Ideal Cheese Shop Blog

One of the most popular and well loved cheeses, is the French cheese. 56 of these cheeses are covered by the ‘Protected Designation of Origin’ (protecting the names of these regional foods, as well as assuring that those foods have been legitimately created in their related/promoted country), French cheese is looked upon as a fine luxury, a cheese enjoyed by millions around the world.

French Cheeses are produced under four categories:

Fermier – The French cheese is created and matured on the actual farm, where the milk is produced

Artisanal – The French cheese is produced on a farm, but in much smaller quantities. Milk is used from the farm of origin, but milk may also be bought in from other farms.

Cooperative – A main dairy will join and share production of French cheeses, with multiple milk producers in the area. Much larger Cooperatives, producing very large quantities of cheeses, may be looked upon as ‘Factory Made’.

Industriel – French cheese created in an actual factory, where the milk may be bought in from farms all over France.

The Ideal Cheese Blog will bring you more on French cheese, as well as examples of French cheeses from the four production categories, very soon.

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