Partly or fully automatic cheese production method, in particular for producing cream cheese which, when heated, is dimensionally stable, does not melt and is therefore suitable for frying and grilling, having a conveyor belt which is moved onward step-by-step at a defined cycle rate and to which there are attached containers, which each • have a container base and side walls, container base and side walls in each case being formed so as to be liquid-permeable, in particular each being provided with a perforation, and • are arranged spaced apart from one another in a defined manner in the onward movement direction of the conveyor belt, comprising the steps, respectively carried out at different conveyor belt stations, of • filling the containers with an initial mass, which consists at least partly of a pre-treated and previously heated milk mass, a precisely defined filling quantity of the initial mass per container being respectively put into the containers in a single continuous filling operation, • at least partly draining the initial mass located in the containers by allowing whey liquid to drip through the liquid-permeable side walls and container bases, • pressing the at least partly drained initial mass, after which an intermediate mass that is more homogenous as compared with the initial mass initially put in remains in the containers, • cooling the intermediate mass located in the containers by leading the conveyor belt at some points through at least one cooling liquid bath of which the temperature is controlled in a defined manner, in such a way that the containers located in this conveyor belt station dip at least partly into cooling liquid and are then guided out of the cooling liquid bath, the cooling being carried out in such a way that contraction and dimensional stabilization of the intermediate mass is effected, so that, after the cooling, the intermediate mass rests on the container base without any lateral pressure on the side walls, in particular with detachment from the side walls, • turning the containers by leading the conveyor belt around a turning point with horizontally aligned turning point axis, so that the intermediate mass, formed as a cheese block, can fall out of the containers on account of the force of gravity. • have a container base and side walls, container base and side walls in each case being formed so as to be liquid-permeable, in particular each being provided with a perforation, and • are arranged spaced apart from one another in a defined manner in the onward movement direction of the conveyor belt, • filling the containers with an initial mass, which consists at least partly of a pre-treated and previously heated milk mass, a precisely defined filling quantity of the initial mass per container being respectively put into the containers in a single continuous filling operation, • at least partly draining the initial mass located in the containers by allowing whey liquid to drip through the liquid-permeable side walls and container bases, • pressing the at least partly drained initial mass, after which an intermediate mass that is more homogenous as compared with the initial mass initially put in remains in the containers, • cooling the intermediate mass located in the containers by leading the conveyor belt at some points through at least one cooling liquid bath of which the temperature is controlled in a defined manner, in such a way that the containers located in this conveyor belt station dip at least partly into cooling liquid and are then guided out of the cooling liquid bath, the cooling being carried out in such a way that contraction and dimensional stabilization of the intermediate mass is effected, so that, after the cooling, the intermediate mass rests on the container base without any lateral pressure on the side walls, in particular with detachment from the side walls, • turning the containers by leading the conveyor belt around a turning point with horizontally aligned turning point axis, so that the intermediate mass, formed as a cheese block, can fall out of the containers on account of the force of gravity.