Castello cheeses Castello cheeses Castello is a brand of cheeses produced by Arla Foods amba, an agricultural marketing cooperative based in Denmark. Worldwide, a variety of cheeses are marketed under the Castello name, including semi soft cheeses, semi hard cheeses, blue cheeses, and cream cheeses. For the market of Europe, Castello markets soft ripened cheeses called Golden and White; Organic Brie; semi hard cheeses Herrgård and Prast; blue cheeses Black, Creamy Blue, Danablu, Danablu Gold, Organic Blue, Organic Mild; and a line of cream cheeses. For the market of North America, Castello markets a camembert, a brie, and several varieties of blue
Blue cheese wheel of cheese. Although "Penicillium roqueforti" and "Penicillium glaucum" are found naturally, cheese producers nowadays use commercially manufactured "Penicillium roqueforti" culture that have been freeze-dried, a form of dehydration where water is evaporated from the frozen state without the transition through the liquid state, to retain their value and are activated with the addition of water. After the addition of the molds to the cheese, the next significant step is needling, which is when the wheels of blue cheese are pierced to create small openings to allow the air to enter and feed the mold cultures, thus encouraging the formation