Blue cheese of blue veins. The distinctive flavor and aroma of blue cheese arises from methyl ketones (including 2-pentanone, 2-heptanone, and 2-nonanone) which are a metabolic product of "Penicillium roqueforti". These compounds are not formed in other types of cheese fermented by bacterial acidification alone. In the European Union, many blue cheeses, such as Cabrales, Danablu, Gorgonzola, Roquefort and Blue Stilton, carry a protected designation of origin, meaning they can bear the name only if they have been made in a particular region. Similarly, individual countries have protections of their own such as France's Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée and Italy's Denominazione di Origine
The Laughing Cow on October 2, 2005, that they plan to open a 13 million Euro factory in Syria. This was the first such direct investment in that nation by a French food company. The product is localized by name nearly everywhere it is sold: In the countries of the former Yugoslavia, a very similar type of cheese produced in Croatia and called "Zdenka" is very popular and has become a generic trademark. The Laughing Cow The Laughing Cow (French: La vache qui rit) is a brand of processed cheese products made by Fromageries Bel since 1865, and in particular refers to the