Pearl Valley Cheese is a family-owned cheese manufacturer in Fresno, Ohio, founded in 1928 after Swiss immigrant Ernest Stalder purchased the Pearl Cheese Company. Known for its award-winning Swiss cheese, the company has grown from making one 200-pound wheel daily to producing 10 million pounds of cheese annually, and remains a producer of its own brand as well as custom-manufactured and private-label cheese.
Guggisberg Cheese, IncFounded in Ohio’s Amish Country in 1950 by Swiss immigrant Alfred Guggisberg, Guggisberg Cheese makes Swiss cheese and is best known as the creator of Original Baby Swiss. Alfred developed the milder, creamier style after experimenting with local milk, and his son Richard now leads the company. The cheese maker has grown into one of the largest Swiss cheese manufacturers in the United States, with national and international recognition including U.S. Grand Champion honors in 2015 and 2019.MILLERSBURG, OH
Bunker Hill CheeseBunker Hill Cheese makes artisan cheeses in Ohio’s Amish country, carrying forward a cheesemaking tradition established at the company in 1935. Its history includes Swiss-trained master cheesemaker John (Hans) Dauwalder, who came to the United States in the 1920s, and a family-owned era in which the business became a wholesale manufacturer serving clients across North America. Ownership transitioned in 2024, and the current team says it is continuing the brand’s cheesemaking traditions.MILLERSBURG, OH
Biery CheeseBiery Cheese is a family-owned cheese manufacturer founded by Norman and Laura Biery in 1929, now led by its fourth generation. From its Louisville, Ohio facility, the company makes cheese products and has grown to more than 600 team members, with distribution throughout the United States.LOUISVILLE, OH
Rothenbühler CheesemakersRothenbühler Cheesemakers makes Swiss-style cheeses rooted in the Old-World flavors of Switzerland’s Emmental Valley, including its award-winning Founder 56 Emmentaler. Based in Middlefield, Ohio, the company also collects whey from its cheesemaking process for ingredient applications and operates a farm and cheese chalet. Its Founder 56 earned the 2023 gold medal for Best Swiss in America.MIDDLEFIELD, OH