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Cheese company based in Ilchester, Somerset, UK
The Ilchester Cheese Company is a cheese company based in Ilchester, Somerset. The Ilchester brands are part of Norseland, a subsidiary of Norwegian dairy company Tine SA.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Ilchester Cheese Company is a cheese company based in Ilchester, Somerset. The Ilchester brands are part of Norseland, a subsidiary of Norwegian dairy company Tine SA.2
Ilchester Cheese Company is part of a group headed by Tine. 9 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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In 1962, Ken Seaton, a hotelier in Ilchester, Somerset, England, tried combining cheese with chives, Worthington E Bitter beer and a blend of spices. This and other blended cheeses are manufactured and distributed by the Ilchester Cheese Company.
The company received farm subsidies from the European Union of €891,256 between 2001 and 2005.
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Ilchester do not actually manufacture any cheese from scratch, but specialise in blending a variety of British cheeses with other ingredients, such as beer and fruit. Notable Ilchester cheeses include Applewood, a smoke-flavoured Cheddar cheese, and Five Counties, which is a sandwich of five layers of different English cheeses.
The company also produces vegan cheeses.
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