A method for producing blocks of cheese from curd, wherein a curd mass isdeposited in at least one cheese moldprovided with a follower and in the at least one cheese mold is subjected to avacuum treatment and pressing treatment, whichpressing treatment is carried out while the at least one cheese mold issituated in a holder in which a vacuum prevails, wherein thevacuum treatment comprises at least a first and a second step, wherein in thefirst step in the holder with the aid of vacuum pumpmeans a vacuum with a first vacuum pressure is created to draw air and wheyentrained with the air from the curd mass, and in thesecond step the vacuum pressure in the holder is reduced further to a secondvacuum pressure, which has a value at which thewhey present in the curd mass starts to boil and residual air and free wheyare pushed from the curd mass.
