Buffalo mozzarella is a delicacy and for many connoisseurs it is the symbol of Bella Italia. But few know that the creamy cheese dream hides a dark secret. The animal welfare organization “Four Paws” revealed that water buffalo on farms in Campania - THE buffalo mozzarella region in Italy - suffer and are not kept in a species-appropriate manner. That is why Ariane Alter tries to make mozzarella herself - without animal suffering. Ari decides on a vegan recipe and a variant made from organic cow's milk. In the end, Ari tries to convince a critical taste tester with her homemade mozzarella varieties. You can see whether the homemade mozzarella can keep up with the buffalo mozzarella from Campania in terms of taste in the new PULS report. ANIMAL SUFFERING ON BUFFALO FARMS IN ITALY The video material shown in the report is from 2014 from the animal welfare organization Four Paws. According to its own information, Four Paws has randomly examined 16 of around 2,000 buffalo farms in Italy. Four Paws found abuses on all 16 farms and documented some of them with a hidden camera. The sample does not allow the conclusion that all water buffalo on Italian farms suffer. On the other hand, there is no organic or animal welfare label for Italian buffalo mozzarella that guarantees that the animals are kept in a species-appropriate manner. In further smaller samples in 2018 and 2019, the animal welfare organization found individual improvements in husbandry. However, the fundamental problems still existed. HOMEMADE VEGAN AND ORGANIC COW'S MILK MOZZARELLA The good news first: To make mozzarella yourself, you only need a few ingredients. The bad news: Timing really matters, especially with the cow's milk variant! RECIPE FOR APPROX. 400-450g ORGANIC COW'S MILK MOZZARELLA: 3.8 l whole milk (organic, not homogenized, preferably raw milk) 1 packet of citric acid 120 ml cold water 2 rennet tablets 60 ml cold water Salt Source: BBQ Pit, “Make your own mozzarella - recipe for Italian mozzarella” RECIPE FOR VEGAN MOZZARELLA: 400 ml water 2 tbsp psyllium husks 100 g cashews 4 tbsp yeast flakes 1/2 lemon 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder Source: iss happy, “Make your own cashew mozzarella” Did you know that water buffalo have to suffer for our mozzarella enjoyment and would that be reason enough for you to make your own mozzarella? Write it to us in the comments! Editors: Claudia Gerauer, Alex Loos, Maria Christoph, Matthias Dachtler Camera: Gregor Simbruner Editing: Niki Hauswald Graphics: Lukas Brenninger, Elena Jauch Channel Management: Christian Tim To #PULSReportage #DIY #Veganuary ----------------------------------------------------------- PULS REPORTAGE ON INSTAGRAM Memes, take part, even more info: On Instagram, Nadine takes you behind the scenes of PULS Reportage – and Ari and Meini are there too, of course! ► Follow us on Instagram: / pulsreportage THE PULS REPORTAGE PLAYLIST Our playlist contains the songs from the videos. New every week! ► Spotify http://open.spotify.com/playlist/74OF... ► Apple Music / die-ari-meini-playlist ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi! We are Ariane Alter, Nadine Hadad and Sebastian Meinberg from PULS Reportage! In our videos we explore exciting questions every week and like to try out experiments ourselves. There is a new PULS report every Wednesday at 3 p.m.! ► Follow Nadine on Instagram: / nadine_hadad ► Experience Sebastian's self-experiments live: / heinz.wescher Write to us in the comments what moves you - we'll dare to do the self-test and try it out for you! ----------------------------------------------------------- PULS is the young content network of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation. ► Facebook: / puls ► Twitter: / puls_br ► Instagram: / dein_puls ► Website: http://www.deinpuls.de