Valio Eesti is a major local dairy company founded in 1992, which is producing and marketing fresh dairy and cheese products made of milk from mainly Central and South Estonian farms. Valio Eesti improves their product range annually, producing almost 300 different dairy and cheese products in total. The products of Valio Eesti are produced in two factories located in South Estonia – Valio Laeva Dairy and Valio Võru Cheese Factory. Clean domestic milk with highest quality is the basis for creation of Valio Eesti products and quality guarantee. Valio Eesti is operating in environment-friendly and sustainable way. Gran Regale brand and product description: Valio Gran Regale cheese: result of Estonian-Italian synergy Imagine combining the best hard cheese making know-how with one of the purest environments in Europe. This exceptional meeting happened in the late 90´s, when Võru cheese plant was visited by one of the largest Italian producers of Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano; they discovered the Estonian qualitative, pure milk. The result of this unique synergy was a true success: Forte hard cheese was born. Later, it was even offered at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Sales grew steadily all over Europe and not only – the biggest achievement has been Italy becoming our largest export market. What better testament to our cheese’s taste and quality. Following the positive wave, investments were made to develop a new great product with a white grainy structure, vibrant flavour and mildly pungent smell: Gran Regale. Valio Gran Regale’s production follows what the original Italian tradition demands: 33 kg wheels are placed on wooden shelves where they undergo a long maturation of minimum 10 months