Village cheese dairies for generations

Taste lovingly produced by hand

«Making cheese for Emmentaler AOP means embracing traditional craftsmanship with passion.»

Urs Wüthrich, cheese dairy Dürrenbühl

Emmentaler AOP is still made by hand in almost 100 village and Alpine cheese dairies in Switzerland, as it was way back when. Our cheese makers produce a quality product that only gets the original Emmentaler AOP seal thanks to their extensive expertise and loving commitment, and a great deal of time.

What goes into Emmentaler AOP:

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litres
of fresh raw milk

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craftsmanship

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maturation days
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loving commitment

Delicious insights

A day in the life of a cheese dairy

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Exclusively in the original language

«Every piece of cheese reveals its place of origin – thanks to its unique cheese dairy number.»

Godi Thönen, cheese dairy Lanterswil

Who made your cheese?

Find out who made your piece of Emmentaler AOP: enter the cheese dairy number, name of the cheese maker or name of the cheese dairy.

Where is the cheese dairy number?

All village cheese dairies

At a glance

Hansueli Neuenschwander

Cheese dairy Buchholterberg

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Heimenschwand

CH 3240

Cheese dairy number

Markus Liechti

Cheese dairy Ricken

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Ricken

CH 3386

Cheese dairy number

Roman Zemp

Cheese dairy Bramegg

Rengg

CH 3642

Cheese dairy number

Cheese stories

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