New Perfect Italiano Pizza Cheese

Perfect Italiano is a long-established and trusted brand boasting a range of cheeses ideal for pizza, pasta and Mediterranean style cuisine – from Traditional and Ultra Mozzarella to Pizza Plus, Parmesan and Ricotta.

Now this fantastic selection has been expanded with the addition of Perfect Italiano Pizza Cheese, designed to meet the exacting demands of Australia’s foodservice market 

Extensive tests have been conducted with different ovens and temperatures across a wide variety of foodservice customers to ensure Perfect Italiano’s new Pizza Cheese performs consistently at the high temperatures employed by many independent pizzamakers. According to Mark Williams, Chef Support Lead at Anchor Food Professionals – the company behind the Perfect Italiano brand – Perfect Italiano Pizza Cheese is the best on the market in its ability to withstand high heat.

“At times we trialled the new cheese in ovens at more than 200°C for up to nine minutes, which are very extreme conditions,” Mark says. “We found it’s a highly adaptable cheese that will work across all oven types from the conveyors used in independent pizza to the more traditional Mediterranean kitchen setup.

Perfect Italiano Pizza Cheese has its own distinctive flavour profile and qualities.

“It offers low oil off and minimal browning and it delivers the perfect melt for an authentic Mediterranean cuisine experience, plus a stretch that’s superior to almost anything else on the market”

— Mark Williams, Chef Support Lead at Anchor Food Professionals

“It’s also an excellent flavour carrier, which means you can use it as a base to blend different cheeses such as a parmesan, feta or ricotta. You can even add other cheeses post-cook for a more artisan effect. And because it comes in a convenient 10kg block, it’s easy to shred to the shred profile and style you want for your business.” 

Anchor Food Professionals Executive Chef Mark Normoyle has also conducted testing on the new cheese in his restaurant’s woodfired pizza oven, with outstanding results. “From my perspective, it’s a great high heat pizza cheese – just as suited for a traditional woodfired oven as a convection conveyor setup.” 

And while new Perfect Italiano Pizza Cheese imparts the stretch, texture and smoothness that will keep your customers coming back, its flavour will complement your other pizza toppings but never overwhelm them. “This makes it not only a great choice for pizza, but also with seafood, spicy slow cooked meat and Mediterranean style cuisine generally,” Mark says. “You can also use it with Middle Eastern flatbreads, in baguettes or croissants.

“It’s a really good all-round cheese which is totally versatile, and it has the added benefit of superior yield – exemplifying the old adage that when you use quality products, less is more.”