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Cheesemaker Cheesemaking (or caseiculture) is the craft of making cheese. The production of cheese, like many other food preservation processes, allows the nutritional and economic value of a food material, in this case milk, to be preserved in concentrat ...
s are people or companies that make
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 production, ...
, who have developed the knowledge and skills required to convert
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 digestion, digest solid food. Immune factors and immune ...
into cheese. Cheesemaking involves controlling precisely the types and amounts of ingredients used and the parameters of the cheesemaking process, to make specific types and qualities of cheese. The milk may be from a
cow Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...
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goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...
,
sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated s ...
or buffalo, although worldwide cow's milk is most commonly used. Cheesemakers also need to be skilled in grading cheese to assess quality, assessing defects and suitability for release, and
cheese ripening Cheese ripening, alternatively cheese maturation or affinage, is a process in cheesemaking. It is responsible for the distinct flavour of cheese, and through the modification of "''ripening agents''", determines the features that define many di ...
. The craft of making cheese dates back at least 5,000 years. Archaeological evidence exists of
Egyptian cheese Egyptian cheese ( arz, جبنة '  ) has a long history, and continues to be an important part of the Egyptian diet. There is evidence of cheese-making over 5,000 years ago in the time of the First Dynasty of Egypt. In the Middle Ages the c ...
being made in the ancient Egyptian civilizations.


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* American Cheese Society
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that promotes the United States cheese industry and represents artisan cheesemakers *
Amul Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL) is an Indian dairy state government cooperative society, based in Anand, Gujarat. Formed in 1946, it is a cooperative brand managed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), which today i ...
is an Indian dairy cooperative, based at Anand in the state of
Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
, India. *
Arla Foods , industry = Dairy , predecessor = ArlaMD Foods , founded = , founder = , location_city = Viby , location_country = Denmark , area_served = Worldwide , key_people = Peder Tub ...
is a Danish dairy cooperative, based in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the 6th largest dairy producer globally and the largest in terms of organic milk volume. Formed in 2000, by a merger with Danish MD Foods and Swedish Arla, the company now is owned by more than 12.000 farmers in more than six countries. Most famous brands are Castello, Puck, Lurpak, Kaergaarden.


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* Beecher's Handmade Cheeseartisan cheesemaker and retail shop based in the
Pike Place Market Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. Overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront on Pug ...
,
Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
, Washington,
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Bega Cheese Bega Cheese is an Australian diversified food and drinks company with manufacturing sites in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria. Founded as an agricultural cooperative in the town of Bega, New South Wales by their dai ...
* Bel Group * Belle Chevre – artisan
goat cheese Goat cheese, or chèvre ( or ; from French ''fromage de chèvre'' 'goat cheese'), is cheese made from goat's milk. Goats were among the first animals to be domesticated for producing food. Goat cheese is made around the world with a variety ...
maker in rural
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. It was established in 1986 and is located in
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near Elkmont. *
Bothwell Cheese Bothwell Cheese is Canada's largest independently owned cheese maker, known for its cheeses which are branded under the same name. The company, located in New Bothwell, Manitoba, was founded in 1936 as a co-operative by local farmers. It opera ...
– independently owned
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cheesemaker, it produces over 30 varieties of
cheddar Cheddar most often refers to either: *Cheddar cheese *Cheddar, Somerset, the village after which Cheddar cheese is named Cheddar may also refer to: Places * Cheddar, Ontario, Canada * Cheddar Yeo, a river which flows through Cheddar Gorge and t ...
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mozzarella Mozzarella (, ; nap, muzzarella ) is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method. Fresh mozzarella is generally white but when seasoned it turns to a light yellow depending on the anim ...
, smoked, traditional, and specialty cheeses.
Hill Cheese
- also known as Heini’s, is an artisan cheese maker in Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio. It was established in 1935 by John (Hans) Dauwaulder who trained as a master cheese maker in Switzerland before immigrating to the
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. There cheeses are sold in a retail space that is a popular tourist destination as well as wholesale. * Brazos Valley Cheese – artisan cheesemaker and retail shop near
Waco, Texas Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...


