The awards that endorse us

In 2021 Coinga was recognized with the “Best Cooperative in Spain in Rural Development” award granted by Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España thanks to our commitment to the territory and to the more than 60 associated farms for which we are a guarantee of continuity.
The variety of products, the push to develop cheese under the Mahón-Menorca Protected Designation of Origin, the innovative character, the commitment to quality, as well as the services we offer to members and the initiatives and sponsorship of various sports and social organizations, were some of the most valued issues.
This award gives us the opportunity to put Menorca on the map as a rural region, a dream island where tourism is the main economic source.
Our sector takes care of the landscape and our traditions, but the activity we carry out is not gardening, it is a real economic activity, which generates value and livelihoods, capable of competing at the highest level for the quality of our products and work systems from a small island of 701 km².
Coinga was one of the first cooperatives in Spain to integrate the entire process, from the primary sector to the consumer. Almost 60 years later we are still in Alaior, a town of 9,000 inhabitants, innovating, improving our processes and products, striving to explain our values and commitments, aware of the responsibility that feeding people entails and fighting for the sustainability of the dairy sector in Menorca.
The best cheese in the world, Mahón-Menorca cheese
Throughout its history, Mahón-Menorca Coinga cheese has won more than 40 national and international awards in the most prestigious cheese competitions in the world.
Coinga semi-cured Mahón-Menorca cheese is the most recognized Mahón-Menorca cheese. It has been elected the best cheese in the world and best Spanish cheese in different editions.
It is difficult to compare it with other cheeses because of its particular flavor. A product linked to the geoclimatic characteristics of Menorca and to a millenary cheese-making tradition that make up a unique recipe certified with Protected Designation of Origin since 1985.
The best Mahón-Menorca cheese
Coinga Mahón-Menorca semi-cured cheese has been awarded 8 times at the World Cheese Awards, the most important cheese competition in the world.
In 1996, it won the bronze medal at the XXI International Cheese Contest held in Wisconsin, where 766 cheeses from the main cheese-producing areas of the world competed. Coinga semi-cured cheese was the only Spanish cheese to win an award out of the 31 cheeses that participated in the competition.
In 2001 it won the “Best Spanish Cheese” award from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the subgroup of pure cow’s milk pressed cheeses. This was the first edition of the “Best Spanish Cheese” awards. Two years later, our semi-cured cheese also won the runner-up prize for “Best Spanish Cheese” in the cow’s milk group.
Coinga Mahón-Menorca cured cheese has been awarded 4 times in the WORLD CHEESE AWARDS.
Coinga Mahón-Menorca tender cheese has been awarded 5 times at the World Cheese Awards.
Discover all our awards.
Latest awards
SILVER MEDAL
AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2022
HELD IN NEWPORT, WALES
(MATURED CHEESE)
BRONZE MEDAL
AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2022
HELD IN NEWPORT, WALES
(SOFT CHEESE)
BRONZE MEDAL
AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2021
HELD IN OVIEDO, SPAIN
(SOFT CHEESE)
BEST AGRI-FOOD COOPERATIVE OF SPAIN IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2021
AWARDS AGRI-FOOD COOPERATIVES OF SPAIN – CELEBRATED IN MADRID
GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2018. HELD IN BERGEN, NORWAY ( MATURED CHEESE)
2018
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2018. HELD IN BERGEN, NORWAY (SEMI CHEESE)
2018
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2018. HELD IN BERGEN, NORWAY (SOFT CHEESE)
2018
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2017. HELD IN LONDON (SA NAVETA CURED CHEESE)
2017
