Grevé ( ) is a
Swedish cow's milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Milk contains many nutr ...
cheese
Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During prod ...
which is similar to
Emmental cheese
Emmental, Emmentaler, or Emmenthal is a yellow, medium-hard cheese that originated in the Emme Valley in Switzerland. It is classified as a Swiss-type cheese.
History
Emmental cheese originates from the Emme Valley in Switzerland.
It has a ...
. The semi-hard cheese has a nut-like, slightly sweet taste and a fat content of 30%–45%.
It was first produced in 1964 at
Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik (; ), often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017.
Its natural harbour and archipelago is in th ...
in
Västernorrland County
Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.
The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...
, Sweden.
Grevé is a registered trademark that has been owned since 2004 by the company Svenska Ostklassiker AB, a subsidiary of Svensk Mjölk.
Etymology
The name Grevé does not mean anything; however, it sounds similar to the word ''greve'', meaning 'duke' or 'count' in
North Germanic languages
The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. The language group is also r ...
. The cheese was created under the working name "Alpost" (
Alp-cheese) and the producers wanted a name that would sound similar to
Swiss cheese names, e.g.
Gruyère.
References
Swedish cheeses
Cow's-milk cheeses
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