Buying a whole or half raclette wheel in Switzerland
Updated: 1 November 2026
Short answer: you can buy a whole, half or quarter wheel directly from Valais cheese dairies and affineurs; the four checked here also sell online. On 1 November 2026 a whole wheel of Raclette du Valais AOP cost between CHF 95.– and 117.30 at the shops checked [2][3][4]. The producers' body reckons on about 8 people per half wheel [1]. According to the producers' body, Coop, Migros and other retailers also stock Raclette du Valais AOP [5].
How much wheel for how many people?
The original recipe from the Raclette du Valais producers' body allows half a wheel (about 2.4 to 2.5 kg) for 8 people [1]. More on amounts: Raclette quantity per person.
Raclette du Valais AOP is sold as a whole wheel, half wheel, piece or slices [6]. In the original recipe the half wheel goes under a raclette oven [1]; to borrow one, see Renting a raclette oven.
Dairies and shops checked on their own pages (1.11.2026)
| Shop | Place | Cheese (as stated by the shop) | Sizes | Whole-wheel price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augstbordkäserei / Chees & Meh [2] | Turtmann VS | Raclette du Valais AOP, raw milk | whole (approx. 5 kg), ½, ¼, slices | CHF 100.– (approx. 5 kg) |
| Laiterie d'Orsières [3] | Orsières VS | Raclette du Valais AOP, raw milk, ripened at least 3 months | whole wheel, min. 4.5 kg | CHF 95.– |
| Walker Delicia (Bergkäserei Walker) [4] | Bitsch VS | Raclette du Valais AOP Gomser 1, raw milk | whole (approx. 5.2 kg), ½, ¼, slices | CHF 117.30 |
| Walker Delicia [7] | Bitsch VS | Aletsch Raclette, thermised mountain milk, 4–6 months | whole (approx. 5.5 kg), ½, ¼, slices, block | CHF 115.65 |
| Walker Delicia [8] | Bitsch VS | Stadel Raclette, pasteurised milk, approx. 4 months | whole (approx. 5.4 kg), ½, ¼ | CHF 120.60 |
| Luisier Affineur [9] | Leytron VS (online only) | alpine and dairy raclette cheeses from Valais | whole, half, quarter | from CHF 119.90 |
What the shops also say
- Augstbordkäserei, Turtmann: prices per kg: whole unwashed wheel CHF 20.–, ½ wheel CHF 22.50, ¼ wheel CHF 23.–, slices CHF 27.50. Halves, quarters and slices are washed and vacuum-packed; the whole wheel is not. "Chees & Meh" shop at Kantonsstrasse 12, Turtmann: Monday to Friday 8–11.30 and 13.30–18.00, Saturday 8–16.00 [2].
- Laiterie d'Orsières: whole wheel wrapped in film, raw milk, ripened at least 3 months. Local shop at Route du Grand Saint-Bernard 3, Orsières [3][10].
- Walker Delicia, Bitsch: half wheel of Gomser 1 CHF 60.75 (approx. 2.6 kg), quarter CHF 31.75 (approx. 1.3 kg). Free delivery from CHF 129.90; delivery on a chosen date is not possible. Shop in Bitsch [4].
- Luisier Affineur, Leytron: half wheels from CHF 59.90, quarters from CHF 35.90. Shipped by Swiss Post twice a week; free postage from CHF 100.–. No physical shop [9][11].
In the supermarket
According to the Raclette du Valais producers' body, Raclette du Valais AOP is sold at Coop, Migros, Manor, Spar, Aligro, Volg and Aldi, among others, as well as by cheese dairies and cheese shops [5]. We could not check individual retailer products and prices on their sites on 1 November 2026, so we do not list them. Which cheese suits which oven: Which raclette cheese?
FAQ
How much does half a raclette wheel cost? On 1 November 2026 at the Valais shops checked: from CHF 59.90 at Luisier (alpine cheeses), CHF 60.75 for Walker's Gomser 1 AOP (approx. 2.6 kg), CHF 22.50 per kg at the Augstbordkäserei [2][4][9]. Delivery may cost extra.
Is half a wheel enough for 8 people? That is what the producers' body's original recipe allows [1].
Can I order a whole wheel online? Yes, from all four shops checked [2][3][4][9].
Sources (accessed 1 November 2026)
- Raclette du Valais AOP: «Originalrezept» (in German) – https://www.raclette-du-valais.ch/rezepte/originalrezept
- Augstbordkäserei Turtmann / Chees & Meh: «Raclette du Valais AOP» (in German) – https://www.augstbordkaeserei.ch/de/online-shop/raclette-du-valais-aop-5
- Laiterie d'Orsières: «Raclette du Valais AOP» (in French) – https://laiterie-orsieres.ch/shop/fromages-a-raclette/40-raclette-du-valais-aop.html
- Walker Delicia: «Raclette du Valais AOP Gomser 1 (BAIV)» (in German) – https://www.walkerdelicia.ch/products/raclette-du-valais-aop-gomser
- Raclette du Valais AOP: «Raclettegenuss» (in German) – https://www.raclette-du-valais.ch/raclettegenuss
- Association suisse des AOP-IGP: «Raclette du Valais AOP» (in French) – https://www.aop-igp.ch/fr/raclette-du-valais-aop/page
- Walker Delicia: «Aletsch Raclette (BAIV)» (in German) – https://www.walkerdelicia.ch/products/aletsch-raclette
- Walker Delicia: «Stadel Raclette» (in German) – https://www.walkerdelicia.ch/products/raclette-stadel
- Luisier Affineur: «La Cave à Raclette» (in French) – https://luisier-affineur.ch/collections/la-cave-a-raclette
- Laiterie d'Orsières: home page (address, shop) (in French) – https://laiterie-orsieres.ch/
- Luisier Affineur: «Politique d'expédition» and «Contact» (in French) – https://luisier-affineur.ch/policies/shipping-policy and https://luisier-affineur.ch/pages/contact