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Cabot Creamery The Cabot Creamery Co-operative is an American dairy agricultural marketing cooperative, which is owned by more than 800 local dairy farmers in New England and upstate New York, and Agri-Mark Family Dairy Farms, Incorporated. Agri-Mark dates b ...
– American
dairy A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...
agricultural marketing cooperative, wholly owned by the Agri-Mark Cooperative. ''
Wine Spectator ''Wine Spectator'' is an American lifestyle magazine that focuses on wine and wine culture, and gives out ratings to certain types of wine. It publishes 15 issues per year with content that includes news, articles, profiles, and general entertain ...
'' magazine listed Cabot cloth-bound cheddar as one of "100 great cheeses" of the world in 2008. *
Capriole Goat Cheese Capriole Goat Cheese is an artisan goat cheese producer in Greenville, Indiana. Founded in 1988, Capriole is one of the oldest and most award-winning goat cheese producers in the United States. ABC News called it a great U.S.. creamery.
artisan An artisan (from french: artisan, it, artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. These objects may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative art ...
goat cheese producer in
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, United States. *
Laura Chenel Laura Chenel (born 1948–1949) is a cheese maker who was America's first commercial producer of goat cheese, and helped to popularize goat cheese in America. In 1979, she began producing chèvre in the Bay Area town of Sebastopol, California, ...
– cheesemaker who was America's first commercial producer of
goat cheese Goat cheese, or chèvre ( or ; from French ''fromage de chèvre'' 'goat cheese'), is cheese made from goat's milk. Goats were among the first animals to be domesticated for producing food. Goat cheese is made around the world with a variety ...
, and helped to popularize goat cheese in America. * Chèvréchard – French cheese manufacturer specializing in goat cheeses, located in the goat-cheese producing region of
Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes (; oc, Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongese: ) is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, D ...
. It produces Clochette and Aperichevre cheeses. *
Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese Cooleeney Farm produces a number of cheeses from both cow's milk and goat's milk from their premises near Thurles in County Tipperary, Ireland. The Maher family are fourth generation farmers who use the milk from their own pedigree Friesian dair ...
– produces a number of cheeses from both cow's milk and goat's milk from their premises near
Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arc ...
in
County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after t ...
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. * Edward Coon, 20th century US cheesemaker and entrepreneur *
Cowgirl Creamery Cowgirl Creamery is a company located in Point Reyes Station, California, which manufactures artisan cheeses. Founded in 1994, the company manufactures its own cheeses and sells other imported and domestic cheese and fine artisan foods. Its own ...
– producer of artisanal cheeses located in
Point Reyes Station, California Point Reyes Station (formerly, Marin and Olema Station) is a small unincorporated town in western Marin County, California, United States. Point Reyes Station is located south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of . Point Reyes Station is locat ...
, it produces several varieties of cheese. * Cypress Grove Chevre – located in
Arcata, California Arcata (; Wiyot: ''Goudi’ni''; Yurok: ''Oket'oh'') is a city adjacent to the Arcata Bay (northern) portion of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, Arcata's population was 18,857. Arcata was first ...
, they specialize in goat cheeses, including the award-winning
Humboldt Fog Humboldt Fog is a goat milk cheese made by Cypress Grove, of Arcata, California, in Humboldt County. It is named for the local ocean fog which rolls in from Humboldt Bay. It is an uncooked pressed cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk. H ...
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Darigold Northwest Dairy Association (formerly the Northwest Dairymen's Association; Trading as Darigold, Inc.) is an American dairy agricultural marketing cooperative. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is owned by about 350 dairy farm members of ...
—farmer-owned co-op that produces cheese and other high quality dairy products that are available in the United States and several countries around the world. *
DCI Cheese Company DCI Cheese Company is a United States food industry company specializing in cheese, headquartered in Richfield, Wisconsin (in Mayville, Wisconsin before 2005). Established in 1975 as Dan Carter, Inc., a consulting firm for cheesemakers, it rapidly g ...
* Sheana Davis – maker of Delice de la Vallee and other fresh cheeses and owner of the Epicurean Connection.


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Fen Farm Dairy
- Fen Farm Dairy makes delicious Baron Bigod Brie, butter, and skyr in the UK using raw milk and sustainable, greener farming practices.


