592618 Disclosed is a method for producing blocks of cheese from curd. A curd mass (22) is deposited in at least one cheese mould (20) provided with a follower (24) and the at least one cheese mould (20) is subjected to a vacuum treatment and pressing treatment. The pressing treatment is carried out while the at least one cheese mould (20) is situated in a holder (2) in which a vacuum prevails. The vacuum treatment comprises at least a first and a second step. In the first step a vacuum with a first vacuum pressure is created in the holder (2) with the aid of vacuum pump means (15) to draw air and whey entrained with the air from the curd mass (22). During the second step the vacuum pressure in the holder (2) is reduced further to a second vacuum pressure, which has a value at which the whey present in the curd mass (22) starts to boil and residual air and free whey are pushed from the curd mass (22).
