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Italian Mediterranean
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Italian Mediterranean buffalo (Mediterranea Italiana) is the formal dairy breed of Italy’s mozzarella heartland—selected for milk composition, fertility, and adaptation to intensive Italian systems. It is the named core of PDO buffalo mozzarella herds. Deliberate meat lines and dairy by-product calves supply steaks, hamburgers, and bresaola-style products marketed as bufalo italiano. Flavour is clean, iron-sweet, and lean; young animals deliver restaurant-quality grilling when not overcooked past medium.
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History
Post-war selection began modernising Italian Mediterranean buffalo dairy herds.
Herd books and performance recording fixed Mediterranea Italiana standards.
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO cemented breed-linked dairy identity.
Branded Italian buffalo meat expanded in domestic and export gourmet markets.