History of Gruyère AOC

On July 2nd 1992 the Charter of Gruyere was set up. It describes the production areas of the Gruyere cheese:
the canton of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel and Jura as well as the district of Courtelary, La Neuveville, and Moutier in the canton of Berne.

The organisation "Interprofession de Gruyere"  (IPG) was founded on June 2nd 1997 as a follow-up institution of the Swiss Union for the Cheese Trade and is supposed to coordinate the production, supervision and sales of the Gruyere cheese. The organisation includes milk producers, cheese makers and people in charge of the maturing process who jointly strive to ensure quality, origin and promotion of the Gruyere cheese.

This historical background shows that the Gruyere cheese has been able to keep its excellent reputation for centuries. Up to these days the one and only protection of the Gruyere cheese has been its first-class quality.