Brie de Meaux is made from cow's milk,[1] with an average weight of 2.8 kg (6.2 lb) for a diameter of 36 to 37 cm (14 to 15 in).

[2] A modern legend identifies as Brie de Meaux a certain cheese dating to the seventh century, "rich and creamy", with an edible white rind that in the 774 AD Frankish Emperor Charlemagne first tasted in the company of a bishop and approved,[1] requiring two cartloads to be sent to Aachen annually; the site, not mentioned in the anecdotal but unreliable ninth-century life of Charlemagne, De Carolo Magno by Notker the Stammerer,[3] has become associated with the monastery traditionally founded by Rado in Reuil-en-Brie.

[5] The production territory of Brie de Meaux is limited to the departments of Seine-et-Marne, Loiret, Meuse, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne and the Yonne.

Brie de Meaux is made with raw cow's milk.

Finally, it is molded by hand into thin layers with a brie shovel.