O'BEREG is a family-run cheese dairy in Sumy, opened in 2017 by Volodymyr Opryshko and his wife. Prior to that, Volodymyr spent over fifteen years working with equipment for primary milk cooling. When the export of dairy products to Russia was shut down, his farmer partners wanted to process the milk themselves, and he designed cheesemaking lines for them, adapting Dutch experience to Ukrainian conditions. After supplying over a dozen such lines, the family opened their own cheese dairy.
Cheeses
O'BEREG specialises in rennet cheeses of the Dutch, English, Swiss and Italian groups: Gouda, Maasdam, Cheddar — up to thirteen varieties of it —, Lancashire, ricotta, Irish Blue, Brie, Brunost, Halloumi. Among their own recipes is "Sumskyi Konoplyanyi". The wheels mature in a chamber with a separate microclimate after pressing and a brine bath. In addition to cheeses, they produce butter, sour cream, yogurt and handmade cheese candies.
The cheeses are made from whole milk, which is brought every morning from a farm near Sumy. In 2022, O'BEREG cheese was recognised at the international World Cheese Awards competition. The cheese dairy has hosted classes for children with autism and Down syndrome.
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