Gateway Cheese™:

Swiss

Flavor

Approachable

Intense

Each Gateway Cheese™ is a jumping-off point. It’s a cheese with specific flavor and texture associations, and it ushers you into a larger group of cheeses that share these qualities. The point of a Gateway Cheese™ is to take a common, familiar cheese and use it to discover less common, less familiar cheeses. Every Gateway Cheese™ introduces a spectrum of flavors, from approachable to intense, shared by all the cheeses in the group.

Flavor Spectrum

Cooked milk

Approachable

Roasted nuts

Intermediate

Caramelized onion

Intense

Swiss

is the gateway to:

A bevy of smooth, pliable, brilliant melters with sweet (as in not sharp) flavor that becomes increasingly toasty and roasty, culminating in caramelized onion and beef bouillon. The one with holes is the first we all met, but chances are you’ll find several that are better.

Intensity

Cheese Type

Flavor