Nutty cheese a winner

Non-milk cheese from Auvergne has won a national award and a half-share of a €30,000 prize in an organic and vegan ‘new’ foods competition.

Caroline Poinas and Lucie de Ribier run Frawmagerie in Clermont-Ferrand and have developed 13 products that are based on cashew or almond nuts and sunflower seeds.

Their cheeses, made using fermented probiotic juice, have names like Crawttin de cajou or Bleuffant des volcans – however MPs want such ‘copy’ names banned by law.