Our Produce Expert Weighs in… If you’ve been to the supermarket, you will have noticed…
Award winning cheeses from central Alberta
Sylvan Star Cheese creates renowned cheese, including gouda, gruyere and edam. This family-run business operates a dairy farm with Holstein cattle and creates a varieties of cheeses, most notably plain and flavoured gouda. Their most mild gouda is aged only a few months, while their strongest gouda is aged a few years.
The Schalkwyk family moved from the Netherlands and got a farm near Red Deer in 1995. Using traditional techniques and Dutch equipment, Sylvan Star Cheese creates cheeses that have won awards around the world.
Visit a Blush Lane market to try this world renowned cheese.