Key Question #10 The cheese making process began thousands of years ago, but tod
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Key Question #10 The cheese making process began thousands of years ago, but today it is an industrial process that uses technology. Enzymes act as chemical catalysts that change the mild fats and proteins into cheese. Moisture in the final product is controlled by various methods of salting, moulding, and pressing. Using the internet research the ripening process in cheese making, and report in one page your findings about how the percentage of moisture and milk fats in different chesses is related to their characteristic shape, texture and flavour. Be sure to include at least 3 different types of cheeses in your explanation. (10 marks)Explanation / Answer
Mozzarella cheese
Mozzarella cheese is made from cow or buffalo milk. 22 grams per 100gram (22%) of cheese is the fat content of this cheese and maximum 52% moisture content is present. Due to the high fat content it has creaming texture and milky in taste. mozzarella is somehow semi solid type of cheese hence it is ball shaped or egg like in appearance. Casein present in mozzarella gives it elasticity and it makes it stretchy.
Feta cheese
Feta cheese is made from sheep or goat’s milk. Maximum 55% of moisture and 22% of fat (which is minimum level for feta) is present in feta cheese. Feta cheese is aged in salt hence it has strong salty flavor. it has grainy texture and solid in shape (may be comes in shape of cubes).
Cheddar cheese
It can be made from cow’s of milk traditionally. cheddar cheese has 37% moisture content and 33% fat content, which makes it dry and solid. It may ranges in color from white to orange.it is mild salty in taste.
Ripening process of cheese
Ripening process is also called as maturing cheese because maturation process gives each cheese a distinct texture and taste. It is a complex process in combination of enzymetic, chemical and physical process. Milk enzyme, mould or yeast culture and other culture nutrients gives a various properties to cheese.
General ripening process
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