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Our French speciality cheese breaks the mould by balancing the rich blue taste with a soft, creamy texture. This unique combination has led to SAINT AGUR® being crowned as the UK’s favourite blue cheese brand*. Take a look around our site to discover what makes SAINT AGUR® unique and to find inspiration on how you can use the cheese in exciting pairings and as part of inspiring blue cheese recipes.
*Nielsen Scantrack – Grocery Multiples – Blue Cheese Volume Sales – 31/12/2023
Our Design
Our design is inspired by the balance of a rich blue taste with a deliciously creamy texture. Discover more about blue cheeses below.
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Our Heritage
About Saint Agur®
Rich, smooth and decidedly different, our cheese is both milder and creamier than traditional blue cheeses. SAINT AGUR® boasts a tangy, fruity blue taste that is softened by a luxurious creaminess, providing a perfectly balanced bite.
SAINT AGUR® is a blue cheese from the Auvergne region in central France. The area is renowned for its production of blue cheese that has been passed down for centuries. The region has contrasting seasons and green-covered volcanic hills meeting basalt stone. The shape of these volcanic basalt stones have been a huge inspiration for the brand. This can be seen in the logo, the packaging of SAINT AGUR® Blue Creme and the octagonal shape that a wheel of SAINT AGUR® is produced.
How we make our cheese
The cheese masters in the small French village of Beauzac in Auvergne perfected the production of SAINT AGUR® many years ago. Today they are the guardians of this unique recipe that combines blue mould and a wonderful fruity blue flavour.
The idea for SAINT AGUR® came from French families putting butter with their Roquefort to soften the taste. SAINT AGUR® uses cow’s milk, giving the cheese much more creaminess compared to Roquefort, which uses ewe’s milk. The milk used comes predominantly from local Montbeliarde cows within the Haute Loire dairy, a breed known to provide milk rich in proteins that are perfect for SAINT AGUR®‘s creamy texture.
Each cheese is salted by hand during production to help bring out its unique flavour. The cheese is then repeatedly pierced with needles during the first weeks of the maturation process to allow oxygen to flow and to trigger the development of its signature blue veins. The final step is to ripen the cheese for around 2 to 3 months in a controlled environment where it develops its pleasantly sharp taste and perfectly creamy consistency.
SAINT AGUR® is a blue cheese from the Auvergne region in central France. The area is renowned for its production of blue cheese that has been passed down for centuries. The region has contrasting seasons and green-covered volcanic hills meeting basalt stone. The shape of these volcanic basalt stones have been a huge inspiration for the brand. This can be seen in the logo, the packaging of SAINT AGUR® Blue Creme and the octagonal shape that a wheel of SAINT AGUR® is produced.
WHERE TO BUY
The SAINT AGUR® cheese range offers a choice so that everyone can find a blue cheese they can enjoy and fall in love with. It is available in a traditional 125g and 150g wedge format, a creamy ‘creme’ format perfect for dipping and a whipped cream cheese format that gives an indulgent moment when used as a spread. Look out for us in the stores shown here.
