{"id":2992,"date":"2011-11-11T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheeseloverca.wordpress.com\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2011-11-11T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T16:58:00","slug":"agropur-cheddars-win-grand-champion-and-reserve-at-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/2011\/11\/11\/agropur-cheddars-win-grand-champion-and-reserve-at-royal\/","title":{"rendered":"Agropur cheddars win Grand Champion and Reserve at Royal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agropur's two-year Grand Cheddar was crowned Grand Champion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Agropur<\/a>, the giant co-operative owned by 3,459 dairy farmers in Canada, United States and Argentina, dominated the cheddar competition at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair<\/a> this week. Agropur cheddars won or placed in six of seven categories with its two-year Grand Cheddar being crowned Grand Champion while the Reserve title went to its one-year Grand Cheddar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both cheddars are made at the Longueuil plant in the village of Bon Conseil near Drummondville, Quebec.<\/p>\n

Aged cheddar is made with unpasteurized milk. The milk is lightly heated in a process called thermization, which preserves the microorganisms and enzymes in raw milk that give cheddar its characteristic flavor. To prevent pathogenic organisms from proliferating, this type of cheddar undergoes a minimum 60-day aging period from the start of production. The resulting cheese retains all its flavour characteristics and gives the cheddar its distinct flavour.<\/p>\n

Here are the top three cheeses in each category of the cheddar competition. Unfortunately, the results provided by the Royal do not name the actual cheddar, only the location of the plant, which is not particularly useful for consumers.<\/p>\n

Extra Mature Cheddar 24 Months or Longer<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Saint-Prime,\u00a0Fromagerie Perron<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Winchester,\u00a0Balderson<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Longueuil,\u00a0Agropur<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mature Cheddar 12-24 Months<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Grand Cheddar aged for 2 years,\u00a0Agropur<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Winchester,\u00a0Balderson<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Saint-Prime,\u00a0Fromagerie Perron<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Medium Cheddar 6-8 Months<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Longueuil, Agropur<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. Saint-Prime,\u00a0Fromagerie Perron<\/a><\/li>\n
      3. Madoc,\u00a0Ivanhoe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Mild Cheddar 2-4 Months<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Longueuil, Agropur<\/a><\/li>\n
        2. Winchester,\u00a0Black Diamond<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. Campbellford,\u00a0Empire Cheese & Butter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Extra Mild Cheddar 1-2 Months<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Winchester,\u00a0Black Diamond<\/a><\/li>\n
          2. Longueuil,\u00a0Agropur<\/a><\/li>\n
          3. Madoc,\u00a0Ivanhoe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Marble Cheddar Any Age<\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Campbellford,\u00a0Empire Cheese & Butter<\/a><\/li>\n
            2. Winchester,\u00a0Balderson<\/a><\/li>\n
            3. Thornloe,\u00a0Thornloe Cheese<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Stilton-Shape Cheddar, coloured or white, made from ordinary Cheddar curd<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Longueuil,\u00a0Agropur<\/a><\/li>\n
              2. Plainield,\u00a0Maple Dale Cheese<\/a><\/li>\n
              3. Campbellford,\u00a0Empire Cheese & Butter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                Blocks of cheddar await scrutiny by judges at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

                Judges in the variety class:\u00a0<\/strong>Norm Matte\u00a0and\u00a0Gilles Sabourin.<\/p>\n

                Sponsors:<\/strong> Gay Lea Foods Co-operative, Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Canadian Cheese Society, Cargill, Central Ontario Cheese Makers, Parmalat, Jersey Canada, Continental Ingredients Canada, Ecolab, Empire Cheese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Agropur, the giant co-operative owned by 3,459 dairy farmers in Canada, United States and Argentina, dominated the cheddar competition at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair this week. Agropur cheddars won or placed in six of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,42,144,183,216,286,357,387],"tags":[],"brand":[],"class_list":["post-2992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agropur","category-black-diamond","category-empire-cheese-butter-co-op","category-fromagerie-perron","category-ivanhoe","category-maple-dale-cheese","category-royal-winter-agricultural-fair","category-thornloe-cheese"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2992"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=2992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}