Abstract: A cheese press, for pressing cheese in a plurality of cheese moulds having covers through which pressure is applied to the cheese, has a tunnel with walls defining roof, floor and sides and along which the spaced-apart cheese moulds are moved by conveyor means intermittently. Mounted on the tunnel are a plurality of pressing cylinders having pressing members actuated by the respective cylinders to press said mould covers downwardly. So that the cheese press is cheap to make and maintain, and easy to clean, the tunnel walls are smooth and have no internal or external reinforcing ribs, pressing cylinders are mounted spaced-apart on the tunnel roof outside the tunnel chamber and that each cylinder is releasable and removable from its pressing member without the need for access to the interior of the chamber.