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Under Stilton cheese's protected status, legal production is restricted to which three English counties?
Answer
Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire
Stilton's Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status confines legal production to Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire, even though the cheese is named after a town in Cambridgeshire.
💡 Did you know?
Stilton cheese cannot legally be made anywhere except three English counties, yet the town of Stilton itself never produced it—the name came from where it was sold.
Other options people guess
- Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Rutland
- Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire
- Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall
Topics
- cheese
- england
- pdo
- dairy-tradition
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