What gives Red Leicester its distinctive colouring?
Red Leicester gets its red colouring from Annatto, a natural flavourless vegetable extract produced from the the reddish pulp which surrounds the seed of the achiote tree found in South America. Annatto has been used in cheese making for more than 300 years. Originally cheese makers used the colouring to signify a cheese that was rich in milk produced by cows feeding on grass rich pastures which naturally produced an orange hue to the milk. Can all British cheeses be produced in any part of the country or are there some cheeses that can only be produced in specific areas? Although Cheddar originated in the town of Cheddar, the cheese is now made all over the world, although most people will agree that British Cheddar is best! Most regional cheeses such as Cheshire, Lancashire and Wensleydale, do not necessarily have to be produced in these regions to merit the name. They describe a recipe for the particular cheese. However, there are some cheeses, which have a PDO (Protected Designatio
