Improved cheese ripening
AssigneeFrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
InventorsHerman Frank BURGHOUT, Johannes Antonius PENDERS
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type comprising a water-permeable coating applied onto the entire surface of the cheese and a water-impermeable material applied onto the water-permeable coating, wherein at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with a layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving the bottom face and top face of the block-shaped coated cheese largely uncovered. The present disclosure also relates to a method of making said naturally ripened, cylindrically shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type.
Claims14
A method for providing a naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type, comprising the steps of:
- (i) forming a block-shaped cheese from a curd by conventional means;
- (ii) applying a protective water-permeable coating layer onto the entire surface of the cheese, thereby obtaining a coated cheese;
- (iii) partially covering the coated cheese with a layer of a water-impermeable material thereby obtaining a partially covered coated cheese;
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- (iv) allowing the partially covered coated cheese to ripen,
- wherein the block-shaped cheese comprises a top face, a bottom face and four faces that form the circumference of the block-shaped cheese, and
- wherein in step (iii) at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with the layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving the top face and bottom face largely uncovered.
A naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type comprising a water-permeable coating applied onto the entire surface of the cheese and a water-impermeable material applied onto the water-permeable coating, wherein at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with a layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving the bottom face and top face of the block-shaped coated cheese largely uncovered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.