The Start

Authenticity, tradition and craftsmanship – the ‘new’ values of today – have been at the heart of Veldhuyzen Cheese for over a century. As a small family business, Veldhuyzen has been trading cheeses produced by farmers in its region since the 1880s.
Mr Cornelius Veldhuyzen, our founder, could have stayed content with sailing his two barges around Holland, transporting all sorts of goods from A to B. But then local farmers started asking him to ship their cheese to Amsterdam and sell it to traders at a good price. Around 1875, big cheese factories or markets did not exist, which made it difficult for individual farmers to sell their goods.