They're available in three varieties.

Farmer cheese is spoonable like cottage cheese and yogurt, but has the spreadable quality of cream cheese.

With more than two-thirds of households purchasing flavored cheese and over 283 million pounds sold in 2016 alone, there is no denying that this category is generating a lot of interest. In fact, nearly 300 new flavored cheese products were added to the market last year, flaunting flavors such as jalapeño, smoked, herb, pimento, taco, berry, alcohol, bacon, citrus and coffee.

Cheese consumption continues to rise in the United States with the most recent data showing that on average, each American consumes a little over 35 pounds of cheese each year – an all-time high, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Microbial and animal lipases from DSM enable cheesemakers to deliver innovative flavors and enhance the desired impact of the end product.

Sartori Co., Plymouth, Wis., added a Reserve Citrus Ginger flavor to its award-winning BellaVitano cheese line and it will be available year-round.

Spreadable cheese maker Alouette Cheese, New Holland, Pa., adds four new flavors to its product line: smoky jalapeño, flame-roasted red peppers, buffalo Cheddar and wasabi Cheddar.