Cooperative dairy in the Allgäu that produces mountain cheese and other dairy specialties from hay milk supplied by nine farmers

Heumilch-Sennerei Rutzhofen eG

Stiefenhofen-Rutzhofen (Production & Sales) · Oberstaufen (Sales) · Maierhöfen (Sales)New on Amplifa

1908Founded

1.4 million kgMilk processed per year

9Milk suppliers

approx. 900 gWheel weight Balzenbergli

3Locations

About the Dairy

Heumilch-Sennerei Rutzhofen eG is a cooperatively organized cheese dairy founded in 1908 in Stiefenhofen-Rutzhofen in the western Allgäu. Nine milk suppliers deliver 1.4 million kilograms of silage-free and GMO-free hay milk to the dairy each year. From this milk, Allgäu mountain cheese, Emmental, Sennrahm cheese, Alprahm cheese, butter, quark and other specialties are traditionally produced in copper kettles, partly with ingredients such as wild garlic, caraway, fenugreek, chili or pepper. In addition to production at its headquarters, the cooperative operates sales outlets in Oberstaufen and Maierhöfen as well as an online shop with shipping. The products are marketed, among other channels, via the Westallgäu Cheese Trail. Guided tours of the dairy are offered at times, but were most recently not possible.

Site: Stiefenhofen
Processes: Cheese production (dairy), Online shop (shipping), Guided tours of the dairy (currently not possible)
Materials: Hay milk, Copper kettle process
Founded: 1908
Industries: Dairy/Cheese dairy, Food, Milk processing

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Milk delivery by 9 cooperative farmers
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Traditional processing of the hay milk in the copper kettle
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Cheese production and ripening
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Sales in own sales outlets and via online shop

Milk & Process

Hay milk

Silage-free and GMO-free hay milk from nine milk suppliers as the basis of cheese production.

Copper kettle process

Traditional processing in the copper kettle, which, according to the dairy, contributes to the fine flavor of the cheese.

Locations

Rutzhofen 7, 88167 Stiefenhofen

Production & Sales (Headquarters)

Materials: Hay milk

Copper kettle (cheese kettle)

Hugo-v.-Königsegg-Str. 7, 87534 Oberstaufen

Sales outlet

Hauptstraße 12, 88167 Maierhöfen

Sales outlet

Products

**Rutzhofer mountain cheese (mild, delicately spicy, robust)**Copper kettle · Dairy

**Rutzhofer Emmental, 45 % fat in dry matter**Copper kettle · Dairy

**Rutzhofer Alprahm cheese**Copper kettle · Dairy

**Rutzhofer Alpesan**Copper kettle · Dairy

**Rutzhofer Sennrahm cheese**Copper kettle · Dairy

**Rutzhofer mountain cheese alternatively**Copper kettle · Dairy

**Rutzhofer wild garlic cheese**Copper kettle · Dairy

**Rutzhofer Emmental**Copper kettle · Dairy

Inside the production

Industries

Dairy/Cheese dairyFoodMilk processing

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Cheese production (dairy)Food	–	–	approx. 900 g (Balzenbergli wheel)	1.4 million kg of milk/year	Hay milk

1 Anlagen & Maschinen

Machine	Manufacturer / model	Quantity	Working area	Year built	Site
Copper kettle (cheese kettle)	–	–	–	–	Rutzhofen

Additional services

Online shop (shipping)Guided tours of the dairy (currently not possible)

Reference customers

9 milk suppliers (farmers)

History

1908
Foundation of the cooperative with 18 members and start of construction in Rutzhofen
1909
Start of cheese production
1922
The cheese dairy is operated under its own management
1958
Dissolution of the Berbruggen dairy and affiliation with Rutzhofen
1964
Fundamental renovation and expansion
1965
The Stiefenhofen dairy cooperative dissolves and joins the Rutzhofen cooperative
1972
Production of mountain cheese is tested
1992
Establishment of a sales room
1997
Renovation of the dairy to the latest standards
2005
Expansion of the sales room
2008
Anniversary year: 100 years of the dairy
2013
Opening of the Oberstaufen sales outlet
2021
Opening of the Maierhöfen sales outlet