Stilton Facts

There are just 6 dairies in the world licensed to make Blue Stilton cheese.
Stilton is a "protected name" cheese and by law can only be made in the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.
It takes 136 pints milk (78 litres) to make one 17 lb (8kg) Stilton cheese.
Stilton takes its name from the village of the same name in Cambridgeshire where a pressed, cooked, cream cheese of that name was first made and sold.
Over 1 million Stilton cheeses are made each year.
More than 10% of output is exported to some 40 countries world-wide.
Every cheese is graded before leaving the dairy to ensure only cheese of the highest quality is marketed under the Stilton name.
Stilton doesn't just taste good but it's crammed with goodness, it has a less aggressive flavour than many other blue cheeses and is less salty.

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