Cheese Database

Mozzarella vs Sulguni

Mozzarella, field guide plate
Mozzarella, photographed

Mozzarella

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Fresh
Type
Stretched curd
Rind
No rind
Country
Italy
Place
Southern Italy

Mozzarella is a stretched-curd cheese. The cow's-milk cheese is fior di latte. Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a separate cheese, made from water buffalo milk, when it carries that protected name.

Sulguni

Facts

Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Brined
Rind
No rind
Country
Georgia
Place
Samegrelo

Sulguni is a brined cheese from Samegrelo in Georgia, and it is one of the best known cheeses of that country. The paste is elastic, moist, and a little dimpled, and it squeaks or stretches when it is fresh. A flat disc is the usual shape. The taste is sour and moderately salty, with a clean dairy tang. It is sold fresh, and smoked versions are common too.