Willows, CA — Sierra Nevada Cheese Co. began producing Gina Marie Farmer Cheese based in May 2017. The product is based on Gina Marie Cream Cheese, which has been California’s natural, premier cream cheese of choice for more than 50 years. Our Farmer Cheese is fresh, cultured cheese; a great alternative to cream cheese.
Gina Marie Farmer Cheese is made with three simple ingredients—cultured milk freshly sourced from local dairies, cream and salt—in an old-fashioned, three-day process that requires draining the cream cheese in muslin bags. Our Farmer Cheese has 30% less Calories, 40% less Fat and 20% less Cholesterol than Gina Marie Cream Cheese. It has live probiotic cultures, is rBST free and Kosher. Use Farmer Cheese as a filling for blintzes, lasagna or filled pasta, make a cheesecake or other baked desserts, spread on toast or bagels, or use as a less salty alternative to feta.
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company strives to create the best tasting dairy products by keeping true to our own philosophy: A clean ingredient list, coupled with traditional manufacturing methods. We use only natural, wholesome ingredients and milk and cream from local Northern California producers who guarantee their product is free of synthetic hormones and antibiotics. Additionally, our organic diary partners practice animal welfare standards outline by American Humane Association.
About Sierra Nevada Cheese Company-
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company was founded by Ben Gregersen and John Dundon. Ben’s family roots run deep in the Dairy Industry; his parents emigrated from Denmark as third generation dairy farmers and began a creamery once arriving to the United States. John’s experience in dairy started early while working at a family creamery in Mt. Shasta. He eventually worked for Ben’s family at Foothill Home Dairy in Sacramento. Ben and John became friends with a shared passion for specialty products. In 1997, the two bean Sierra Nevada Cheese Company built on the idea of using traditional manufacturing processes to create wholesome dairy product with old fashioned flavor.
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