Alpenkäse Bregenzerwald Sennerei eGen

Alpenkäse Bregenzerwald Sennerei eGen is a dairy cooperative based in Bezau in the Bregenzerwald region of Vorarlberg, Austria. It produces cheese from hay milk — milk from cows that are not fed silage — in one of the largest regions where this traditional practice is still maintained. The cooperative operates a newly built dairy in Bezau where hard and sliced cheeses are made in a traditional manner, and it states that genetically modified organisms are excluded at all production stages. The cooperative is owned by its members. According to its website, it currently has 445 members, of whom 183 are active milk producers with around 2,500 cows; on average each farmer keeps about 12 cows. Between 20,000 and 53,000 kilograms of milk are processed into cheese and butter daily. The product range includes Bergkäse (mountain cheese), Schnittkäse (sliced cheese), Weichkäse (soft cheese) and other products. The cooperative also operates a soft-cheese dairy in Schnepfau. Its cheeses are sold through its own Sennerei shops in Schwarzach, Dornbirn, Lauterach, Lustenau, Egg, Bezau and Au, as well as a self-service shop in Schnepfau and a cheese vending machine in Bezau. Online sales are also offered. The cooperative is registered at Ach 586, 6870 Bezau, Austria, and its approval number is AT 80138 EG. It is registered in the commercial register under FN 60993x and has VAT ID ATU36738303. The website also provides recipes, videos of production steps such as butter-making and curd-cutting, and information about milk payments for members.

Alpenkäse Bregenzerwald Sennerei eGen is a cooperative dairy in the Bregenzerwald, a region of Vorarlberg, Austria, known for its traditional hay-milk farming. The cooperative operates a newly built dairy in Bezau, where hard and sliced cheeses are produced in a traditional manner. It also runs a soft-cheese dairy in Schnepfau. The cooperative is owned by its members; as of the website's current information, it has 445 members, including 183 active milk producers with around 2,500 cows. The cooperative processes between 20,000 and 53,000 kilograms of milk daily into cheese and butter. Its products are sold through a network of Sennerei shops in several towns and via online sales. The cooperative is registered in Bezau and holds approval number AT 80138 EG.

Traditional, hay-milk, GMO-free cheese from the Bregenzerwald, sold through own shops and online.

• Bergkäse

  Hard mountain cheese produced from hay milk.

• Schnittkäse

  Semi-hard sliced cheese.

• Weichkäse

  Soft cheese produced at the Schnepfau dairy.

• Butter

  Butter produced alongside cheese.

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