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Mozzarella

Mozzarella is a soft cheese made from milk. It has a spongy texture when raw and is used in baking.

  • Dairy
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Made from
Milk
Part used
Milk
Texture
Soft, spongy
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Italy
Mozzarella, whole

Photo: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use mozzarella

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake

Cooking with it

Add perlene to hot soups or pasta just before serving.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Soft

Texture, raw

  • Spongy

Nutrition

What 100 g of mozzarella holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 47%Fat 47%Carbohydrate 5%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of mozzarella
Energy299 kcal · 1,249 kJ
Protein22 g
Fat22 g
of which saturated14 g
Carbohydrate2.4 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium486 mg
Cholesterol79 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of mozzarella: minerals and vitamins
Potassium76 mg
Calcium505 mg
Iron0.44 mg
Magnesium20 mg
Zinc2.9 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)179 µg
Folate7 µg
Vitamin B122.3 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170845), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where mozzarella is cooked

6 dishes in the catalogue use mozzarella. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list mozzarella among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with mozzarella

6 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Pizza funghi

    Italy

  • Diavola pizza

    Italy

  • Pizza Margherita

    Italy

  • Pizza quattro stagioni

    Italy

  • Pizza quattro formaggi

    Italy

  • Pepperoni pizza

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include mozzarella.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: mozzarella in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milk
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
milk
A kind of
cheese

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What mozzarella is called

Names in 90 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    mozzarella · queso mozzarella · queso muzzarella · Artes culinarias/Ingredientes/Queso mozzarella

  • French

    mozzarella

  • Italian

    mozzarella · Mozzarella Tradizionale STG

  • Portuguese

    mozarela · mozzarella · muçarela · mussarela

  • German

    Mozzarella · Fior di latte

  • Dutch

    mozzarella

  • Greek

    Μοτσαρέλα

  • Turkish

    Mozzarella

  • Russian

    моцарелла

  • Polish

    Mozzarella

  • Arabic

    موتزاريلا

  • Persian

    موزارلا

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  • Afrikaans

    Mozzarella

  • Albanian

    mocarela

  • Aragonese

    mozzarella

  • Armenian

    մոցարելա

  • Asturian

    mozzarella

  • Azerbaijani

    Mozzarella

  • Bangla

    মোজ্জারেল্লা

  • Basque

    mozzarella · mozzarella gazta

  • Belarusian

    мацарэла

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    мацарэльля

  • Bosnian

    mocarela

  • Breton

    mozzarella

  • Bulgarian

    моцарела

  • Cantonese

    水牛芝士

  • Catalan

    mozzarella

  • Chinese

    莫薩里拉芝士

  • Chuvash

    Моцарелла

  • Croatian

    mocarela

  • Czech

    mozzarella

  • Danish

    mozzarella

  • Egyptian Arabic

    جبنه موزاريلا

  • Esperanto

    mocarelo

  • Estonian

    mozzarella

  • Filipino

    Mozzarella

  • Finnish

    mozzarella · mozzarellajuusto · mozzarella-juusto

  • Galician

    mozzarella

  • Georgian

    მოცარელა

  • Haitian Creole

    mozzarella

  • Hebrew

    מוצרלה

  • Hindi

    मोत्सारेल्ला

  • Hungarian

    mozzarella

  • Icelandic

    Mozzarella

  • Indonesian

    Mozarela

  • Irish

    mozzarella

  • Japanese

    モッツァレッラ · モッツァレラ · モッツァレラ・チーズ

  • Javanese

    Mozzarella

  • Kannada

    ಮೋಟ್ಸರೆಲ್ಲಾ ಚೀಸ್

  • Kazakh

    Моцарелла

  • kge

    Keju Mozarella

  • Korean

    모차렐라 · 모짜렐라

  • Kurdish

    Mozzarella

  • Latin

    Mozzarella

  • Latvian

    mocarella

  • Limburgish

    mozzarella

  • Lingala

    Mozzarella

  • Lithuanian

    Mocarela

  • Lombard

    mozzarella

  • Luxembourgish

    Mozzarella

  • Macedonian

    Моцарела

  • Malay

    mozarela · keju mozarela

  • Malayalam

    മൊസറെല്ല

  • Maltese

    mozzarella

  • Marathi

    मोजारेला

  • Mingrelian

    მოცარელა

  • Neapolitan

    Muzzarella

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    mozzarella · mozzarella di bufala · mozzarellaost

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    mozzarella

  • Occitan

    mozzarella

  • Odia

    ମୋଜ୍ଜରେଲା

  • Piedmontese

    mosarela

  • Punjabi

    ਮੋਜ਼ਾਰੇਲਾ

  • Romanian

    mozzarella · brânză mozzarella

  • Sardinian

    mozzarella

  • Serbian

    моцарела

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Mocarela

  • Sicilian

    mozzarella

  • Simplified Chinese

    莫扎里拉奶酪 · 马苏里拉奶酪

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    莫扎里拉奶酪 · 马苏里拉奶酪

  • Slovak

    Mozzarella

  • Slovenian

    mocarela · mozzarella

  • Swedish

    mozzarella

  • Thai

    มอซซาเรลลา

  • Tibetan

    མོ་ཟ་རེལ་ལ།

  • Traditional Chinese

    莫札瑞拉起司 · 水牛起司

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    莫薩里拉芝士 · 水牛芝士

  • Ukrainian

    Моцарела

  • Urdu

    موزاریلا

  • Vietnamese

    Mozzarella

  • Waray

    Mozzarella

  • Welsh

    mosarela

  • Western Frisian

    mozzarella

  • Western Panjabi

    موزاریلا

  • Wu Chinese

    马苏里拉奶酪

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q14088

Photos

Photo: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons