ALMA-Vorarlberg Käsefabrikation & Export reg.Gen.m.b.H

(This article is about the Austrian company. Alma Creamery is the name of a company in the state of .)

ALMA-Vorarlberg Käsefabrikation & Export reg.Gen.m.b.H (usually simply referred to as Alma) is a company in the n western state of that ages and markets cheese. It grew from a dairy cooperative begun in the late 19th century by Forest dairy farmers. As small dairies in this area still produce cheeses and deliver them to Alma for aging and distribution, Alma functions mostly as an affineur rather than actually producing the cheeses.

In the summer, dairy cows in Vorarlberg are fed grass; in the winter, the feed is hay. This determines some of the characteristics of Alma's cheeses.

Alma products

 * Kräuterschatz

External references

 * Article, primarily on Kräuterschatz but also devoting space to Alma's history, in the Evansville (Indiana) Courier & Press
 * Article, primarily on Kräuterschatz but also with some description of Alma, on the igourmet.com Website