Facts & Figures

The first written record of Appenzeller^® cheese dates back to the year 1282.

The Sortenorganisation Appenzeller Käse GmbH has 7 executive directors.

The Sortenorganisation Appenzeller Käse GmbH represents 180 individual enterprises.

Appenzeller^® cheese is produced in 65 village cheese dairies.

ISO 9001 certification was issued to the Sortenorganisation in 1995.

Total production of Appenzeller^® cheese in the year 2008 was 8,994 tons.

The total production amount evaluated in 2008 as “A1 quality” was 97.93%.

Foreign sales accounted for 59.57% of all Appenzeller^® cheese sales in 2008 (2/3 in Germany, followed by France and Austria).

Appenzeller^® CLASSIC and Appenzeller^® SURCHOIX accounted for 90% of all sales.