Abstract
With a global market of around $55 billion (in USdollars; i.e. around the 57% of the global cheese market),pasta filata cheeses sales are rising approximately2% per year worldwide and are expected to furtherincrease to $65.01 billion by 2028. Among these groupsof cheeses, fresh pasta filata cheeses, such as mozzarellaand fior di latte, are the most consumed. Herein, weprovide an overview of fresh pasta filata cheeses, theircommodity-related and technological aspects, focusingon the composition, the role, and evolution of theirmicrobiota along the dairy chain.