Bavarian family business producing and ripening cheese specialities such as blue cheese, soft cheese and semi-hard cheese

Bergader Privatkäserei GmbH

Waging a. See · Bad Aibling · Villafranca di Verona (IT)New on Amplifa

1902Founded

800Employees

approx. 36,000 t cheese/yearSales 2025

approx. 330 million €Cheese revenue (2025)

3 sitesWaging, Bad Aibling, Verona

About Bergader

Bergader Privatkäserei GmbH was founded in 1902 by Basil Weixler and is today family-owned in the fourth generation. The company produces cheese specialities at its Bavarian sites in Waging am See and Bad Aibling: blue cheese such as Bergader Edelpilz and Bavaria blu, soft cheese, semi-hard cheese and hard cheese, made from regional Alpine, mountain-farm and hay milk. In addition to production and ripening, the service portfolio includes portioning and packing into consumer packages and counter products as well as the sale of raw milk, cream, skimmed milk and whey in tanker trucks. With around 800 employees and 1,000 contract farmers, Bergader achieved cheese sales of approx. 36,000 tonnes and revenue of approx. 330 million euros in 2025. Distribution takes place via food retail and the cheese counter as well as throughout Europe and to the USA, Japan and Brazil. A distribution site in Villafranca di Verona (Bergader Italia) serves the Italian market.

Site: Waging a. See
Processes: Cheese production (soft cheese, blue cheese, semi-hard cheese, hard cheese), Portioning and packing of cheese (films, deep-drawn films/trays, vacuum-packed), Smoking of semi-hard cheese (partially), Producing and ripening cheese specialities (blue cheese, soft cheese, semi-hard cheese), Portioning and packing (consumer packages, counter products), Supply of raw milk, cream, skimmed milk, whey in tanker trucks, Broker activities, Visitor tours (visit Bergader)
Materials: Alpine milk, Mountain-farm milk, Hay milk, Raw milk, Cream, Whey
Certificates: IFS Food Version 8 (Higher Level, Star Status), IFS Food Version 8 (Higher Level, Star Status, Wendelstein Käsewerk GmbH), DIN EN ISO 9001, EMAS, ISO 9001
Founded: 1902
Employees: 800
Industries: Food retail, Cheese counter/fresh food service, Food industry (further processing), Export (blue cheese)

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Milk collection from approx. 1,000 contract farmers
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Milk delivery by haulage contractor
03
Cheese production
04
Ripening
05
Portioning and packing
06
Distribution

Milk Raw Materials

ALM

Alpine milk

Fresh milk from the Bavarian Alpine and pre-Alpine region as the basis of the soft and blue cheese specialities.

BGB

Mountain-farm milk

Milk from EU-defined mountain farms above 500–700 m altitude for Bergbauern cheese.

HEU

Hay milk

Milk from traditional grass and hay feeding, protected since 2016 by the EU quality seal g.t.S.

ROH

Raw milk

Supply of raw milk, cream, skimmed milk and whey in tanker trucks.

Sites

Waging a. See

Headquarters and production site (Bergader Privatkäserei GmbH)

Materials: Alpine milk, mountain-farm milk, raw milk

Bad Aibling

Production site (Wendelstein Käsewerk GmbH, Maxlrainer Str. 18)

Materials: Semi-hard cheese, hard cheese, soft cheese

Villafranca di Verona

Distribution site (Bergader Italia)

Industries

Food retailCheese counter/fresh food serviceFood industry (further processing)Export (blue cheese)

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Cheese production (soft cheese, blue cheese, semi-hard cheese, hard cheese)Plastics	–	–	–	–	Cow's milk, Alpine milk, Mountain-farm milk, Hay milk
Portioning and packing of cheese (films, deep-drawn films/trays, vacuum-packed)Assembly	–	–	–	–	Cheese
Smoking of semi-hard cheese (partially)Surface	–	–	–	–	Semi-hard cheese

Additional services

Producing and ripening cheese specialities (blue cheese, soft cheese, semi-hard cheese)Portioning and packing (consumer packages, counter products)Supply of raw milk, cream, skimmed milk, whey in tanker trucksBroker activitiesVisitor tours (visit Bergader)

Quality

Bergader has been certified to IFS Food (Version 8, Higher Level) for many years and was the first German cheese dairy to be certified to DIN EN ISO 9001. Both production sites are audited annually according to EMAS.

Evidence	Waging a. See	Bad Aibling
IFS Food Version 8 (Higher Level, Star Status)
ISO 9001
EMAS

History

1902
Company founded by Basil Weixler
1927
Development of the “Bavarian Mountain Roquefort” (today Bergader Edelpilz); awarded the Bavarian State Prize
1935
Germany's first blue cheese plant in the old Postbräu in Waging
1972
Introduction of Bavaria blu – the first soft cheese with white mould on the outside and blue mould on the inside
1979
Awarded the Goldenen Zuckerhut as the first cheese dairy in Germany
1998
Start of the environmental management system according to EMAS
2012
Commissioning of Europe's most modern soft cheese dairy