Brazil has 23 cheeses awarded at the sector’s “Oscar”

A total of 23 Brazilian cheeses were awarded at the World Cheese Awards 2023 the world’s main cheese event.

The 35th edition took place last Friday (27) in Trondheim, Norway, and broke a record for registrations: they were received 4,502 cheeses in 43 countries which were judged by a panel of 264 judges in 38 nations .

Brazil was highlighted in the cheese competition Blue Hill from Pomerode Alimentos, from Santa Catarina, which led to Super Gold medal for the second year in a row. The cheese is made with cow’s milk and white mold and has a creamy result.

Based in the city of Pomerode (SC), the company also won five other medals: the Vale do Testo 12 months and Vale do Testo 3 months cheeses were awarded Gold ; Tomme Vaudoise with Silver and Cheese 5 and Brebis de Pomerode with the Bronze .

Check out all the award-winning cheeses at the World Cheese Awards 2023 below:

SUPER GOLD

• Morro Azul (Pomerode Alimentos)

GOLD

• Azul Brittânia (Queijaria Belafazenda)
• Vale do Testo 12 months (Pomerode Alimentos)
• Vale do Testo 3 months (Pomerode Alimentos)

SILVER

• Blue Ribbon Parmesan Cheese 12 months (Vigor Alimentos)
• Tomme Vaudoise (Pomerode Alimentos)
• Terra Coragem (Cheese with Accent Commerce and Events)
• Tuscan Pecorino Cheese Aged 500 days (Casa da Ovelha)
• Duzu (Cheijaria Belafazenda)
• Azul de Minas (Laticínios São João)
• Blue Cheese from Mantiqueira (Laticínios Paiolzinho)
• Mantiqueira Grass Cheese (Paiolzinho Dairy)

BRONZE

• Vigor Parmesan Cheese 6 months (Vigor Alimentos)
• Cheese 5 (Pomerode Alimentos)
• Ribeirão (Cheese with Commerce and Events Accent)
• Blue Belt Gorgonzola (Vigor Alimentos)
• Full Moon (Serra das Antas)
• Brebis de Pomerode (Pomerode Alimentos)
• Reblochon Cheese (Serra das Antas)
• Stephan cheese 12 months (Cheesearia Alpina)
• Buffalo Mozzarella Cheese (Laticínios São João)
• Parmesan 10 months (Perosa Dairy Industry and Commerce)
• Sinueiro (Queijaria Belafazenda)

It is worth noting that the current edition represents an increase in the number of Brazilian cheeses awarded at the World Cheese Awards compared to last year, when 15 national cheeses received Super Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

No. 1 in the world

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O Norwegian cheese Nidelven Blå was voted the best cheese in the world this year at the World Cheese Awards.

Produced by the cheese factory Gangstad Gårdsysteri, which has the third generation of the family running the farm in the Norwegian commune of Inderøy, the product is a semi-solid blue cheese made with pasteurized cow’s milk and aged for six and nine months.