Summary
- Profile Type
- Business Offer
- POD Reference
- BOIT20230519015
- Term of Validity
- 19 May 2023 - 18 May 2025
- Company's Country
- Italy
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A South Italy based family run company that produces local premium sheep cheese, "pecorino" cheese, would like to acquire market share in markets other than the domestic one, so it looks for international trade intermediaries interested to propose the product under commercial agency and distribution services agreements in their own market.
- Full Description
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This family-owned company was established in the early years of the 900s and now is managed by the founder's son who, even maintaining the original methods of rural sheep-farming, ancient traditions associated with the production and processing of milk and its craft derivatives, has been able to build a company into full compliance with the rules dictated by the sanitary EC regulations.
Since 1994, the company follows the guidelines and the rules of the organic production. Regarding the business infrastructure, the company covers an area of 105 hectares of arable land and pastures all destined for the sheeps grazing. Well established in the domestic market, the company intends to offer its products also to foreign markets. The cheese produced is intended to meet the demand for a specific target of the niche consumer.
The organic products offered are the result of a method of production that is controlled in all its phases by inspection bodies. Even the introduction of innovations that the dairy technology has made available, the traditional production process has remained unchanged.
The company offers "pecorino" cheese made with milk from its sheep, goat rennet paste and salt. The cheese is seasoned and aged in company boards of beech wood and it is periodic subject to overturnings and surface treatments with organic olive oil. In particular, the company offers a wide range of "pecorino varieties":
- semi-aged for 20 to 40 days;
- aged for 60 to 180 days;
- very aged from 9-15 months;
- reserve from 16 to 24 months;
- great reserve from 24 months;
- aged, matured in Barrique barrels with spring herbs and walnuts leaves;
- aged, matured in vinegar of autochthonous grape;
- mature aged cheese, matured with durum wheat bran organic.
The company's offer includes another sheep cheese specialty, "ricotta pecorina" organic cheese. This product is made with sheep's whey milk and salt. Two varieties are proposed:
- aged for 25 to 20 days;
- aged and smoked with orange or olive wood.
The company is looking for trade intermediaries (distributors, agents) to offer these traditional South Italy cheese abroad. - Advantages and Innovations
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- The company adopts the original methods of rural sheep-farming.
- The company has been able to implement a fully EU standard-compliant production process adopting anyway ancient traditions associated with the production and processing of milk and its craft derivatives.
- The company has "Suolo e Salute" certification for organic production. "Suole e Salute" is a control body authorized by the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies to monitor organic production.
- It is a very well-known company in Italy in the cheese manufacturing area and it has received several national awards for the high quality of its products. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Not relevant
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The company would like to start an internationalization process in order to achieve with its product the niche sector (artisan foods and organic too) of other countries' food market. The cooperation with the partner sought will be carried out under distribution service and commercial agency agreements.
The trade intermediaries will represent (agents) or distribute (distributor) the cheese to the small retail chain, delicatessen shops, retailers of gastronomic specialities, supermarkets with departments dedicated to foodstuffs of specific countries, Italian restaurants, Italian delicatessen shops etc... - Type and Size of Partner
- SME <=10
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
Dissemination
- Market keywords
- 07003002 - Health food
- 007003006 - Other food and beverages
- Targeted countries
- All countries
