"Is This Even Food?"... Blue Mold Cheese Sells for 56 Million Won

Certified as the "World's Most Expensive Cheese"
Aged for 10 Months in a Spanish Cave and Sold for 56 Million Won

A cheese that was aged for 10 months in a cave in Spain was sold for approximately 56 million won, earning a Guinness World Record as the "world's most expensive cheese."

Spanish Cabrales cheese was sold at auction for $42,232, setting a Guinness World Record. Guinness World Records website

According to a recent report by UPI in the United States, Cabrales cheese, which received the highest score at a cheese competition held in Spain, was auctioned for $42,232 (56.64 million won), setting a Guinness World Record. Cabrales cheese is a traditional cheese from the Asturias region in northern Spain, aged in hot and humid natural caves where mold develops.

This cheese, made from cow's milk, weighs about 2.27 kg and was aged for 10 months in the "Los Masos" cave, located at an altitude of approximately 1,524 meters above sea level.

The cheese was produced at the Angel Diaz Herrero cheese factory in the Asturias region of Spain, and was purchased at auction by the local restaurant El Llagar de Colloto. Guinness World Records officially certified this cheese as the "most expensive cheese sold at auction."

After being selected as the "best cheese of the competition" by the Cabrales Cheese Regulatory Council, this cheese was put up for auction. In the Cabrales region of Asturias, Spain, the "Cabrales Cheese Competition" has been held every year since 1968 on the last Sunday of August, where cheeses produced by local cheese factories are evaluated to determine the best product.