For the third year in a row the  UConn Dept. of Animal Science Creamery’s cheese was recognized for excellence amongst 1,843 products from 260 companies in the 2016 American Cheese Society Judging & Competition.  This year the creamery’s Chipotle Pepper Queso Blanco took third in it’s category making it three award in three years.

We just received the results from the 2016 Big E Gold Medal Cheese Competitions. There were 175 cheeses entered by 33 Cheesemakers throughout New England. Both our Green Chile Queso Blanco and our Chipotle Pepper Queso Blanco were awarded Bronze in their category. Our unflavored Queso Blanco received a Bronze medal in the Open Category.