# Blue Cheese

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese/273191>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 5, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese/273191 "2004-11-05T15:24:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![isalom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a698b9/32.png) [@isalom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isalom)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese/273191/1 "2004-11-05T15:24:16Z")

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“Blue” cheese doesn’t have to be blue. The University of Minnesota developed a non-colored strain of Penicillium that tastes like blue cheese but has no pigment - to avoid a sickening light blue color when the cheese is blended into other foods. The UofM cheese is caled “New World” cheese. Last I heard, it was available at the University’s dairy store at its Saint Paul campus.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese/273191/2 "2004-11-05T19:16:38Z")

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Hello **isalom** , and thank you very much for reading The Straight Dope and commenting on my article.

I was unaware of the existence of blue-less blue cheese, and I thank you for telling me about it. Personally I can see how a light blue colour might be off-putting visually with some foods.

For reference, the Report in question is here: [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbluecheese.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbluecheese.html)

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese/273191/3 "2004-11-08T00:21:30Z")

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I hate to also nitpick about a good article, but Stilton wasn’t the best choice of protected names, as it covers both blue and white Stiltons. There’s [/url=http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/qual/en/uk\_en.htm]plenty more to choose from, though!

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese/273191/4 "2004-11-08T00:26:09Z")

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[Grrrr…](http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/qual/en/uk_en.htm)