Cheddar Cheese-British-Is It?

[Major Starbold]

Bleedin swizz.

We seem to be making less and less on this island.

The great cheddar cheat: 'British' cheese is more likely to have been made in Latvia | Mail Online

The great cheddar cheat: 'British' cheese is more likely to have been made in Latvia

9:09 AM on 16th November 2009

Shoppers are being led to believe they are buying British cheddar when nearly half of it is made in Latvia, Ireland and New Zealand.

Because of a legal loophole, supermarkets can label cheese as being packaged in Britain without referring to the foreign country where it was actually made.

British dairy farmers have warned that because the labels contain the words 'British' or the 'UK' many customers do not realise the cheese has been churned abroad.

Read more: The great cheddar cheat: 'British' cheese is more likely to have been made in Latvia | Mail Online

[CambCelt]

I love the 'farmhouse' cheds.

I check that the pack says 'made in' England/Scots/Wales (or Ireland as Irish cheds is also great) and I only buy it from places that daren't lie about it.



P.s: Extra mature - strength 6+

[timmy_too_far]

double briiiiieee... mmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[jools182]

as long as it tastes ok whats the problem?

[CambCelt]

as long as it tastes ok whats the problem?

Other 'cheddars' don't taste good. That's the point. But you don't know it until you've bought it. Trust me, I know from experience!

[jools182]

ok, i'll have a go at the proper stuff next time

[Ben]

Some taste good, others don't. I've had some nice foreign cheddars in my time, just as I've had some crappy British ones.

If anyone ever sees a double Gloucester called 'Hooded Monk', give it a try, it's bloody delicious.

[Yankee]

I have to say American cheese sux!
But...
I live in a dairy state, our cheddar cheese is great!