Switzerland: Huge appetite for cheese

Making cheese is big business in Switzerland and is a real lifeline for many of the country’s dairy farmers who milk cows while conquering the challenges of the Swiss Alps. Swiss people have a huge appetite for cheese, eating their way through an average 20 to 25kgs of the dairy product per person per year. The country produces around 185,000 tonnes of cheese annually into over 450 varieties, including the popular Emmentaler, Le Gruyere and Sbrinz brands, and imports another 58,000 tonnes to