from the foothills of the Făgăraș
For more than twenty years the Badea family has been making authentic dairy at Brădet, from 100% Romanian milk, to recipes that have not changed. Because what has worked for centuries needs no “improving”.
with centuries of tradition
At Brădet Hermitage, the monks were making this cheese with its unmistakable round shape from ancient times. Today we make it, to the same tradition, in the same place. A product with an identity, not just a name on a package.
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Our thanks to everyone in Brădetu who carries the dairy tradition forward.
Just like grandmother's
Thick and full of flavour, exactly as mountain sour cream should be. We make it from 100% Romanian milk, with no additives, no stabilisers and no chemical thickeners — for the traditional taste of soup, of sarmale and of polenta with cheese.
12% fat
20% fat
30% fat
32% fat
Dairy as it should be
Only fresh Romanian milk and natural lactic cultures. That is all. No milk powder, no gelatine, no sweeteners. The way yoghurt was made in the countryside — in a clean pot, left to set on its own, patiently.
Natural
100%
no
additives
no
milk powder
Our promise to you
“At Brădet we make dairy the way our parents taught us — patiently, from clean Romanian milk, without taking shortcuts to make the cheese whiter or smoother. We look after our products the way a grandmother looks after her grandchildren: with love, with respect for tradition, and with our eyes fixed on quality. Every single day.”
The Badea family
Brăduleț · Argeș · Romania
From the foothills of the Făgăraș Mountains, since 2005
How we work
Four things we will never give up
No shortcuts
We do not improve what needs no improving
We add no dishonest ingredients to make the cheese whiter or the sour cream thicker. We use the traditional, well-known recipes, unchanged. Everything modern in our dairy is about hygiene and safety — never about taste.
Romanian milk only
From cows raised here, close to us
Every Brădet dairy product is made from fresh milk, collected daily from Romanian farms. With every wheel of cheese, every pot of sour cream or yoghurt you buy, you support Romanian farming without having to do anything special. And for that, thank you!
Made in the mountains
At the foot of the Făgăraș, where it all began
Our dairy stands in Brădet itself, in Argeș County — the place where, in ancient times, monks first made the famous Brădet cheese. The clean air, the clear water and the tradition of this place can be tasted in every product that leaves for you.
Cared for by a family
The Badea family, for almost 25 years
Brădet is not run by a corporation but by a family — born and raised in these parts. We grew up at the foot of the Făgăraș and were shaped by the people here, so we feel it as a duty to carry forward the best of what this place has.
From the foothills of the Făgăraș Mountains, since 2005
The product that carries our name
Brădet Cheese
At the foot of the Făgăraș Mountains, in a place first recorded on 14 May 1503, the monks of Brădet Hermitage made a round cheese whose taste made the name of this place.
The story goes that even General Charles de Gaulle, on his visit to Romania, praised the cheese made here.
Today our family carries that tradition forward. The same unmistakable round shape, the same wheels left to mature patiently, the same taste that those who know it recognise in a single bite.
A piece of the tradition and soul of this place, on your table.
From the foothills of the Făgăraș Mountains, since 2005
Meet
Our Products
It all starts with fresh milk, collected daily from cows raised on Romanian farms. It reaches us at the foot of the Făgăraș, where our family turns it — patiently and by honest recipes — into the dairy you know: the cheese that carries our name, the fine soft cheeses, the thick sour cream, the creamy yoghurts, the rich butter and milk as milk should be.
Nothing more, nothing added. Just dairy made properly.
Made in Romania, in the mountains.
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From the foothills of the Făgăraș Mountains, since 2005
About us
A history of shared joy
Since 2005 our family has carried forward the tradition of the renowned dairy of Brădet. We bring to the city dairy made with great care and affection, the way everything good is made in the countryside. We combine nature with modern technology — without ever altering the traditional method or the pure taste of the milk...
The dairy
Where tradition takes shape
The old milk-processing plant at Brădet, rebuilt from the ground up in 2005 and modernised ever since, combines today's technology with yesterday's recipes — so that Romanian milk reaches you exactly as it should, from here, at the foot of the Făgăraș...
From the foothills of the Făgăraș Mountains, since 2005