Camembert - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

Bridel's Camembert achieves a perfect European Score of 100, with company headquarters and manufacturing both scoring the maximum 35 points and production confirmed in Normandie, France. Ingredients contribute 10 points, distribution 15, proximity 5, and certifications 0. The Made in France label is the primary provenance signal, and the Norman manufacturing location aligns with the cheese's traditional regional identity, even though this is a pasteurised-milk camembert rather than a raw-milk or PDO-protected variety.

The absence of certifications reflects the product's positioning as a mainstream commercial camembert without organic, fair-trade, or protected designation status. This is characteristic of the broader camemberts from pasteurised cow milk category, where industrial production at scale is the norm and premium certifications are the exception.

Within that category, this product ranks at the 42nd percentile across 33 products, placing it in the lower half of the field. In this dataset, all products share a perfect overall score, so the percentile captures differences in sub-score granularity — here, the absence of a proximity or certification boost relative to some competitors. For a European-minded shopper, the product offers a reliable French-made camembert with traceable Norman production, but without the additional credentialling that PDO or organic status would provide. It is a competent, domestically produced product that scores highly on European supply chain criteria while remaining firmly in the commercial mainstream.