Kosher cheese is hard to make independently: a mashgiach has to be present when the milk is set into curd, so nearly all of it comes from a few large producers. That makes the independents who do it themselves genuinely rare. This is a short shelf on purpose — two makers who actually earn it, instead of brands owned up the chain.
Published July 2026 · Updated 7 Jul 2026
Brent Delman has run The Cheese Guy since 1990, making vegetarian-rennet cheeses — aged cheddars, gouda, feta, fresh goat, burrata — including a Chalav Yisrael 'Super Kosher' line of more than thirty varieties. Everything is OU certified (with CRC for Passover), and he ships direct, with single-cheese subscriptions.
Why it isn't on AmazonKosher cheese needs a mashgiach present when the milk is set, so almost all of it comes from a handful of large names. One founder making dozens of varieties himself and shipping them direct is unusual.
See it at The Cheese Guy →A family creamery in Goshen, New York making aged raw-milk cheeses from pastured, grass-fed cows — a Redmond cheddar, Tumbleweed, and others certified Tablet-K and ordered direct from their site. Real farmstead cheese that happens to also be kosher.
Why it isn't on AmazonA farmstead dairy aging its own raw-milk cheese under a kosher hechsher is unusual — most kosher cheese is factory-made from bought milk, so a small farm doing both is worth knowing about.
See it at 5 Spoke Creamery →This seat's open on purpose — we won't pad the list to hit a number. If you ship real kosher dairy & cheese direct, it's earned, not sold.
Add your brand →Two reasons. Most cheese is set with rennet, which is often derived from animal stomachs and has to be a kosher or vegetarian source. And Jewish law holds that a Jew must be involved in setting the milk into curd (gevinat Yisrael), so kosher cheese needs supervision at the moment it's made — not just a kosher ingredient list. That's why it always carries a hechsher.
Chalav Yisrael milk is supervised from the moment of milking to guarantee it's purely cow's milk. Some observant buyers require it; others rely on government dairy oversight (called chalav stam) and don't. The Cheese Guy makes a dedicated Chalav Yisrael 'Super Kosher' line for those who want it, while 5 Spoke is standard kosher — check the label for which you're getting.
Tablet-K is an established national kosher agency accepted by many observant buyers. As with any hechsher, some communities and individuals have their own preferences about which certifications they rely on, so if you keep to a stricter standard it's worth checking with your rabbi. The symbol on 5 Spoke's cheese means it was supervised, not just labeled.
Aged, harder cheeses are surprisingly sturdy and travel well with cold packs in an insulated box on ground shipping; fresh cheeses ship faster and colder. Get it into the fridge as soon as it lands. Both makers here pack for transit, but plan to be home for the delivery rather than letting cheese sit on a warm porch.
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