Big Wins For Swiss Valley Farms And Caves Of Faribault At 2015 NMPF Contest

Swiss Valley Farms (SVF) celebrated an exciting series of wins at this year's National Milk Producers Federation Annual Cheese Competition with a total of nine awards for cheeses from both the parent company, Swiss Valley Farms, and the subsidiary company, Caves of Faribault.

Caves of Faribault's AmaBlu received the prestigious Chairman's Plaque and was named Grand Champion Cheese in the 2015 National Milk Producers Federation Annual Cheese Competition. The contest, which is hosted by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), was held in Orlando, FL, on October 27, 2015. According to Jamie Jonker, Ph.D., Vice President of Sustainability and Scientific Affairs at NMPF, who supervises the competition, a total of 157 cheeses from 40 plants were entered in the contest representing 14 co-ops from across the country. All cheeses entered were judged based on a 100 point scale in twenty different categories.

"The team at Swiss Valley Farms is extremely proud of the announcement that our AmaBlu cheese was the Grand Champion Cheese," said Jay Allison, VP of Sales and Business Development at Swiss Valley Farms. "It all starts with the quality milk we receive every day from our members. Then our artisan cheesemakers, our production and sales teams are focused on making and selling the highest quality products, as well as working toward new accessibility to consumers through our sales alliance with Norseland Foods. Our Caves of Faribault products have always been at the top of the awards charts, but it is always great when our peers in the dairy industry agree by giving us such prestigious honors as the Grand Champion Cheese Award."

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