Sainte Maure de Touraine au lait cru (22% MG) - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

This Sainte Maure de Touraine, produced for Leader Price, achieves a perfect score of 100 across all breakdown dimensions: company headquarters (35), manufacturing (35), ingredients (10), distribution (15), certifications (5), and proximity (5). Made from raw goat's milk and produced in France, the product holds a Protected Designation of Origin status, which accounts for the full certification score and signals strict geographical and production requirements enforced at European level.

The PDO designation for Sainte Maure de Touraine is among France's most respected for goat's cheese, mandating that milk be sourced and the cheese produced within a defined zone in the Touraine region. This regulatory framework reinforces the proximity and manufacturing scores, as compliance with PDO rules inherently ties production to a specific territory. Within its category of 33 products, the product places at the 36th percentile, suggesting that while the score is maximised, a significant portion of competitors in this specialist category reach similarly high levels.

The combination of raw milk production and a formally protected designation makes this an exemplary product from a European provenance standpoint. Consumers looking for a traditional, geographically anchored French goat's cheese with a verifiable quality framework will find this product well supported by both its score and its certification credentials, even at a retailer's own-label price point.