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Our love for many products runs deep. And, as fans, we don’t really need to know other people’s opinions of our favorite things to buy, but a little validation certainly never hurts. We won’t lie, it makes us smile to learn that Stanley Tucci also loves Kerrygold butter and that Ina Garden is a Cabot Stanjust like us. And, when our beloved brands and products win an award, it can almost feel like we’ve won, too.
Oregon-based creamery Tillamook is certainly no stranger to medals and trophies. Its cheeses are consistently winning both national and international awards. And at this year’s International Cheese and Dairy Awards (ICDA) in England, the results were no different.
However, this time, it wasn’t just Tillamook’s fan-favorite hard cheeses that took top spot. Instead, its soft spreads were the big winners at the 128-year-old competition.
Tillamook’s Award-Winning Cream Cheese Spreads
At ICDA, which is the largest and oldest cheese dairy show, Tillamook won three gold medal titles for its cream cheese spreads.
Allrecipes / Tillamook
Tillamook’s Original Farmstyle Cream Cheese Spread was named the best in the “Cheese Spread of Any Variety” category—that’s best in the world, by the way. This is the second year in a row that Tillamook has taken this title, which was awarded to its Brick Cream Cheese in 2024.
Allrecipes / Tillamook
Its Very Veggie Farmstyle Cream Cheese Spread was named the “Best USA Soft/Semi Soft Cheese,” up two places from its 2024 bronze title for “Any Variety of Soft Cheese” containing savory additives.
For the first time ever, Tillamook’s Jalapeno Honey Farmstyle Cheese Spread received ICDA recognition, winning “Best USA Cheese – Any Cheese with Additives.”
Tillamook also took home various silver titles for its Seriously Strawberry Farmstyle Cream Cheese Spread, Brick Cream Cheese, Pepper Jack Cracker Cuts, as well as a bronze title for its Spicy Habanero Jack cheese.
If you’ve never tried any of Tillamook’s award-winning cream cheese spreads, you can find them at many major grocery retailers across the country. We’ve been looking for an excuse to load up on the new cream cheese flavors—and it looks like we just found one.