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​If dairy products are included in the topic, it may be worth mentioning Saanen cheese, the longest stored of all cheeses. Individual cheeses may be over 200 years old, and remain edible though very hard.

It is a cheese of the same type as Sbrinz​, which is probably the hard cheese mentioned by Columella in the 1st century AD as made in Helvetia -- though Saanen itself dates back only to the 16th century. It is made in large wheels up to 16 inches (40 cm) in diameter, and is normally matured for at least three years, sometimes seven.

Saanen is made only in regions of the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. When a child is born here, a cheese is commissioned, and tiny portions of it are eaten on its owner's name day and other festivals. A cheese often outlives the person it was made for, and may be consumed in their memory for as long as any remains.

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