Cheese innovation – March/​April 2009

Dairy Farmers of Britain has launched 1^st Grade, a new range of cheese that the dairy cooperative says has a revolutionary pack concept. 1^st Grade is a carefully selected pre-​pack range of four top-​quality hard cheeses: mild, mature and ploughman’s vintag

Bel UK has launched a low-​fat cheese in snack size portions, adding a 16-​portion, 280g pack of The Laughing Cow Extra Light cheese to its popular cheese range.

First Milk is moving into the reduced fat cheese market with the launch of Scottish Pride Lighter. Made with 100% Scottish milk sourced from its members’ farms, Scottish Pride Lighter is the only Scottish origin lighter brand in the sector.

Käserei Champignon has launched an exclusive soft cheese specialty – a mildly aromatic soft cheese is rounded off with the finest walnuts.

Lactofree, the UK’s first range of lactose-​free dairy products from Arla Foods, has now added cheese to its increasing brand portfolio.

Independent Kavli has launched the latest addition to its Primula squeezy cheese range, a Smokey Cheese spread. The squeezy cheese range includes cheese and chive, cheese and ham, cheese and prawn and plain cheese.

Austria’s Berglandmilch has added Schärdinger Kaisertaler to its cheese range – a mild and extra creamy soft cheese with a natural surface, a mild spicy taste and available in a 250g pack.

(1) Wyke Farms has unveiled a new line of redesigned, resealable packaging for the company’s range of farmhouse Cheddar.

(2) The new packaging features a zip lock seal and coloured labels, with a picturesque landscape of the Somerset farm.