Ilchester Cheese Company

Cheese company based in Ilchester, Somerset.

Applewood
Five Counties cheese

ParentTINE SA

The Ilchester Cheese Company is a cheese company based in Ilchester, Somerset. The Ilchester brands are part of Norseland, a subsidiary of Norwegian dairy company Tine SA.^[1]

History

In 1962, Ken Seaton, a hotelier in Ilchester, Somerset, England, tried combining cheese with chives, Worthington E Bitter beer and a blend of spices.^[2]^[3] This and other blended cheeses are manufactured and distributed by the Ilchester Cheese Company.

The company received farm subsidies from the European Union of €891,256 between 2001 and 2005.^[4]

Products

Ilchester do not actually manufacture any cheese from scratch, but specialise in blending a variety of British cheeses with other ingredients, such as beer and fruit. Notable Ilchester cheeses include Applewood, a smoke-flavoured Cheddar cheese, and Five Counties, which is a sandwich of five layers of different English cheeses.^[5]

The company also produces vegan cheeses.^[6]

References

^ "Company". Norseland. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ Harrington, Ben (31 July 2008). "Ilchester Cheese is ripe for takeover". Telegraph. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "Our story". Ilchester. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "Ilchester Cheese Co Ltd". Farm Subsidy. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "Norseland Ltd". UK food exports. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ Vegconomist https://vegconomist.com/products-and-launches/ilchester-to-launch-vegan-blue-and-vegan-melting-mature-in-response-to-overwhelming-demand/