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IFF launches CHOOZIT VINTAGE for consistent flavors and textures

New high-performing cheese starter culture answers manufacturers’ need for quality cheddars.

January 24, 2023

New York-based IFF launched a new dairy processing system, CHOOZIT VINTAGE for the U.S. and Canadian markets. The cheese culture is designed to help cheddar cheese manufacturers overcome undesirable flavor development during aging to streamline cheesemaking processes.

Fend off bacteriophage in cheese plants

Certain preventive measures can reduce phage presence.

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

January 12, 2021

Cheese is a "living" food due to the presence of different types of bacteria and sometimes yeast and mold, depending on the cheese variety. Like any other living thing, the bacteria used in cheese can get sick.

New cost-efficient and clean-label cheese systems and cultures

January 15, 2018

New products from Agropur, DSM, DuPont Nutrition & Health; plus more!

The evolving microbiology of cheese

New technology, like next-generation sequencing, is leading the way for a new generation of cheesemaking.

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

October 9, 2017

Alive and ever-changing, microbes are responsible for everything from the safety of cheese to its flavor development during ripening. In fact, microbes in the form of starter culture, or adjunct bacteria/fungi, are ultimately responsible for turning milk into an almost endless array of cheese varieties.

DuPont Nutrition & Health's two new cheese cultures for use in soft-ripened cheese making

December 28, 2016

These DuPont Danisco Choozit brand cheese cultures, Choozit ST 20 and Choozit PC Fast, are specifically designed to optimize production and consistently produce high-quality soft-ripened cheese, according to the company.