Category Archives: Cheese encyclopedia

Hay Milk & Pasture Milk Cheese

Hay Milk & Pasture Milk Cheese
Hay milk cheese and pasture milk cheese Welcome to pure hay milk cheese pleasure! Here in Austria, we call our fresh, natural milk for our cheese production hay milk (hay mild standard) - in Germany, more and more of pasture milk (unlike Austria: there is no binding standard for this milk) is spoken. Nature is our [...]

Hay Milk – 100% Pure Nature

Hay Milk – 100% Pure Nature
Hay milk - fresh grass and sun-dried grass - nothing else Alpine secret: 100% natural alpine milk. Hay milk comes from cows that are fed exclusively with fresh grassland feed, hay and little grain. For our alpine dairy, one consciously abstains from milk due to silage feeding. So a "silage milk" would affect the quality [...]

Jelly – thickened milk

Jelly – thickened milk

Thickening the milk The milkCheese milk is the milk intended for the production of cheese, also with the concomitant use of buttermilk products, cream products, sweet whey, sour whey and whey cream (whey cream) » More info is pre-acidified and thickenedThe milk is pre-acidified and thickened with the help of the rennet (calf rennet, microbial […]

F.D.M. – fat content of the cheese

F.D.M. – fat content of the cheese

The abbreviation F.D.M. – fat content of the cheese This information is a reference information on each cheese. The dry matterThe dry matter refers to that portion of the cheese that remains after removal of the water contained. The more water is removed from the cheese, the lower its dry matter and vice versa. » […]

Protecting the origin of cheese

EU protection of origin

EU protection of regional cheese specialties ProtectionTo protect the cheese wheel, it is put into salt bath or turned into dry salt. The salt removes water from the cheese and it dries faster. So the rind is formed. » More info of originProtection of origin or protection of origin are statutory regulations. » More info […]

Enzymes – ingredients in rennet

Enzymes – ingredients in rennet

The enzymes chymosin and pepsin Enzymes are special proteins (biocatalysts) formed in living cells (lab) that accelerate the biochemical conversionThe F.D.M. value related to dry matter, also depending on the water content of the cheese. The higher the water content (the more watery the cheese) the less dry matter and the less fat the cheese […]

Natamycin – No go for cheese!

Cheese treatment with natamycin

Surface treatment of cheese with natamycin For cheese from our Vorarlberger alps region fortunately unthinkable! A Foodwatch campaign brought it to light: Various cheese manufacturers apparently use the bark treatment natamycinAs a preservative for the treatment of cheese rind, natamycin prevents yeast and mold infestation – and relieves the cheese from complex cheese care. » […]

The important rind from the cheese

The important rind from the cheese

Cheese rind = surface protection for cheese To protect the cheese wheel, it is put into salt bath or turned into dryThe dry matter refers to that portion of the cheese that remains after removal of the water contained. The more water is removed from the cheese, the lower its dry matter and vice versa. […]

Working Group – ARGE Hay Milk Austria Project

Hay Milk Austria Project - Working Group

The working group Hey MilkCheese milk is the milk intended for the production of cheese, also with the concomitant use of buttermilk products, cream products, sweet whey, sour whey and whey cream (whey cream) » More info Austria – ARGE HeumilchSince 2004, ARGE Heumilch Österreich has been bringing together around 8,000 hay-milk farmers and more […]

How Milk becomes clot

How Milk becomes clot

The milk is made to clot The actual process of cheese extraction begins with dewatering, the so-called thickeningThe milk is pre-acidified and thickened with the help of the rennet (calf rennet, microbial labs of bacteria or pepsin). The milk coagulates and a firmer mass forms. » More info of the milkCheese milk is the milk […]

Processed cheese

Definition processed cheese

Preserved cheese by melt salts Melting cheese is a proven process to refine and make it more durable. In doing so, various cheeses are melted using heat, and emulsified using melt salts. Cheese is first crushed and then gently heated. The addition of molten salts ensures that the fine structure of the cheese ingredients remains […]

Cheese milk definition

Cheese milk definition

The source milk for the cheese production Cheese milkCheese milk is the milk intended for the production of cheese, also with the concomitant use of buttermilk products, cream products, sweet whey, sour whey and whey cream (whey cream) » More info is the source milk for cheese production. This is pre-matured with lactic acid culturesMold […]

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