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Emmentaler AOP

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Emmentaler AOP is a medium-hard cheese from western Switzerland. To be certified AOP, protected designation of origin, the pale yellow cheese can only by made from raw cows milk, water, salt, natural starter cultures and rennet. Produced in a round shape with a natural rind, the cheese must be age for a minimum of 4 months in the cantons of Aargau, Bern (except Amtsbezirk Moutier), Glarus, Luzern, Schwyz, Solothurn, St Gallen, Thurgau, Zug or Zurich, or in the See- and Sensebezirk of Kanton Freiburg. - AsNotedIn