Dairy cooperative France

It's in the Aromas region, which marks the end of the Jura massif, that the fruitière des Érythrônes has settled. Founded just 100 years ago, it now has 20 farms. The store adjacent to the cheese dairy offers a wide range of products. Cheeses, of course, but also wines and delicatessen products. Tours of the cheese dairy and cellar are also available. Vanessa and her team will welcome you with a smile to show you around. And if you want to meet some Erythrones, it's in the fields!

Fabien and Guillaume are a pair of cheese-makers with unique expertise. They make their comtés at their Pont-du-Navoy dairy, some of which are organic. You can discover a range of comtés, morbiers and tommes du Jura, as well as a whole selection of local products. A second store is located in the village of Montrond, about 30 minutes away: Au Chalet Modèle. Every Thursday, you can book a visit with the cheese-makers, who will show you the workshop and the cheese-making process.

This dairy cooperative produces, matures (in part) and offers its own Comté cheese and products from the local trade. Mild, fruity or aged, the flavours enchant the palate with the rhythm of the maturing process (up to 20 months). Comté cheese but also morbier, cow's cheese rubbed with Jura wine and four spices rub shoulders with Arbois wines, Clerval honey and Mouthier-haute-Pierre beers. The tourist office offers a discovery tour in summer - booking required.

This cooperative which stretches between the north of Lozère and Cantal provides dairy product lovers with a quality farm butter and several types of cheese: a raw milk tomme, a small shepherd's cheese (Le Berger de Lozère) and small blue cheeses made from cow's milk (la Fourmette Douce Bleue) or sheep's milk. So many specialties that deserve to be tasted, especially since they are often rewarded in agricultural competitions.

This family farm, which has been processing milk for over half a century, is in the hands of François Chedru, a rural veterinarian, and his sons, who work to produce top-quality yoghurts (winners of several medals). They have total control over the entire cycle, from forage production to cow feeding, right through to the finished product available on site. From creamy plain yoghurt to fruit yoghurt, from jellies to rice cakes, the ranges are varied and tasty. A tour of the site allows visitors to learn more about the business.

Located at an altitude of 750 metres between Valdahon and Morteau, the Flangebouche dairy was founded in 1840! Today, it has 54 farmers on 30 farms. A store will welcome you to discover all the flavors of Franche-Comté: comté, morbier, tomme and raclette, as well as a wide selection of regional products. The fruitière has been completely renovated and modernized, with the addition of a modern, tasteful sales area.

This small nonagenarian dairy unit continues to evolve within its 1932 walls. Merged with its neighbor Chamole, the "chalet" as they say on the 1st plateau, has undergone modernizations in 2005 and 2017. The 13 cooperators generate 7,000 wheels of Comté cheese. Fans of raw cream and butter will find some remarkable specialities here. You have to try the white cheese that is ladled out. Comté cheeses are distinguished by their rich and complex aromas and tastes. 90 botanical species have been identified in the commune, including 17 aromatic ones!

The Sèvre-et-Belle dairy has been producing pasteurized and raw goat's milk butters and cheeses since 1983. These products regularly win awards and are distributed worldwide. Based on a number of fundamental principles, the company offers a range of interesting products in both cheese and butter (Baratte d'or, Baratte du crémier...). Don't hesitate to visit the cooperative's boutique!

Set back from the road halfway between Salins and Champagnole, this cooperative is brand new. It is in fact the transfer initiated by "Les Monts de Joux", of the one that was operating in Cernans. On the field side, Pierre-Yves Cannard, with his 33 years of experience, is in charge of production. He processes 5.5 million litres of milk per year from 18 producers. This state-of-the-art cheese factory includes a beautiful sales area for regional products. Of course, you can find the Comté cheeses produced on site, but also the great Jura classics.

La Fruitière de la Vallée du Guiers offers a veritable refuge where artisan cheeses reach consumers directly. This emblematic place showcases the precious traditional know-how appreciated by Savoyard connoisseurs. Wine, fruit juices, charcuterie, honey and jams are also available, offering a veritable symphony of regional flavors. Visitors are invited to explore the galleries, where manufacturing secrets are revealed.

The Fromagerie du Plan is located at the entrance of the village in Pralognan-la-Vanoise. Samantha and Pierrick are farmers and offer their products for direct sale. Moreover, some of the products made in the Prioux mountain pasture in summer are found on this stall. Beaufort d'alpage, raclette, yoghurts, tomme... To complete the picture, they also selected other farm products. The products smell of authenticity and know-how.

On the road to Revard, a large cheese factory where you can find local cheeses. The fruit is located right next door. The volumes of the Bauges and Tommes de Saint-Ours are refined here for the fruit of the Fromagerie Cheese Factory for five to seven weeks and will cover a beautiful flowered crust before being ready to eat. You will also find Savoy Cheese, Beaufort, abundance, reblochon. Some wines from Savoy from the cellar of Cruet, from génépi, from the jam of the Ferme farm, from Savoy honey, from Chautagne snails are also available to concocter beautiful baskets of local produce.

The Laitière Dairy Cooperative is exported into the mountains by proposing its products manufactured and refined in Moûtiers. It transforms milk from 65 dairy farms that represent 750 tonnes of Beaufort. Between 30 and 80 grinding are produced per day following the season and lactation of cows. You will find at the shop, Beaufort, reblochon, tommes, Savoy cheeses, gourmet products, wine…

This cooperative, located a few miles from Vouglans Lake, is made up of 21 dairy farmers who joined the municipality of Arthenas in 2010. They deliver 7 million litres per year. These are processed on site, mainly into Comté PDO (700 t./year). This workshop also produces butter, cream and cottage cheese. The adjoining shop, all rounded, has a wide range of other regional cheese specialities. A selection of local delicacies completes the offer. Finally, there is an organic Comté cheese.

The cheese dairy La chevrette de Blandine is located below at the entrance of the village of Montmiral. You will be kindly welcomed by the Gilibert family, owners of the 170 dairy goats on the farm. This family business transforms the milk from their herd into tommes (white, hard, ashy, with dried tomatoes...), faisselles, bûchettes (fresh, ashy, with herbs), apéri'chèvre.... You will also be able to get goat sausage, nuts and cooked dishes made with goat meat. You didn't stop over for nothing!

Between Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Mauléon, this artisanal cheese dairy transforms and matures sheep's milk from the production of 17 shepherds. Compliance with the specifications guarantees milk of exceptional quality (ewes fed on hay and non-GMO cereals) and a top-quality artisanal cheese with a natural rind. The cheese is creamy white in colour, with small openings and the taste of the cheese blossoms to reveal the complexity and fullness of its aromas.

If the word "raw" has a meaning, it is here that it is proclaimed and claimed loud and clear. This small cheese dairy above Poligny is dedicated to raw cheese specialities: butter, cream, fromage blanc, comté and the house monopoly: "Le bleu de La Marre". It is to the credit of the cheesemaker Paul Jeusset to have created this product. Produced in 2 kg tomes after 15 days of maturing and pricked by hand so that it is blue, this raw blue is softer and creamier than its predecessors. 2 Comté cheeses are also available, one sweet and one fruity, with Martine's smile as a bonus.

Situated on the heights of the small village of Véria in the south of the Revermont, the fruitière offers a wide range of cheeses from the region. Patrick and his wife Odile are delighted to welcome you to their store adjoining the fruitière. Odile will introduce you to the 3 comtés from her husband's production, as well as the morbiers and raclettes produced and matured here! Other products include raw butter, raw cream, cottage cheeses made on site, and a range of regional products..