About us

welcome to Thornloe cheese

Thornloe Cheese Inc., is proudly owned by farmers and operates with family values in the heart of the Temiskaming Valley. Since 1940 when Rene Laframboise, took a leap of faith and opened the first cheese plant in the town of Thornloe we've earned your respect for quality products some 75 years later. We continue to craft heritage style cheddars and new age speciality products with pure cow and goat milks.
Our customers call us "Pride of the North", take us to your table for an exceptional food experience.

DFO VERIFIED Grass Fed Cheese Products

Your everyday snacking and recipes just got healthier, tastier and more irresistible. Our Grass Fed Mild Cheddar and Mozzarella features a fresh clean taste with ideal protein and full fat for growing children.
All Thornloe Cheese making practices are made with fresh milk and are the Pride of the North. All Canadian milk is free of added growth hormones and antibiotics and our products are suitable for vegetarians, made in small batches by Northerners.
For further reading on the benefits of Grass Fed cheese.
The Globe and Mail – Leslie Beck
Is it healthier to drink milk from grass-fed cows? What’s the difference between this type of milk and regular milk?
Is it healthier to drink grass-fed or organic milk?

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Family Farm Values

From the Temiskaming Valley, we’d like you to meet Steve Runnulls, and his millennial children – they are the salt of the earth types with a sincere passion for natural farming practices. We took a tour of the farmstead and enjoyed an intimate look at the day to day operations.
“Steve says, he would not farm if he could not pasture his cows nor if his kids were not part of the family farming future”.
At our core are simple values – “raise happy and healthy cows while being good environmental stewards”. *Pasturing cows enables our famers to achieve these values and bring the benefits of Grass Fed dairy to Canadians with Thornloe cheese and creamery products.

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Nutrition in Grass Fed Cheese

Natural pasture and grass-based farming systems increase flavour and micronutrients that are beneficial to human health (CLA, Poly unsaturated fatty acids, omega-3, antioxidants, vitamins A and E, and Selenium) in milk and cheese.
Grass Fed cheeses feature a health-promoting ratio of omega- 6 – omega-3 fat. Grass Fed cheese is a truly unique food in terms of its broad range of nutrients. (Dr. Bita Farhang, Dairy Farmers of Ontario)
While weather permits cows eat on pasture and are fed a cut grass diet for the rest of the year with a balanced ration of grain (approximately 25 per cent) and minerals to maintain optimal health and reproductive fitness.

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Verified Grass Fed Milk

Tucked away nearly 600Km North of Toronto, is an agricultural clay belt and tourist destination made popular because of its fresh air, rugged terrain, rolling pastures and crystal clear lakes surrounded by the wilds of the Boreal Forest.
The Runnulls Farm is one of a handful of suppliers within a 25 Km radius who supply our expert cheddar and artisanal cheese makers with fresh Grass Fed milk.
Our Grass Fed products bear this symbol and ensures the milk we source is monitored for standards in animal care and pasturing by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.
Enjoy this fresh clean taste in our Grass Fed cheese and creamery products.