Edwardsville, Illinois-based Prairie Farms received top finishes June 3-7 at The American Cheese Society Judging and Competition.
The event is one of the largest cheese judging events for American-made cheeses. Medals for the 41st anniversary of the competition were announced from among more than 1,400 cheeses competing in 120 categories and evaluated by a panel of 30 judges.
For the second year in a row, Prairie Farms’ cheeses made at Luana, Iowa, earned top finishes for Neufchâtel and Swiss in the “Low Fat/Low Salt Cheeses and American Made/International Style” categories, which included:
- JR: Light/Lite and Reduced Fat Cheeses
- First place: Prairie Farms Neufchâtel
- DE: Emmental-style with Eye Formation (Swiss, Baby Swiss, Block, Wheels) – made from cow’s milk
- Second place: Prairie Farms Swiss Cheese
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Also, for the second year in a row, its Caves of Faribault, Minnesota, cheesemakers earned a top finish in the “Blue Mold Cheeses” category, this time with a product from their cave-aged blue cheeses collection:
- FC: Rindless Blue-veined – made from cows’s milk
- Second place: AmaBlu Cave-Aged Blue Cheese.
“We are very proud of our team for their unwavering dedication in producing consistent award quality cheese,” said Mike Christenson, VP of sales for Prairie Farms’ cheese division.
“The esteemed ACS panel of judges believe our products represent the highest level of quality within the respective categories. I’m thankful for the Prairie Farms dairy farmer community support in providing our team with the highest quality milk.”
