The 35th edition of the international cheese tasting competition, the World Cheese Awards, this year held in Trondheim, Norway, ended on 27 October 2023.
The event, organized annually by the British magazine The Guild of Fine Food, brings together cheesemakers, retailers, buyers and food critics from all over the world and this year hosted more than 40 countries, with more than 4,000 cheeses to taste: a world record, which underlines the importance of this event for all companies in the sector.
The jury, composed of more than 260 carefully selected and diversified experts, evaluated the cheeses in the competition, in their category, both for the visual aspect of the crust, pasta, colour, and for the sensory aspect in terms of texture, aroma and, above all, flavour: criteria that made it possible to award the different medals.
Latteria Soresina, a fresh gold medal winner at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards, with its latest arrival, the Gorgonzola, in the creamed sweet version, joined the competition with the Italian Cheese National Team – Cheeseitaly, and confirmed its leadership in the dairy sector by winning, also at the World Cheese Awards 2 gold medals in the Grana Padano PDO 18+ category thanks to the two premium maturations, over 24 and over 40 months. Latteria Soresina, the world’s leading producer of Grana Padano, the best-selling Italian PDO in the world, with these unique specialties, now on the market with some packaged formats under the Gran Soresina brand, confirmed not only its leadership in terms of market shares but also in terms of quality.
But there is more: Gorgonzola by Latteria Soresina, this time in the spicy product, also won a precious silver medal in its category. Another sign of the quality level of the Cooperative which, even with the recent acquisition of the Caseificio Oioli, continues to strengthen its position in the world of Italian PDOs.
