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Sap Sago is a traditional and 100% natural Swiss cheese solely produced in the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. It dates back to the 8th century, where records indicate that the monks of Glarus created the cheese. However, at the Glarner Landsgemeind, on April 24th, 1463 the Sap Sago recipe was legally protected. It was then agreed upon that the cheese must be marked with a stamp of origin in order to be called Schabziger. Thus, making Sap Sago one of the oldest and protected cheeses throughout …

Surprise your guests with something NEW and adventurous . . . that is really OLD and delicious!Sap Sago Cheese – also referred to as Swiss Schabziger® -- is made only in Switzerland from a thousand year-old recipe.It is a unique, hard, pungent, grating cheese with uses limited only to your imagination. A little goes a long way!Our Sap Sago customers tend to be very sentimental about this unique cheese. Many have ties to Europe and grew up eating it with fresh bread and butter (hmmm good!) N …