"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"

Charles De Gaulle

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."

Brillat-Savarin

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.