Ohio inventions and firsts · Invention · 1960s

Baby Swiss cheese is developed near Charm

Baby Swiss, a mild Swiss-style cheese with small holes made from whole milk, was developed in the mid-1960s outside Charm, Ohio, by Alfred Guggisberg's Guggisberg Cheese Company.

At a glance

Year
1960s
Company
Guggisberg Cheese Company
Place
Charm, Holmes County Holmes County

Why it matters

A new cheese style that came out of Ohio's Amish country.

Sources

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