Cheese produced by coagulation of milk by rennet and / or other suitable coagulating enzymes, complemented or not by the action of specific lactic acid bacteria, and through a development process
that uses specific fungi (Penicilium roquefortii), supplemented or not by action of fungi and / or subsidiaries yeast responsible for giving the product distinctive features during the process of
development and maturation.
Appearance
Shape Pasta Crust Weight
Cylinder (covered with aluminum foil)
Lasts 2 to 4 kg (range Hormas allowed: 2 to 13 kg)
Rough, weak, without cracking, irregular. Stickiness may present a slightly brownish color of surface and / or emerging development of fungi and yeasts or subsidiaries.
White to yellowish white, uniform, with streaks of green features, green, bluish or grayish green. No eyes.
Taste spicy, salty, characteristic. Smell heightened.