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The competition in Catalonia, which held its fifteenth edition on 20 and 21 April in Vic, has had the participation of more than 150 cheeses distributed in fifteen categories in competition. The Vell Reserva from Formatges Muntanyola has been recognised at the Lactium...

Jon Garcia is an aeronautical engineer who during the pandemic came up with his personal cheesecake project and created JonCake. With two bakeries in Barcelona, his project has achieved exceptional success and recognition, with queues of up to 45 minutes in the street...

The AMPANS foundation's cheeses, made by a team of people with intellectual disabilities, already won a gold medal at last year's competition for their Garrotxa The Vell Reserva goat cheese from Formatges Muntanyola has been recognised with the gold medal in the final...

The AMPANS foundation cheeses have been awarded among more than 1,600 references from all over the world, judged by a jury of 250 experts.   Formatges Muntanyola has once again achieved the recognition of the sector in France, with two cheeses, the Garrotxa and...

Formatges Muntanyola has obtained a new recognition as the second best artisan project in the third edition of the "Talento del Queso" contest in Asturias. Formatges Muntanyola reached the final held in Oviedo, where it competed with five other projects from Spain,...

Formatges Muntanyola's Vell Reserva goat cheese, which we make on the Urpina estate in Sant Salvador de Guardiola, has won third prize in the category of cured goat cheese at one of Spain's leading cheese competitions, Gourmet Quesos, which was held this April in...

Formatges Muntanyola Bufalet has been awarded with a gold medal at the Concours International de Lyon. Formatges Muntanyola by Fundació AMAPANS, has been awarded, one more time, with a gold medal for Bufalet. The mature cheese made with buffalo milk has been selected...

Muntanyola cheeses that AMPANS produces at the Urpina farm, in Sant Salvador de Guardiola, in the Bages region, have won a gold and a bronze medal at the World Cheese Awards 2022, the international cheese competition. The winners were selected and unveiled in an event...

Currently we employ 12 people, a team formed mainly by people with disabilities, and we look to the future having consolidated the brand identity: people and territory. Formatges Muntanyola trajectory completely changed when AMPANS took over the brand and convert it...

Formatges Muntanyola has also been recognised in the livestock world for the genetic value of its herd of goats, appearing in third place in CAPRIGRAN ranking. The Murcia-Granadine goat breed is ideal for cheese making. Quoting Urpina’s farmer, Joan, “they are like a...

The group of hospitality students has already made their first visit to the AMPANS cheese factory, located the Urpina farm. We received a very exciting visit to the Urpina farm. Fifteen students from the Culinary Management Degree at the Joviat Hospitality School have...

The generosity of a family who donated an estate made Muntanyola and Urpina projects possible.Carles shepherd of the farm and Salvador Urpina’s son, explain the story of the most emblematic solidarity project in Bages, the Urpina agro-social project. The Urpina farm,...