Manufacturer of soft, processed, hard and red-smear cheeses as well as whey products for industry
Käserei Champignon Hofmeister GmbH & Co. KG
Lauben/Allgäu (Heising) · Moosburg an der Isar · Pfeffenhausen · Kammlach · FreibergNew on Amplifa
About Käserei Champignon Hofmeister
Käserei Champignon Hofmeister GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Heising (Lauben/Allgäu), is the largest production company of the Champignon-Hofmeister Group, a family-owned dairy group. Founded in 1908, the company specializes in soft cheese; its best-known products are Champignon Camembert and the blue-veined cheese Cambozola. The group also includes Hofmeister Käsewerk (Moosburg an der Isar and Pfeffenhausen) for processed and hard cheese, the Mang-Käsewerk in Kammlach for red-smear cheese, and the Molkerei Hainichen-Freiberg (a joint venture with Ehrmann AG) for Camembert. Through the Alpavit profit center, founded in 1989, whey products are also manufactured for the pharmaceutical, confectionery, baby food and food industries. The group processes ca. 440 Mio. kg Milch/Jahr (2022) and exports to 55 countries; the export share is approx. 30 %.
- Site
- Lauben/Allgäu
- Processes
- Production of whey products for the pharmaceutical, confectionery, baby food and food industries
- Materials
- Soft cheese, Processed cheese, Hard cheese, Red-smear cheese, Whey products
- Founded
- 1908
- Industries
- Dairy industry / cheese production, Food industry (B2B: supplier to the pharmaceutical, confectionery and baby food
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Milk intake
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Cheese production
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Ripening
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Packaging
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Distribution
Products and Processes
Soft cheese
Specialty of the main plant in Lauben, including Camembert and blue-veined cheese.
Processed cheese
Produced at the Moosburg an der Isar site.
Hard cheese
Produced at the Moosburg an der Isar and Pfeffenhausen sites.
Red-smear cheese
Core competence of the Mang-Käsewerk in Kammlach.
Whey products
Under the Alpavit brand, ingredients for the pharmaceutical, confectionery, baby food and food industries.
Sites
Lauben/Allgäu (Heising)
DEHeadquarters, soft cheese dairy (veterinary control numbers BY 102, BY 129)
- Materials
- Soft cheese
Moosburg an der Isar
DEHofmeister Käsewerk GmbH & Co. KG (BY 711)
- Materials
- Processed cheese, hard cheese
Pfeffenhausen
DEHofmeister Käsewerk GmbH & Co. KG (BY 711)
- Materials
- Processed cheese, hard cheese
Kammlach
DEMang-Käsewerk GmbH & Co. KG (BY 709)
- Materials
- Red-smear cheese
Freiberg
DEMolkerei Hainichen-Freiberg GmbH & Co. KG, joint venture (50 %) with Ehrmann AG
- Materials
- Camembert
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1908
Founding of Käserei Champignon by cheese maker Julius Hirschle and cheese trader Leopold Immler
- 1938
Founding of Molkerei Moosburg (later Hofmeister Käsewerk)
- 1952
Acquisition of Molkerei Moosburg by the Hofmeister family
- 1961
Acquisition of the cheese dairy by the brothers Josef and Georg Hofmeister; Anton-Fehr plaque
- 1965
Benno-Martino Medal
- 1980
Market launch of the blue-veined cheese Cambozola
- 1987
Acquisition of the Mang-Käsewerk in Kammlach
- 1989
Founding of the Alpavit profit center
- 2013
World Cheese Awards for Montagnolo Affiné