical engagement: 4–8 weeks
Setting up one of the UK's first stretched-curd factories in 2017 was not a smooth process. The Italian production manuals assumed Italian milk, Italian humidity, and cheesemakers who'd done it ten thousand times before. None of that was available. What we figured out - slowly, through a lot of failed batches - was what actually breaks when you make this cheese somewhere it's never been made. That's the knowledge base Mondolat runs on.
In-person Implementation
You have a line to commission, or equipment that arrived and now needs to produce consistent mozzarella cheese. The process knowledge isn't there yet — or it is, but you want someone alongside you for the first batches to make sure it's right from day one.
One of our team comes to you. We set up the line, calibrate the recipe to your milk, train your production and QC teams, and don't leave until the process is documented and your people can run it without us.
Typical engagement: 1–6 weeks on-site depending on scope.
Shorter for operations with existing infrastructure and equipment already in place, longer for new builds or first-time production setups.
Compact Line and Turnkey Setup
You're entering mozzarella production without existing infrastructure — no line, no facility, possibly no equipment yet. You need someone who can take the project from site assessment to first commercial batch, and who won't leave you with a factory that only works when they're in it.
You're entering mozzarella production without existing infrastructure — no line, no facility, possibly no equipment yet. You need someone who can take the project from site assessment to first commercial batch, and who won't leave you with a factory that only works when they're in it.
Typical engagement: 3–9 months.
Driven primarily by equipment lead times, site readiness, and whether regulatory approvals are already in progress.
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How an engagement works
Discovery call (30 minutes, no commitment): We talk through your operation, your goals, and whether Mondolat is the right fit.
Assessment: Remote or on-site review of your milk supply, facilities, and market position.
Proposal: A written recommendation covering scope, timeline, and investment. Specific to your operation.
Implementation: We deliver the agreed scope. For in-person engagements, one of our team is on-site with you.
Handover: SOPs, training, and ongoing access to our partner network, so your team can operate independently.
Not sure which engagement fits your situation?
That's the most common starting point. A short conversation is usually enough to identify the right path.