Our Company - Queijaria do Pico

Queijaria do Pico

Our journey began in 2001, when we acquired the former Sociedade de Produção de Lacticínios, Lda., the oldest artisanal cheese factory in the Azores.

We are dedicated to the dairy industry, namely the production of cheese. Our recipes, traditionally passed down through generations of local artisans in Pico Island, guarantee the preservation of the typical Azorean cheese’s texture and flavor.

With the technological evolution of the industry, it was essential to modernize and expand our production. Even so, and because we value creating a quality cheese with differentiating characteristics, not conforming to the massification of our sector and preserving the artisanal manufacturing that characterizes us.

The factories

The Queijaria owns two factories – one in Arrife, and another in São João (the oldest in Pico and the Azores), the only ones in the area dedicated to artisanal manufacture, where the art of producing our cheeses has been created, perfected and preserved by the women of Pico, from generation to generation.

The cheese produced here is unique and unmistakable, since the microclimate of our island influences the entire manufacturing process of this local treasure.

Here, the origin of pure Azorean flavor lives.

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