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Roquefort
Roquefort
  • Origin: France
  • Made From: Sheep's Milk
  • Rind: Natural
  • Pasteurised: No*
  • Vegetarian: No*
  • Fact: Mentioned in literature in AD 79 by Pliny the Elder.

    Aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon - Penicillium roqueforti.
* Note: The Periodic Table of Cheese cannot guarantee that every version of this type of cheese is either pasteurised or vegetarian... sorry :)
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