Smelliest cheese

According to research conducted by Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, UK, in November 2004, the smelliest cheese was Vieux-Boulogne, a soft French cheese, matured between 7–9 weeks and made from cow's milk by cheesemaker Philippe Olivier (France). Vieux-Boulogne proved smellier than 14 other contenders, when reviewed by a panel of 19 human noses and one electronic – the latter testing for gaseous molecules being released by the sealed cheeses.

The experiment was initiated by the Fine Cheese From France campaign.

The winning cheese was so strong that one journalist described its "farmyard odour replete with dung" as detectable even 50 m (164 ft) away!

It also beat the notorious Époisses de Bourgogne, a cheese so smelly that France has banned it from being taken on public transport.