Kenyan cheese

The tradition & historical record

Several companies make cheese in Kenya. Though Cheese is not a traditional Kenyan food, the market is expanding. Cheese consumption has been increasing within the Kenyan middle-class. As of 2016, the five largest manufacturers of cheese in Kenya were Browns, active since the 1970s with 22% of the market; Raka, established 2001 with 19%; Dama Dairy established 1994, Happy Cow Kenya, Eldoville Dairies and New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (New KCC). Cheese produced in Kenya includes Cheddar, Gouda, blue cheese, feta, mascarpone, ricotta, mozzarella and brie. ¹

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cheese in Kenya”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. ¹

Kenyan cheese is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. ²

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