Rodda’s £6m cottage cheese plant opened by Duchess of Gloucester

Rodda’s built its name on clotted cream. Now the Scorrier dairy is betting on something a little lighter.

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester visited Rodda’s Creamery in Scorrier on Tuesday (27 October) to officially open the family dairy’s new purpose-built cottage cheese production facility.

The visit marked a new chapter for the Cornish family dairy, best known for its Cornish clotted cream and butter, following a £6 million investment in specialist cottage cheese manufacturing at its existing Scorrier site.

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From milk curd to packaging

The Duchess was welcomed by members of the Rodda family and the Rodda’s team before touring the new facility.

She was taken through the cottage cheese making process from start to finish, from milk curd through to packaging, and met members of the team involved in bringing the project to life.

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A taste of the new range

Her Royal Highness also sampled products from Rodda’s new cottage cheese range.

She then unveiled a commemorative plaque to mark the official opening of the new cottage cheese facility.

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“A major investment in the future of Rodda’s”

Nicholas Rodda, Managing Director of Rodda’s, said: “We were honoured to welcome HRH The Duchess of Gloucester to Rodda’s today and to share this important moment with our colleagues, farming families and wider community.

“Our new cottage cheese facility represents a major investment in the future of Rodda’s and in food manufacturing here in Cornwall. It enables us to build on our heritage as a family dairy, use more of every litre of milk we buy from our farming families, and respond to the growing demand for high-quality British dairy products.”

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4,000 tonnes a year

The new facility has been designed to expand Rodda’s dairy manufacturing capability and respond to growing UK demand for cottage cheese.

The site is expected to produce up to 4,000 tonnes of cottage cheese each year. And it has already created 20 skilled jobs in Scorrier.

📷Credit: Hugh Hastings

📷Credit: Hugh Hastings

📷Credit: Hugh Hastings

📷Credit: Hugh Hastings