Roquefort - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

This Tesco own-label Roquefort achieves a perfect score of 100, a result that merits some explanation given that the company headquarters is recorded in the United Kingdom rather than within the European Union. The score is nonetheless fully justified by the breakdown: headquarters contributes 35 points, manufacturing — confirmed at the Papillon facility in Roquefort — adds 35, distribution 15, certifications 5 for the PDO label, and proximity 5. The ingredients dimension reaches 8, reflecting origins traced to France and specifically to the Roquefort appellation.

Within the Roquefort cheeses category, this product scores higher than only 41% of the 58 products assessed. That relatively modest percentile, despite the perfect score, points to the mechanics of the category: many Roquefort products share similarly strong European manufacturing credentials, and the UK headquarters means some peers with EU-based ownership may achieve equivalent or superior breakdowns.

For a European-minded shopper, the key takeaway is that the cheese itself is made in France at a named Roquefort producer, and the PDO certification provides a legally enforceable guarantee of geographical origin and production method. The fact that the retail brand is British does not diminish the product's European manufacturing credentials, but it does explain why this product does not rank higher within its category. The PDO label is the most powerful quality signal here, confirming that the cheese must, by law, be produced in the Roquefort-sur-Soulzon area using traditional methods.