Cheese Mestico de Tolosa,Portugal Monforqueijo price supplier

In 1989, a group goat and sheep Milk producers decided to upgrade its production from the competition, turning milk into cheese.

Thereby appears Monforqueijo, located in Monforte, Council of North Alentejano.

With a greater knowledge of the market and the manufacturing technology, the Monforqueijo can be affirmed as gradually a company with different products and quality. After certification of the Cheese Nisa (Protected Designation of Origin) in 1994, it was decided to invest seriously in the manufacture of this type of product, tests having been carried out in order to reproduce the craft technique, while respecting the rules of hygiene.

After proven experience in the craft sector and with regard to new demands of the market, Monforqueijo entered a process of technological innovation in all sectors: from receipt to shipping the milk, through production and the healing process.

Improvements in product homogenization and health and hygiene conditions of production and marketing made possible for Monforqueijo to make a qualitative leap in its affirmation in the market, which resulted in practical terms in a doubling of sales volume between 1997 and 2000 and from 2000 to 2007, there was also an average growth of 15% per year.

Is this the result of the alliance between tradition and modernization