Roquefort Société - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

Roquefort Société, produced by Lactalis's Société des Caves subsidiary, is made at Roquefort sur Soulzon in the Aveyron, the legally mandated production zone for Roquefort AOC/PDO cheese. Its European Score of 100 reflects 35 points each for company headquarters and manufacturing, 10 for ingredients, 15 for distribution, 5 for certifications, and 5 for proximity. The certifications sub-score of 5 derives from the PDO designation, which strictly ties production to the caves of Roquefort sur Soulzon and specifies the use of Lacaune sheep's milk from the surrounding region. Origins are confirmed as French. Within the roquefort cheeses category, this product ranks above only 41% of the 58 comparable products, a below-median percentile in a category where the PDO constraint ensures that all genuine Roquefort is produced in the same geographic location. This means European Score differentiation within the category is largely driven by factors other than manufacturing location. For European-minded shoppers, the PDO label provides the strongest possible geographic guarantee for Roquefort. The made-in-France and Triman labels reinforce provenance and packaging credentials. The modest percentile reflects category-wide geographic homogeneity rather than any specific shortcoming of this product.