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2016. HELD IN SAN SEBASTIAN (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2016
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2015. HELD IN LONDON. (MATURED CHEESE)
2015
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2015. HELD IN LONDON. (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2015
FINALIST IN THE “BEST CHEESE OF SPAIN GOURMET MADRID 2015” COMPETITION (SEMI MATURE CHEESE AND SOFT CHEESE)
2015
COOPERATIVE AWARD ON THE WORLD COOPERATIVE DAY 2015
2015
FINALIST IN THE SOFI AWARDS 2014. HELD AT THE FANCY FOOD FAIR IN NEW YORK. JUNE 2014 (SA NAVETA MATURED CHEESE)
2014
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2014. HELD IN BIRMINGHAM. NOVEMBER 2014 (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2014
SILVER MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2012. HELD IN BIRMINGHAM. NOVEMBER 2012 (SOFT CHEESE)
2012
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2011. HELD IN BIRMINGHAM. NOVEMBER 2011 (MATURED CHEESE)
2011
BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2011. HELD IN BIRMINGHAM. NOVEMBER 2011 (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2011
SILVER MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2011. HELD IN BIRMINGHAM. NOVEMBER 2011 (SOFT CHEESE)
2011
SILVER MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2010. HELD IN BIRMINGHAM. NOVEMBER 2010. (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2010
SILVER MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHEESE AWARD 2009. HELD IN LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIAS. OCTOBER 2009. (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2009
SUPERIOR TASTE AWARD GRANTED BY THE “INTERNATIONAL TASTE & QUALITY INSTITUTE” 2008. (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2008
BRONZE CINCHO IN THE VI NATIONAL CHEESE COMPETITION “CINCHO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN AWARDS” 2006. (MATURED CHEESE)
2006
SILVER MEDAL IN THE III GOURMETQUESOS, TASTING-COMPETITION OF THE BEST CHEESES IN SPAIN, MADRID 2005 (SOFT CHEESE)
2005
ACCÉSIT FOR “BEST SPANISH CHEESE” IN THE SECOND EDITION 2003 AWARDED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, TO THE COW’S MILK GROUP. (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2003
GOLDEN CINCHO IN THE III NATIONAL CHEESE COMPETITION “CINCHO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN AWARDS” 2002. (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2002
BRONZE CINCHO IN THE II NATIONAL CHEESE COMPETITION “CINCHO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN AWARDS” 2001 (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2001
AWARD FOR THE “BEST SPANISH CHEESE” IN THE FIRST EDITION 2001 AWARDED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, IN THE SUBGROUP INDUSTRIAL PRESSED PASTA CHEESE PURE COW. (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2001
SILVER AND BRONZE “CINCHO” IN THE FIRST NATIONAL CHEESE COMPETITION OF VALLADOLID. CASTILLA Y LEÓN 2000. SILVER: (SOFT CHEESE) – BRONZE: (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
2000
THIRD PRIZE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CHEESE COMPETITION HELD IN WISCONSIN (USA) 1996 (SEMI MATURE CHEESE)
1996
GOLD MEDAL AND SILVER MEDAL AT THE TRUJILLO NATIONAL CHEESE FAIR
1995
HONORABLE MENTION IN ALIMENTA 1993 - PALMA DE MALLORCA
1993
SECOND PRIZE AT THE NATIONAL CHEESE FAIR HELD IN TRUJILLO
1993
GOLD MEDAL IN THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CHEESE COMPETITION “EXPOLACTEA'91” - CANTABRIA
1991
AWARD FOR THE BEST UNCOOKED PRESSED COW'S MILK CHEESE - BILBAO
1991
GOLD MEDAL AT THE THIRD “ALIMENTARIA” INTERNATIONAL CHEESE TASTING
1990
SILVER MEDAL AT THE “SALON INTERNATIONAL DU FROMAGE” PARIS
1989
BRONZE MEDAL IN THE SECOND “ALIMENTARIA” INTERNATIONAL CHEESE TASTING
1988
AWARD FOR THE BEST NATIONAL CHEESE IN “INTEREXPO ALIMENTACIÓN” LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIAS
1981
MASTER OF POPULARITY OF THE YEAR 1981 AWARDED BY “MASTER BAROMETER ASOCIATION S.A.”
1981
DIPLOMA OF HONOR IN THE “INTERNATIONAL FIELD FAIR” - MADRID
1972