New high-performing cheese starter culture answers manufacturers’ need for quality cheddars.
January 24, 2023
New York-based IFF launched a new dairy processing system, CHOOZIT VINTAGE for the U.S. and Canadian markets. The cheese culture is designed to help cheddar cheese manufacturers overcome undesirable flavor development during aging to streamline cheesemaking processes.
Cheese is a "living" food due to the presence of different types of bacteria and sometimes yeast and mold, depending on the cheese variety. Like any other living thing, the bacteria used in cheese can get sick.
Alive and ever-changing, microbes are responsible for everything from the safety of cheese to its flavor development during ripening. In fact, microbes in the form of starter culture, or adjunct bacteria/fungi, are ultimately responsible for turning milk into an almost endless array of cheese varieties.
These DuPont Danisco Choozit brand cheese cultures, Choozit ST 20 and Choozit PC Fast, are specifically designed to optimize production and consistently produce high-quality soft-ripened cheese, according to the company.