Davenport, Iowa: Swiss Valley Farms Baby Swiss wheel was named Best of Class in the Baby Swiss Style category at the 2012 World Championship Cheese Contest, held March 5-7 in Madison, Wis. This international event, which is hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, attracts cheese makers from around the world to its biennial competition. This year marked a record number of participants, tallying 2,503 entries from 24 nations.
Swiss Valley Farms Baby Swiss cheese is characterized by its numerous small, shiny eyes and its exceptionally creamy texture. It has a milder flavor profile when compared to traditional Swiss. Swiss Valley Farms had recently transitioned production of these wheels from its former manufacturing site in Platteville, Wis. to White Hill Cheese Co., LLC, a joint-venture site with Emmi-Roth Käse USA, located in Shullsburg, Wis.
Baby Swiss now joins the “Best of Class” ranks with the company’s other World Championship Cheese Contest winners, including Swiss Valley Farms Swiss, who won a Best of Class in 2008 and AmaGorg, a cave-aged gorgonzola from the Caves of Faribault who took home the award in 2010.
About Us: Swiss Valley Farms is a Midwestern dairy cooperative consisting of approximately 900 Member Owners. Our four cheese production facilities (located in Luana, Iowa, Mindoro, Wis. and Spring Valley and Faribault, Minn.) manufacture quality Swiss, Baby Swiss, Blue, Cream, Club and Process cheeses. We have a packaging plant in St. Olaf, Iowa. We also own two subsidiary companies – Rochester Cheese and The Caves of Faribault. Rochester Cheese’s offices and warehouse are located in Rochester, Minn. The Faribault acquisition includes the Cheese Cave, a gourmet retail cheese shop located in Faribault, Minn. In a joint venture with Emmi-Roth Käse USA, we are also a part of White Hill Cheese Co., LLC in Shullsburg, Wis. Swiss Valley Farms has approximately
300 employees and annual sales of nearly $400 million.
Source: Swiss Valley Farms
