Do some processors put too much salt in the cheese?

Question

I think there is a law against putting it in the beer. Is somebody taking the michael?

PS: I just ate some Blue Stilton from the Brighton Co-op. Quite frankly, the salt taste was so high, it was unedible. I ate it though. It was so bad, I could not think of a way to even cook it out.

Answer 1

too much based on what criteria....

the food standards agency has already made a fool of itself, by issuing a diktat the UK chees manufacturers must reduce the salt contnet of some cheeses. Specifically they have picked on Stilton. This is the same organisationthat is trying to impose the daft traffic light sheme of food labelling. that whole schem is based on a premise that people are too thick to read packagin and understand actual figures.

however what they dont realise is that the salt content in the stilton affects the flavour.. but it also affects the acidity of the cheese, and it also affects the growth if the mould that forms the blue veining in the cheese... something fairly critical to the cheese.

granted you cna reduce salt from some products.. in some manufacturered foods salt & sugar is added liberally to amsk the lack of flavours in the basic product.

some manufacturers and retailers do pull some dubious stunts (eg sellign high salt snack foods such as crisps, nuts & pork scratchings... with a view to increasing peoples thirst).

Answer 2

Another anti this and that. If you dont like one brand why dont you just buy another. People like you are spoiling the food industry and ruining our things by pressuring manufacturers to change things to bland, bland, bland. Its silly to buy something and try to get people to change the way it tastes. I had a brand of pre cooked food that I regularly buy at Tesco and recently its been bland so I checked the "traffic light" label only to notice that they have cut down on the goodies. Now how sad is that? And most of the busy bodies dont buy that anyway because it usually packs a punch.
Now, I have to extra salt and chili it before it goes in the microwave. More harm than good has been done.

My advice is to look around for things that you like rather than things that you dont. Try salt free Cheddar or other. Processed cheese is not good for you, it is only good for us ( that is people like me and my niece) we love it with its salt content. So there!

Answer 3

They put too much salt in pretty much anything. Take a look at the label on canned vegetables and soup if you want a shocker.

-Diio

Answer 4

Salt is a preservative, but yes, I think manufactureres can get carried away w/ it in some cheeses.

Answer 5

yea they do