Glanbia’s US operation wins top cheese award

Glanbia’s US operation were among the main winners of the recent World Championship Cheese Contest awards in Wisconsin, USA.

Glanbia Nutritionals Twin Falls, in Idaho, won the three top awards — for Cheddar, Aged Two Years or Longer; and the top awards for Mild to Medium Traditional Waxed Cheddar; High Heat Pepper Flavored Monterey Jack, and Reduced Fat Hard Cheese.

It won the second and third prizes for Colby cheese, and second prize for Flavoured Gouda.

Glanbia plc is a partner in Southwest Cheese Company, New Mexico, the winner for its Mild Heat Pepper Flavoured Monterey Jack, ahead of its Glanbia Nutritionals Twin Falls stablemate.

The two shared all three prizes in Wisconsin in the Medium Heat Pepper Flavored Monterey Jack class, with Southwest the third prize winner, as well as the overall winner for Open Class Medium Heat Pepper Flavored Cheeses, and runner-up in the Fresh Asiago cheese contest.

Ornua Ingredients was the runner up in the Pasteurised Process Cheeses contest.

However, the three top awards at Wisconsin went to EU cheesemakers.

The 2018 World Champion is Michel Touyarou Esquirrou of Savencia Cheese USA/Mauleon Fromagerie, France.

The 2018 First Runner Up in the World Championship Cheese Contest awards is Franz Möstl, Arzberger Ursteirer. Almenland Stollenkäse GmbH, Austria.

The 2018 Second Runner Up is Ewald Schafer, Mont Vully Bio Fromagerie, Schafer, Switzerland.