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Home » Dairy » Cheese » Semi-Firm Cheeses » Blue Cheeses » Oxford Blue Cheese

Oxford Blue Cheese

Oxford Blue Cheese

Oxford Blue Cheese. Amanda Slater / wikimedia / 2014 / CC BY-SA 2.0

Oxford Blue is a soft, creamy blue cheese that has a mild but salty taste with a bit of sharpness.

It is made from pasteurized cow’s milk curdled with vegetarian rennet at a dairy outside Burford, Oxfordshire. Whey from the cheesemaking operation is disposed of by means of an anaerobic digester. [1]Waite, Debbie. ‘Cheesy idea’ could lead to Oxford Blue sales bonanza. Oxford, England: Oxford Mail. 4th February 2014. Accessed April 2022 at  https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10983221.cheesy-idea-lead-oxford-blue-sales-bonanza/

Website: https://oxfordfinefood.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OxfordCheeseCompany/, https://www.facebook.com/robert.pouget.12

See also: Oxford Isis Cheese

Nutrition

30% fat content.

History Notes

Oxford Blue was created by Baron Robert Pouget De Saint Victor  (born 20 September 1965 [2]Oxford Cheese Company Limited. Company number 02904133. London, England: Companies House. Accessed April 2022 at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02904133/officers ) (who prefers the simpler Robert Pouget) in 1993 / 1994 of the Oxford Fine Food Company Limited. He worked with Steve Peace at the Hartington Creamery (which also made Stilton) in the Peak District, Derbyshire. The cheese was introduced commercially in 1995. Hartington made the cheese until 2009, at which point it closed. At this point, production switched to a dairy in Carmarthenshire in Wales. [3]BBC. Derbyshire’s Oxford Blue cheese returns from Wales. 17 April 2013. Accessed April 2022 at https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22188353 [4]Baron hopes Oxford Blue cheese change will not be in vein. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Witney Gazette. 16 April 2013. Accessed April 2022 at https://www.witneygazette.co.uk/news/10356683.baron-hopes-oxford-blue-cheese-change-will-not-be-in-vein/ [5]Oxford Blue. Accessed April 2022 at https://oxfordfinefood.com/oxford-blue.html/

By 1990, Robert’s son, Harley, had begun working for Oxford Fine Food. He is now (2022) a Director. [6]Accessed April 2022 at https://www.linkedin.com/in/harley-pouget-997b8649/?originalSubdomain=uk

References[+]

References
↑1 Waite, Debbie. ‘Cheesy idea’ could lead to Oxford Blue sales bonanza. Oxford, England: Oxford Mail. 4th February 2014. Accessed April 2022 at  https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10983221.cheesy-idea-lead-oxford-blue-sales-bonanza/
↑2 Oxford Cheese Company Limited. Company number 02904133. London, England: Companies House. Accessed April 2022 at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02904133/officers
↑3 BBC. Derbyshire’s Oxford Blue cheese returns from Wales. 17 April 2013. Accessed April 2022 at https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22188353
↑4 Baron hopes Oxford Blue cheese change will not be in vein. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Witney Gazette. 16 April 2013. Accessed April 2022 at https://www.witneygazette.co.uk/news/10356683.baron-hopes-oxford-blue-cheese-change-will-not-be-in-vein/
↑5 Oxford Blue. Accessed April 2022 at https://oxfordfinefood.com/oxford-blue.html/
↑6 Accessed April 2022 at https://www.linkedin.com/in/harley-pouget-997b8649/?originalSubdomain=uk
This page first published: Jul 23, 2005 · Updated: Apr 21, 2022.

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