The country’s supermarkets are finally making space for Indian artisanal cheeses. And this, believes Arvind Chawla, co-founder Darima Farms, is proof of the slow but steadily rising craft cheese market in India.
“We are taking away retail shelf space from foreign cheese. There is a gradual transition and Indian cheesemakers are gaining visibility. Not just in the domestic market, brands like Eleftheria cheese have also made a mark at international competitions,” says Arvind, whose farm makes eight variety of cheese and sells around 22 tons a year to all major markets from Chennai to Delhi.
