Passion, planning, commitment, tradition, and innovation: these are the keys to IGOR Gorgonzola’s success.

For four generations, the Leonardi Family has been producing and bringing to the tables of the world the PDO Gorgonzola, a perfect synthesis between the ancient and wise art of cheese making and the most modern technological innovations. Handed down from father to son, IGOR’s original recipe has remained unchanged for over 80 years, paying the utmost attention to the selection of milk and a careful monitoring of the various production stages, always respecting tradition and the environment.

Just a few simple ingredients to create a unique cheese, known and loved in Italy and all over the world thanks to its incomparable taste.

In the small village of Mezzomerico, nestled in the hills of Novara in Piedmont, Natale Leonardi handcrafted Gorgonzola, the iconic Italian cheese known for its blue veins and unique flavour. He delivered it by carriage to hotels around Lake Maggiore, frequented at the time by nobles from across the country and abroad. It is in this hilltop village and with Grandfather Natale that the story, traditions, and values of our company were born.

Founded by Natale Leonardi, in the small hill town of Mezzomerico in 1935, IGOR moved to a modern facility equipped with state-of-the-art Gorgonzola production, ageing and packaging technology in Cameri, Novara in 1996.

Over the years, through constant, considerable growth on the domestic and global markets, the company made various investments, expanding its headquarters five times and acquiring four production facilities.

The Cameri headquarters is an ultra-modern facility with two fully-automated production plants. The following historical facilities were acquired over the years to best combine innovation and tradition and maintain the artisan quality of the company’s products: Pal in Prato Sesia, Clin in Cameriano, Si Invernizzi in Trecate and Ballarini, and a cheese ageing facility in Cameri. The Leonardi family has been making IGOR Gorgonzola and serving it up on tables all over the world for four generations. The product is a perfect blend of the ancient art of cheese-making, the constant search for higher quality and the most up-to-date technological innovation.

We have always deeply valued artisan craftsmanship, recognizing it as a treasure to be preserved and proudly passed on to future generations. As a result, when expanding our company, we choose to tie our name to other companies that are also deeply rooted in the local area, cheese factories with huge experience in the artisan production of Gorgonzola, aiming for premium range products thanks to artisan processing and meticulous, refined selection.

Passion, tradition, excellence, innovation and social responsibility: these are the keys to IGOR Gorgonzola’s success.