Mató (Catalan pronunciation: [məˈto]) is a fresh cheese of Catalonia made from sheep' or goats' milk, with no salt added.

[1] It is usually served with honey, as a traditional and emblematic Catalan dessert known as mel i mató.

[7] Mató is mentioned in the Sent Soví, a 14th-century Catalan cookbook, as well as in the El Noi de la Mare local Christmas carol.

A white, slightly sweet pasty mass is thus obtained due to the effect of the concentration of lactose in the milk.

Industrial manufacturing uses the same physical-chemical principle but pasteurized milk and large-capacity stainless steel tanks are used.