Grevé is a
Swedish cow's
milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modulat ...
cheese
Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During productio ...
which is similar to
Emmental cheese. The semi-hard cheese has a nut-like, slightly sweet taste and a fat content of 30-45%.
It was first produced in 1964 at
Örnsköldsvik in
Västernorrland County
Västernorrland County ( sv, Västernorrlands län) is a county (''län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.
The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western ...
, Sweden.
The name Grevé does not mean anything; the cheese was created under the working name ”Alpost” (
Alp-cheese) and the producers wanted a name that would sound similar to
Swiss cheese names, for example
Gruyère.
References
Swedish cheeses
Cow's-milk cheeses
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