Gran Moravia is a long aged hard cheese, resulting from the long experience gained by Brazzale family on the production of typical cheeses. Gran Moravia is suitable for Vegetarian diets and has the Halal certification. Gran Moravia is the outcome of the extraordinary process and product innovations that allowed Brazzale Group to obtain at the same time the highest Quality, the best Sustainability and the greatest Value for money. The realization of the project was made possible thanks to the amazing zootechnical qualities of Moravia region, one of the most beautiful and rich in tradition in all Europe. Gran Moravia has a rich and smooth taste, round and seducing flavors that the long aging, carried out in Italy, refines reaching a complete harmony.

The choice of livestock’s feed is taken following the Gran Moravia specification, requiring that each farm grows on their own the forages for their cows. Veterinarians continuously check the health of the fodder and the wholesomeness of the milk that every day is carried to the cheese production plant. At the plant the team of cheese makers uses its wide expertise to create two wheels of Gran Moravia for each copper vat, following the typical artisanal production that comes from Italy. After the salt phase, the cheese wheels are brought to Italy where they are long aged and then packed at the Company’s headquarters located in Zanè (VI).

On June, 14th 2011 the reliable third party “DNV – Det Norske Veritas” successfully completed the certification process in compliance with the ISO rules. Gran Moravia hard cheese and its supply and production chain gained the recognition of Responsibility and Eco-Sustainability: two important pillars that have always guided the management of Brazzale Group. The objectives of the chain, on which Gran Moravia has been evaluated, took into consideration the compliance with the ISO requirement and also the impact on the environment for the safeguard of the people and the environment. The optimal parameters fixed for the Gran Moravia specifications are transparent and certified by a trusted third party:
• at least 5 hectares of cultivated land for each cow;
• free stabling and individual berths for more than 95% of cows;
• load of nitrates 7 times lower than the European limits;
• aflatoxins limit 10 times more restrictive than European ones on milk, making the finished product completely free from aflatoxins.
The exceptional characteristics of the supply and production chain directly translate into the wholesomeness and quality of the finished product, thus making Gran Moravia hard cheese unique!

At the World’s most important food trade show, ANUGA, Kölnmesse Italia and Tespi mediagroup have held a contest to give recognition to “the best products, the best companies of the Italian food industry, the quality, the work, the passion, the capacity to communicate their products’ values”. The award of the "Italian Anuga Award 2011" prize represents an extraordinary result that awards not only the exceptional dairy and organoleptic qualities, but also the innovative structure of its Eco-Sustainable chain (milk supply and cheese production) created by the Italian technicians in Moravia region (Czech Republic) and its aging and packaging phases carried out in Italy.

At least since the end of ‘700 Brazzale family trades and produces butter and cheeses between the Asiago Plateau and the Veneto plain. Since 1898 the headquarter was moved to Zanè, near the city of Thiene, which at that time was an important market place for dairy products. Brazzale is an historical producer of all the most important PDO cheeses of the Veneto region such as Asiago, Provolone Valpadana and it is known for the brands Burro Superiore fratelli Brazzale, Gran Moravia, Brazzale, Alpilatte, Burro delle Alpi, Zogi and Verena. Brazzale is also a national leader in butter production. Since 2000 the Group is strongly committed in the realization of Sustainable chains: beside Gran Moravia Eco-Sustainable chain, the company realized in Brasil another innovative cattle breeding called “Silvi Pastoril”, with the plantation of 300 Eucaliptus trees for each cow. For other information and news visit www.granmoravia.com and www.brazzale.com