Availability
Although common in Europe, manufacturing of quark is rare in the Americas. A few dairies manufacture it, and some specialty retailers carry it. Lifeway Foods manufactures a product under the title "farmers cheese" which is available in a variety of metropolitan locations with former Russian populations. Quark is also available at several upstate NY farms. In Canada, the firmer East European variety of quark is manufactured by Liberté Natural Foods; a softer German-style quark is manufactured in the Didsbury, Alberta plant of Calgary-based Foothills Creamery. Quark may also be available as "baking cheese", "pressed cottage cheese", fromage frais.
In India, the Amul co-operative dairy products company sells Shrikhand and labels it as quark.
The Israeli variety, Gvina Levana (white cheese) can be found in most households and is an integral part of the Israeli breakfast (and often, of supper). It has a more neutral and delicate taste, and it contains between 3% and 9% percent fat, 5% and 9% are the most popular. The Russian quark was introduced to Israel during the Aliyah of the 1990s by immigrants from the former Soviet Union, and is now available under the name tvorog.
In Australia, it is sometimes available from supermarkets labelled as quark.
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