It has a creamy white texture and was made to be similar in appearance and flavor to Emmental.

Its sweet and somewhat nutty flavour becomes more pronounced with age.

The Leerdammer name is a trademark of Bel Leerdammer B.V.[3] On 22 March 2021, Bel Group announced it was handing over the brand and its related assets to Lactalis in exchange for the shares Lactalis held in Bel Group, bar a retained 0.9% stake.

Groupe Bel has a second factory producing Leerdammer in Dalfsen, in the eastern province of Overijssel.

[4] The cheese was developed by Cees Boterkooper, who had owned a small dairy in Schoonrewoerd since 1914,[5] and Bastiaan Baars, who ran a cheese shop in a nearby village.