It is not made with "moldy cheese" it is made with a type of blue mold added to it during its manufacturing but, this mold is not harmful to humans. Blue cheese is part of the blue veined cheese group.
Blue cheese (or bleu cheese) is a cheese that has had Penicillium cultures added so that the final product is spotted or veined with blue-gray or blue-green mold.
Blue cheese gets the name from the veins of blue colored mold that go through it. It is intentional, as it is a cheese curd infected with penecillium to have that result, which also gives it the pungent flavor.
Cheese is molded on purpose. The blue in cheese is the color of mold.
Roquefort cheese is made with sheeps milk and usually has green veins of mold and is usually VERY strong flavored. Blue cheese can be made with cows, sheep, or goat milk and has penicullium mold added to the cheese and is very mild in taste.
Cambozola cheese is a creamy bleu cheese that originated from Allgau, Germany. It is made by injecting the cheese with a Penicillium mold that is blue and soft ripening it.
Yes it is, today most varieties of blue cheese are either injected with mold or it is mixed right in with the curd.
blue mold
Blue cheese is mostly white with veins of blue mold growing in it.
Ask a blue cheese maker.
Cheese with mould (mold) which has grown on it is not normally safe to eat. But many so-called 'blue' cheeses are made with special types of mould, veined throughout the cheese, which is perfectly edible.
No. Some cheeses such as Blue Cheese, Camembert and Brie make use of non-poisonous mould for taste or aesthetic purposes, though not all cheeses contain mould.
No, feta is a Greek cheese made from goats milk. Blue (or bleu) cheese is made from cows, sheeps, or goats milk and contains the mold Penicillium that is introduced later in the process to produce bluish spots and veins.