A Gourmino brand

With the Save the Emmentaler brand, we convey what makes an original and genuine Emmentaler. Our mission is to promote Emmentaler and the cheese makers from small cheese dairies, the associated decentralized structures and a 700-year-old craft. Not simply for nostalgic reasons and traditions, but also to preserve the quality of a genuine natural and authentic product.

King of cheeses

The original

Emmentaler AOP is not called the "king of Swiss cheeses" for nothing. A wheel weighs 200 lbs, has a diameter of 30 inches and has characterizing holes. So iconic in its form, when children draw a cheese, they will draw an Emmentaler. Its history goes back to the 13th century and still today the original is made by us, the Gourmino cheesemakers, as it was then.

The protection of the brand was neglected for a long time. That is why Emmentaler is the most copied cheese in the world. Within the Gourmino range, you will find original Emmentaler specialties that you can't find anywhere else.

What makes us unique:

Gourmino

Gourmino was founded in 2001 by 5 Emmentaler cheesemakers. Even then, they held on to the original recipes and methods for Emmentaler production. Today they still produce as in Jeremias Gotthelf's time and put the uncompromising quality of their natural product at the center of what they do.

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Emmentaler & Gourmino

Gourmino is the Emmentaler specialist

Founded by Emmentaler cheesemakers

5 Emmentaler cheese makers founded Gourmino and wanted to market their craft themselves. They believed then, as now, in the uniqueness of the one true Emmentaler and in the original recipes.

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Last cheese house in the Emmental

Gourmino operates the last cheese house for long ripening in the former cheese stronghold in Langnau i.E.

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Multiple World Champions

Our successes at the World Championships in Wisconsin confirm our competency in cheese making. We regularly win the world championship title with our Emmentaler.

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Affinage by hand

Emmentaler, which we ripen in Langnau, are cared for and washed by hand. For example, the Gotthelf Emmentaler.

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Affinage in the Mountain

Our affinage in the mountain is unique. In Reichenbach, at the foot of the Blüemlisalp, exists a perfect and natural climate for the Emmentaler Surchoix and Réserve (up to 24 months).

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Exclusivities

Rahmtaler and Gotthelf Emmentaler are both produced exclusively by Gourmino cheese dairies. These are centuries old original recipes, the production of which our cheesemakers have never abandoned.

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Gourmino produces only originals

The Gourmino does not produce or trade any of the Emmentaler copies. Our cheese are molded into round, 200 lbs forms and are made according to original recipes and production methods in village and mountain cheese dairies.

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Not all Emmentaler is the same. The original recipes of the specialties Gotthelf Emmentaler and Rahmtaler are produced exclusively by Gourmino village and mountain cheese dairies. They offer our customers an exciting assortment differentiation in addition to Emmentaler Mild, Surchoix and Réserve.

Exklusivitäten

We do not simply trade Emmentaler. We handcraft, age and select specialties for our customers that expand the individual assortment and correspond to the desired character and taste profile. This is because not all Emmentaler is the same.

From creamy mild to surchoix to rustic and réserve producing a typical Gôut du Terroir native only in Switzerland. What character profile complements your range?

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