Gorgonzola Gorgonzola Gorgonzola (; ) is a veined Italian blue cheese, made from unskimmed cow's milk. It can be buttery or firm, crumbly and quite salty, with a "bite" from its blue veining. Gorgonzola has been produced for centuries in Gorgonzola, Milan, acquiring its greenish-blue marbling in the 11th century. However, the town's claim of geographical origin is disputed by other localities. Today, it is mainly produced in the northern Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. Whole cow's milk is used, to which starter bacteria are added, along with spores of the mold "Penicillium glaucum". "Penicillium roqueforti", used in Roquefort cheese,
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