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Glyde Farm Produce Glyde Farm Produce was set up in 1996 by Peter Thomas who spent the next several years researching the market in Ireland for suitable dairy products. Peter and Anita Thomas started making Bellingham Blue cheese at their family farm at Mansfieldt ...
– established in 1996 at a family farm at
Mansfieldtown Mansfieldtown or Mansfieldstown () is a townland and a former Church of Ireland parish located between Castlebellingham and Tallanstown in County Louth, Ireland. It was called Mandelvelleston, Mandevilleston and many other names in histori ...
in County Louth, Ireland in 2000., the company produces Bellingham Blue and Boyne Valley Blue cheeses. *
Gossner Foods Gossner Foods is one of the largest Swiss cheese (North America), Swiss cheese manufacturers in the United States, and is based in Logan, Utah, Logan, Utah. Overview Gossner Foods specializes in producing varieties of Swiss cheese (North America) ...
– based in Logan,
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, it is one of the largest cheese manufacturers in the United States. *
Groupe Bel The Bel Group (a.k.a. Groupe Bel or Fromageries Bel in French language, French) is a multinational cheese marketer centered in France. Overview The Bel Group is headquartered at 2 allée de Longchamp in Suresnes (near Paris). It manufactures and ...
– multinational cheese marketer centered in
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The Laughing Cow The Laughing Cow (french: La vache qui rit) is a brand of processed cheese products made by Fromageries Bel since 1921, and in particular refers to the brand's most popular product, the spreadable wedge. Description The cheese is a blend of cr ...
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Babybel Mini Babybel () is a brand of small snack cheese products that are individually packaged and available in various flavours. It is a product of Le Groupe Bel (), a company with roots in the Jura region of France, started by Jules Bel in 1865. ...
, Kiri,
Leerdammer Leerdammer () is a Dutch semihard cheese made from cow's milk. It has an ageing time around 3–12 months. It has a creamy white texture and was made to be similar in appearance and flavor to Emmental. Its sweet and somewhat nutty flavour becomes ...
, Boursin are its five core brands, and are distributed on five continents.


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Joseph Harding Joseph Harding (22 March 1805 in Sturton Farm, Wanstrow, Somerset, England – 1 May 1876 in Vale Court Farm, Marksbury, Somerset) was responsible for the introduction of modern cheese making techniques and has been described as the "fath ...
– responsible for the introduction of modern cheese making techniques and has been described as the "father of Cheddar cheese". He is credited with having invented the "definite formula" for the production of cheddar cheese.


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* Alex James – cheesemaker and
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musician, he purchased a farmhouse in Kingham,
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and renovated it into a burgeoning cheese farm. The 200-acre cheese farm now produces award-winning cheeses. *
Jasper Hill Farm Jasper Hill Farm is an artisan cheesemaker in Greensboro, Vermont, owned and operated by Andy and Mateo Kehler. Jasper Hill Farm is also the location of the Cellars at Jasper Hill, which provides aging, sales & marketing services. History and Prod ...
artisan An artisan (from french: artisan, it, artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. These objects may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative art ...
cheesemaker in
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Kraft Foods The second incarnation of Kraft Foods is an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz in 2015. A merger with Heinz, arran ...
, an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate headquartered in
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, part of the
Kraft Heinz Company The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC), commonly known as Kraft Heinz, is an American multinational food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and Heinz co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Kraft Heinz is the third-largest food and beverage ...
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Lactalis Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the sec ...
– multi-national dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in
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, France. It is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the second largest food products group in France, behind
Danone Danone S.A. () is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's products are ...
. * Andrew Linton – (November 28, 1893 – January 9, 1971) was a
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cheesemaker, farmer and
New Zealand Dairy Board The New Zealand Dairy Board (NZDB) was a statutory board in control of the export of all New Zealand dairy products from its formation in 1923 until 2001. It operated through a global network of marketing subsidiaries. In 2001, the Dairy Board wa ...
administrator. * Ulrika Eleonora Lindström – (1835–1892) was a Swedish cheesemaker, the inventor of the
Västerbotten cheese Västerbotten cheese ( sv, Västerbottensost ) is a cheese from the Västerbotten region of Sweden. History The village of Burträsk (now part of the Skellefteå municipality) claims Västerbotten cheese was invented there in the 1870s, suppos ...
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Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar (born 19 September 1940) is a Scottish hereditary peer and politician. She was a crossbench member of the House of Lords from 1975 to 2020 and was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the Lords in ...
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member of the
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, a farmer and former specialist
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in
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Maytag Dairy Farms Maytag Dairy Farms, based in Newton, Iowa USA ,is a manufacturer of blue cheese and other food products. History Maytag Dairy Farms was established in 1941 by Frederick Louis Maytag II. The history of the business dates back to 1919, when F ...
produces
Maytag Blue cheese Maytag blue cheese is produced on the Maytag Dairy Farms just outside of Newton, Iowa city limits. History In 1941 production of the cheese was started by Frederick Louis Maytag II and Robert Maytag, grandsons of the founder of the Maytag ap ...
from
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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 digestion, digest solid food. Immune factors and immune ...
instead of the traditional sheep's milk. * Noella Marcellino
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in microbiology, she concentrates on the positive effects of
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as well as the odors and
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s of cheese. *
Marin French Cheese Company The Marin French Cheese Company is a manufacturer of artisan cheese located in rural west Marin County, California, Marin County, California. The company was founded in 1865 by Jefferson Thompson, and produces cheeses under the ''Marin French Che ...
– founded in 1865, it is a manufacturer of artisan cheese located in rural west Marin County, California and the oldest cheese manufacturer still in operation in the United States. It produces cheeses under the Rouge et Noir brand name. * Catherine Mathieson – (December 11, 1818 – September 14, 1883) New Zealand cheese and butter maker and community leader. *
Murray's Cheese Murray's Cheese is an artisanal cheese and specialty foods retailer and wholesaler based in Greenwich Village in New York City. It was founded in Greenwich Village in 1962 as a spinoff of Glen Alden farms, an egg and dairy wholesaler. The company ...
– artisan cheese in
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, owned by
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* Nature's Harmony Farm – farmstead artisanal cheese operation located in northeast Georgia.


