Meyenberg Goat Milk Products

goat cheese, jalapeno, cheddars

Dairy Foods

A leading marketer of goat milk, Meyenberg Goat Milk Products, Turlock, Calif., enters the gourmet cheese market with specialty Cheddar and Jack cheeses, which the company believes will change the way Americans think of goat cheese. Four goat milk Jack cheese varieties, an aged goat milk Cheddar and a Special Reserve Cheddar are now available in select markets around the country.

The aged goat milk Cheddar is reminiscent of an Asiago cheese, which is full of robust flavor, and has a firm, drier texture than traditional Cheddar cheese. The Special Reserve Cheddar possesses a delectable sharp flavor as a result of its minimum one-year age. The Jacks come in four varieties--plain, smoked, jalapeno and garlic & chive--and have an unusually light, creamy texture.

The Cheddars are available in 5-1b blocks, or in a 5-1b case of 10 8-oz bars. The Jacks come in 4-1b uncut wheels and in 4-1b cases of 10 8-oz bars. The cheeses retail for $15 to $19 per pound, with the exception being the Special Reserve Cheddar, which commands a higher per pound price: $17 to $22.

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