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About Us
Only the very best ingredients go into our Petrella. We collect our Weserbergland milk within a maximum of 50 km of our company location and, in addition, we process lots of fresh herbs and fresh vegetables every day, which go straight into your favorite Petrella.
The family business Petri Feinkost was founded in 1962 by Claus and Waltraud Petri and is now run by the second generation, brothers Stefan and Markus Petri. The delicious Petrella that you know today first appeared in German cheese counters in 1991. Would you like to learn more about the history of Petrella? Then take a look here.
With us, everything is in one place. Our company has one location, which is in Glesse. This is in the district of Holzminden in the beautiful Weserbergland region (southern Lower Saxony).
Yes, during our opening hours you can also buy your favorite Petrella on site. Opening hours: Mon - Thu 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Fri 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Address: Claus-Petri-Straße 3 31868 Glesse/Ottenstein
Production
Our vegetable kitchen is the heart of our Petrella production and what makes it so special. Here, our employees start washing and cutting the freshly delivered herbs and vegetables before sunrise. This is because we process fresh ingredients for our Petrella, which end up in our creamy Petrella on the same day.
The cloth pressing process is a traditional and gentle way of producing fresh cheese. The curdled milk is filled into cheesecloth. This allows the whey to drain as slowly as it needs to. The traditionally produced fresh cheese is then processed further.
Petrella is a cream cheese preparation because, in addition to the cream cheese mixture, other delicious flavoring ingredients such as crunchy bell pepper are stirred into it. The finished product is then called a cream cheese preparation.
Syneresis is the natural separation of the cream cheese mass and the liquid it contains (= whey). So if you ever see this in your Petrella packaging, you don't have to worry that your Petrella is bad. You can simply pour the liquid away or stir it back into your Petrella. This will not affect your taste experience.
Our Petrella is made from pasteurized milk, i.e. the milk is heated in such a way that any pathogens it may contain are rendered harmless. We therefore do not use any raw milk in our products.
For over 30 years, we have combined the advantages of traditional craftsmanship and modern industrial processes to produce our delicious Petrella. With the help of the cloth pressing method, we turn Weserbergland milk into our wonderfully creamy fresh cheese mass, which we then refine with fresh herbs and crunchy vegetables. We have always focused on gently processing our ingredients.
Products
You can find the best-before date on the side of each Petrella package. Your Petrella should be stored in a cool place at between +2 and +8 °C.
You can find Petrella in every well-stocked supermarket throughout Germany. Depending on the region or size of the branch, more or fewer varieties of our Petrella are listed. But roughly speaking, you can find Petrella at: Edeka, Rewe, Kaufland, Markant, Combi, Famila, Klaas&Kock, Kaes, Tegut, Globus, Handelshof, Selgros and Hit.
Our Petrella, whether plant-based or dairy-based, can be used in a variety of ways. Not only can you use it as a spread, but also as a dip or to refine dishes when cooking. Are you looking for recipes with Petrella? Then take a look here.
We are always happy to receive feedback on our current and future varieties. Please feel free to share your ideas with us using the contact form here.
We want everyone to be able to experience the unmistakable taste of Petrella. And who better than us to make a delicious plant-based cream cheese alternative that tastes just as good as the real thing!
Not completely satisfied with a product? Then please use the form here to let us know about your complaint.
Ingridients
Yes, we process fresh herbs and vegetables every day, and that's what makes our Petrella so special.
Our milk collection truck collects the milk for our Petrella daily from a radius of max. 50 km around our company in the Weserbergland region. This Weserbergland milk is then gently processed in our own dairy. If you would like to know more about our milk, please take a look here.
Yes, all Petrella products are gluten-free.
Yes, all Petrella products that you find in the refrigerated section are vegetarian. We use microbial rennet for all our products and therefore no animal rennet. However, the Petrella from the cheese counters contains gelatine and is therefore not suitable for vegetarian diets.
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