Roquefort (31,7% MG) - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

Roquefort by Société achieves a European Score of 100, ranking above 41% of the 58 products in the roquefort cheeses category. The 41st percentile position in a category of 58 places this product just below the median, reflecting the competitive density of PDO-certified Roquefort producers in the assessment framework.

The score breakdown records the full 35 points for both headquarters and manufacturing, 15 for distribution, 5 for proximity, and 5 for certifications, the latter underpinned by PDO status. Roquefort's PDO is one of France's oldest and most strictly enforced geographical indications, requiring that the cheese be produced exclusively from Lacaune ewe milk and matured in the natural caves of Combalou in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. The ingredients sub-score reaches the maximum of 10. The Triman label indicates recyclability compliance.

For a European-minded shopper, the PDO certification for Roquefort is perhaps the strongest geographical guarantee available in the French cheese landscape, with centuries of legal and cultural protection behind it. The below-median percentile ranking is a reflection of how many Roquefort producers achieve equally strong European profiles rather than any deficiency in this product. Société is one of the best-known Roquefort producers, and the full scores across all major European dimensions confirm that the supply chain value remains entirely within the tightly defined southern French production zone.