Ilchester Cheese Company

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] 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.[2]

Norseland Ltd
Ilchester Cheese Company
FormerlyIlchester Cheese Company Ltd
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryCheese
Founded1962 (1962)
Headquarters
Ilchester, Somerset
,
England, United Kingdom
Products
ParentTINE SA

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

References
  1. "Company". Norseland. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. "Norseland Ltd". UK food exports. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. Harrington, Ben (31 July 2008). "Ilchester Cheese is ripe for takeover". Telegraph. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  4. "Our story". Ilchester. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. "Ilchester Cheese Co Ltd". Farm Subsidy. Retrieved 16 March 2013.


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