TASbio is a farm near the village of Rudnia in Chernihiv region, where buffalo cows are kept and their milk is used to make mozzarella, burrata, ricotta, and aged cheeses. The first 25 buffalo cows were brought here in September 2018, and the herd later grew to 85 animals.
The farm is located within the boundaries of the Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park, less than a kilometer from the Desna River. The buffaloes live untethered on deep bedding and have access to a pasture; they are milked in a milking parlor equipped with German machinery, and the milk is processed on site in their own workshop with cheese aging rooms.
What is made from buffalo milk
Buffalo milk has a fat content of about 7.7%, twice that of cow’s milk. It is used to make brined cheeses (brynza and suluguni), soft cheeses (mozzarella and burrata), semi-hard young and aged cheeses, ricotta, as well as yogurt, ryazhenka, sour cream, butter, and lactose-free products. In 2023, the range was expanded to include ghee butter with truffle.
Visitors are given tours of the farm: they are shown the buffalo cows and how they are kept, and after the walk they are treated to products from the farm’s own workshop.
Photo: Chernihiv Region Tourism Development Center, TASbio.
