Guggisberg Cheese

Guggisberg Cheese was founded in 1950 by Swiss immigrants Alfred and Margaret Guggisberg in Holmes County and is credited with pioneering Baby Swiss in the 1960s.

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Guggisberg Cheese was founded in 1950 by Swiss immigrants Alfred and Margaret Guggisberg in Holmes County and is credited with pioneering Baby Swiss in the 1960s. It ranks among the top five Swiss cheese producers in the United States and sources milk from area farms, a significant share of it from Amish producers in Holmes County. The company runs three facilities and has won national and international awards for its Swiss cheeses.

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Swiss cheese country, in the middle of Ohio

Holmes County Baby Swiss

Holmes County is Ohio's Swiss cheese heartland. Guggisberg Cheese, founded in 1950 by Swiss immigrants Alfred and Margaret Guggisberg, pioneered Baby Swiss there in the 1960s.

Baby Swiss is a Swiss-style cheese developed there. The area once supported 40 to 50 cheese makers and still has a handful, drawing milk from nearby farms, many of them Amish.

1950Guggisberg Cheese founded in Holmes County

40–50cheese makers the region once supported

20 M lbmilk Guggisberg sources each month

What is Baby Swiss?

A Swiss-style cheese pioneered by Guggisberg Cheese in Holmes County, Ohio, in the 1960s.

Sources: Cheese makers know their Swiss, Farm and Dairy

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