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* Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company – artisanal cheese company located in
Point Reyes Station Point Reyes Station (formerly, Marin and Olema Station) is a small unincorporated town in western Marin County, California, United States. Point Reyes Station is located south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of . Point Reyes Station is loc ...
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Marin County, California Marin County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and ...
with dairy farmland located in the
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area. Their flagship cheese, the
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Point Reyes Original Blue was the only blue cheese produced in California when it was introduced. *
Polly-O Polly-O is an American brand of cheese products, currently owned by BelGioioso Cheese Inc. The original Polly-O manufacturing company had been established in 1899, operating independently until it was acquired by Kraft Foods Inc. in 1986. Kraft o ...
– known for ricotta, mozzarella, and string cheeses


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Rogue Creamery Rogue Creamery is an American cheese maker based in Central Point, Oregon founded in 1933. Since 2002, Rogue Creamery has been making artisan cheeses. Founder Tom Vella brought mold, cultures and recipes for ''Oregon Blue'' to Central Point from ...
– artisanal cheese operation located in Oregon, since 2003, winner of 30 international and over 50 national cheese-making awards.


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Lino Saputo Emanuele "Lino" Saputo, (; born June 10, 1937) is an Italian-Canadian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of the Canadian cheese manufacturer Saputo Inc. According to ''Forbes'', he has an estimated net worth of US$4.7 billion as ...
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of the
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-based cheese manufacturer Saputo, Inc. *
Sargento Sargento Foods Inc. is an American food producer best known for its cheese. It was founded in 1953 in Plymouth, Wisconsin by Leonard Gentine and Joseph Sartori. The company name is a combination of Sartori and Gentine, with an "o" added to make ...
– American food producer best known for its cheese, it was the first company to sell packaged shredded cheese, and the first to develop zippered packaging for its cheeses. * Spring Brook Farm Cheese, LLC Vermont artisan cheese producer since 2007. Specializing in Alpine style cheeses made from Raw Jersey Cow milk. Their flagship cheese, Tarentiase, is a farmstead cheese made from the small on-site herd of Registered Jersey Cows. * Will Studd – Australian cheese specialist, Studd has been working with artisan and farmhouse cheeses for more than three decades * Sweet Grass Dairy – artisan cheese producer located in Thomasville, Georgia.


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Tillamook County Creamery Association The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a dairy cooperative headquartered in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The association manufactures and sells dairy products under the "Tillamook" brand name. Its main facility is t ...
dairy cooperative headquartered in
Tillamook County, Oregon Tillamook County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,390. The county seat is Tillamook. The county is named for the Tillamook or Killamook people, a Native American tribe who we ...
, best known for its cheddar cheese. *
Tingvollost Tingvollost (established in 2003) is a Norwegian cheesemaker in Tingvoll, making blue cheese and types of cheese#Mold, white mold cheeses from cow's milk. Annual production in 2014 was 21 tons of cheese based on 200 000 liters milk. Perhaps best ...
, family farm in
Tingvoll Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvollvågen. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, and Torjulvågen. The municipality co ...
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Kraftkar Kraftkar is a blue cheese from Tingvoll in Nordmøre, Western Norway, made from unskimmed cow's milk and cream, with injected culture of the mold '' Penicillium roqueforti''. The name ''Kraftkar'' ("strongman") relates to the legendary farmhan ...
'' (World Champion in
World Cheese Awards The Guild of Fine Food (GFF) is a British family-owned industry journal publisher that covers gourmet food news. It was founded by Bob Farrand in 1992. All five directors are members of the Farrand family. Bob Farrand is the chairman, his son ...
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* Uplands Cheese Company – whose Pleasant Ridge Reserve was chosen by
Simon Majumdar Simon Majumdar (born April 7, 1964) is a British-born food and travel author, and food television personality. He has appeared on many Food Network shows and is based in Los Angeles and London. He also judges tables on shows such as ''Iron Chef''. ...
as one of the 10 best foods in the U.S.


