Benchmark European cheeses from France, Guilloteau Fromagerie, Isigny, Jean Perrin, Lescure, Marcel Petite, Papillon, Rouzaire, Soignon; Italy, Beppino Occelli, Biemme, Mauri, Spain and the UK, Quickes, Cropwell Bishop and Greece, Mt Vikos.
Australian benchmark cheeses include Barossa Valley, Calendar Cheese Company, Enterprize Dairy, Hindmarsh, Maffra Farmhouse, Meredith Dairy, Pyengana, Shaw River, Tarago River, and Woodside Cheese Wrights.
"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"
It takes 10 litres of milk to make 1 kilogram of Cheddar cheese
"For Camembert, one finger on your eye and one on the cheese, if they feel the same, the cheese is ready."
A farm in Sweden sells cheese made out of moose milk for over $1000 a kilo. This could be the most expensive cheese in the world.
"A dinner which ends without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye."
The word "cheese" comes from the latin word "caseus" and casein is the milk protein found in cheese.
Cheese is a valuable source of protein, calcium, phosphorus, amino acids and vitamins A, B12 and D and is very low in cholesterol
Last year Australia produced 342,000 tonnes of cheese with 42% sold overseas earning $789 million in export dollars.
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