Nov
Pasta filata cheese, also called spun paste or stretched curd, is referred to the process of making cheese. In this process heating and stretching curd takes place directly before forming a final cheese and it is most preferred process of producing mozzarella cheese as it provides desirable cooking characteristics. Fresh curd is submerged into hot water and stretched by hand in this traditional method, whereas mechanical mixers are utilized in commercial pasta filata manufacturing as cheese in bulk quantity is made.