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Valio Valio Ltd ( fi, Valio Oy) is a Finnish manufacturer of dairy products and one of the largest companies in Finland. Valio's products include cheese, powdered ingredients, butter, yogurt and milk. It is Finland's largest milk processor, producing 8 ...
– Finnish manufacturer of dairy products including cheese, powdered ingredients, butter, yogurt and milk. * Valley Shepherd Creamery – artisan cheese making farm in
Long Valley, New Jersey Long Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Washington Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
, the
creamery A creamery is a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese is produced. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream re ...
produces 20 varieties of cheese, including Dutch farmstead, Alpine cheese, a Basque shepherd cheese similar to Idiazábal cheese,
farmer cheese In the United States, farmer cheese (also farmer's cheese or farmers' cheese) is pressed curds, an unripened cheese made by adding rennet and bacterial starter to coagulate and acidify milk. Farmer cheese may be made from the milk of cows, sh ...
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ricotta Ricotta ( in Italian) is an Italian whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk whey left over from the production of other cheeses. Like other whey cheeses, it is made by coagulating the proteins that remain after th ...
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Ignazio Vella Ignazio A. "Ig" Vella (July 13, 1928 – June 9, 2011) was an American businessman and cheese maker who served on the Sonoma County, California, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. Biography Vella was born on July 13, 1928, to Gaetano "Tom ...
– American businessman and cheese maker, his father owned Vella Cheese Company, Inc. in California and the Rogue Creamery in Oregon, which he turned over to his children. He took control of both companies and served as their general manager and
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Vermont Creamery Vermont Creamery is a creamery and artisanal cheese and butter-maker in Websterville, Vermont, USA. It was founded in 1984 by business partners Allison Hooper and Bob Reese. Previously known as the Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, the company ad ...
(formerly Vermont Butter and Cheese Company) – Websterville,
Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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* Markey Wallace – (1893–1984) notable New Zealand cheesemaker, farmer, community leader and local politician. He was born in Waiho,
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New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
in 1893. * Washington State University Creamery – in Pullman, Washington produces cheeses including Cougar Gold, a sharp white Cheddar cheese that is packaged in
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Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Company Holdings Limited (WCB) is an Australian-based company manufacturing dairy products, majority-owned by Saputo Inc., a Canadian company, that manufactures a range of dairy products under various brands. ...
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n producer of cheese, butter, cream and dairy ingredients, it is based in Victoria and is the oldest dairy processor in Australia, having been established in 1888. *
Winchester Cheese Company Winchester Cheese Company was an artisan cheese producer in the town of Winchester, California, in Riverside County, Southern California. The company was started by Jules Wesselink, who was born in the Netherlands and came to the United States when ...
– was an artisan cheese producer in the town of
Winchester, California Winchester is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, USA. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 2,534, up from 2,155 at the 2000 census. Winchester was founded in 1886 in Peasant Valley in what was th ...
, in
Riverside County Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Uni ...
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Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ...
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/ref> * Wyke Farms – a cheese producer located in
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List of cheeses This is a list of cheeses by place of origin. Cheese is a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms. Hundreds of types of cheese from various countries are produced. Their styles, textures and flavors dep ...
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List of dairy product companies in the United States This is a list of dairy product companies in the United States. A dairy product is food produced from the milk of mammals. Dairy products are usually high energy-yielding food products. A production plant for the processing of milk is called a dair ...
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List of food companies This is a list of food companies, current and past businesses involved in food production or processing. Africa * All Joy Foods * Bakers * BOS Ice Tea * Cevital * Choppies * Clover * Colcom Foods * Distell Group Limited * Famous Brand ...


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