USA to have a taste of smoked Orkney cheddar

Orkney based speciality cheese producer, The Island Smokery, has just secured its first ever order for the United States.

The Stromness firm, which is set to move into bigger premises in the town later this year, is supplying 600kg of its Orkney Smoked Red Cheddar to key US importer and distributor, Atalanta.

This initial order follows a Scottish Development International (SDI) trade mission to the US earlier this year to launch the new Scottish dairy brand.

Callum MacInnes, who established The Island Smokery in 2005, said the US order was potentially the first of many, with more North American buyers expressing an interest in the firm’s cheeses.