Aerobic cheese ripening means cheese ripening with oxygen
In this type of cheese ripeningAerobic cheese ripening means cheese ripening with oxygen. » More info, the cheese ripens under oxygen supply by surface growth of red crops (red smearRed smear is a surface threatment method used during cheese making and maturing. » More info bacteria) brushed on the cheese surface
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through white mold culturesMold cultures are aroma-forming noble molds that grow on the surface (white noble mold) or inside a cheese (blue and green mold). » More info, from outside to inside.
Other known types of cheese ripening are:
- Anaerobic maturation (lactic acid ripening)
- Propionsäuregärungsreifung
- Cheese red cultureBacterium Linens (red culture bacteria) are brushed with salt water on the cheese. ripening
- Cheese double ripening
- Cheese white mold ripening
- Double mold maturation
- Green-blue-sky ripening