About Us
fromage.co.uk is an independent reference website about cheese, from milk and making to choosing, serving and understanding the names on a label. We write in English for readers around the world, with clear explanations for newcomers and carefully sourced detail for enthusiasts and professionals.
What you will find
Cheese brings together farming, craft, microbiology, cooking and place. Our purpose is to make those connections understandable and useful. You might arrive with a question about a rind, a recipe or a regional name and leave with a clearer idea of what to look for next.
That means giving a simple answer first, then the evidence and explanation the subject needs. A practical guide should help you take the next step; a reference article should help you understand where its information comes from.
Choose a starting point
- Cheese: The Complete Guide, available now: start with the wider subject and follow the questions that interest you.
- How to Tell Cheese Styles Apart: Milk, Rind, Texture and Method, available now: build a vocabulary for comparing cheeses.
- How to Read a Cheese Label, available now: explore the information that helps you understand a cheese before choosing it.
How our information is checked
Our editorial standard requires sources that fit the question: official registers and specifications for protected names, food safety authorities for safety advice, research for scientific explanations, and company records for ownership. Rules and advice are identified by country, with dates where the answer can change.
The same standard requires a clear distinction between documented facts, a maker's account and an editor's interpretation. Gaps stay visible, and tasting or testing is described as our own only when there is a recorded basis for it.
Publication requires human editorial approval. Subjects involving food safety, health, protected names, ownership or technical production also require a reviewer with relevant competence. Source checks and unresolved questions belong in the editorial record, so readers can follow the published evidence without working through the drafting process.
Editorial Policy, available now, sets out the requirements for evidence, specialist review, corrections and keeping information current.
Editorial independence
Our editorial commitments are straightforward: coverage follows the reader's question and the strength of the evidence. Commercial relationships must be disclosed, and any commercial arrangement must leave editorial decisions with the editor. Makers' descriptions are attributed, and awards or marketing claims receive the context their sources support.
Our publisher
Sources
[1] Companies House. DETIMIL GNITEKRAM LATIGID CITEGRENYS: company overview, company number 09293880. Live register record, accessed 6 November 2026.
Last checked: November 2026
Last checked November 2026.