one of my friends thinks cheese and yogurt are mold products. I can't stans it when they say "ewww ur eating mold" so is cheese/yogurt realy mold
2007-02-28 14:53:29 · 13 answers · asked by naenae73326 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
They arent all exposed to mold. They ae exposed to rennens and acids which change the texture and curdle the milk. The liquid is drained off (whey) and the solidsare preserved (cheese).
Soft-ripened cheeses such as Brie and Camembert are made by allowing white Penicillium candida or P. camemberti mold to grow on the outside of a soft cheese for a few days or weeks. The mold forms a white crust and contributes to the smooth, runny, or gooey textures and more intense flavors of these aged cheeses. Goats' milk cheeses are often treated in a similar manner, sometimes with white molds (Chèvre-Boîte) and sometimes with blue.
Blue-mold cheeses like Roquefort, Gorgonzola, and Stilton are produced by inoculating loosely pressed curds with Penicillium roqueforti or Penicillium glaucum molds. The mold grows within the cheese as it ages. These cheeses have distinct blue veins and, often, assertive flavors. Their texture can be soft or firm.
2007-02-28 15:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by Robert H 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Molds are used to make certain kinds of cheeses. Roquefort, blue, Gorgonzola and Stilton cheeses have blue veins of mold throughout the cheese. Brie and Camembert have white surface molds. Other cheeses have both an internal and a surface mold.
For hard cheeses in which mold is not part of the processing, it is safe to remove the mold and eat the cheese. It is recommended cutting off at least 1 inch around and below the mold spot. Be sure to keep the knife out of the mold itself so it will not cross-contaminate other parts of the cheese. After trimming off the mold, re-cover the cheese in fresh wrap. Mold generally cannot penetrate deep into the product.
Discard soft cheeses such as Brie and Camembert if they contain molds that are not a part of the manufacturing process. Molds that are not a part of the manufacturing process can be dangerous. Infected soft cheeses, such as cottage, cream cheese, Neufchatel and crumbled, shredded and sliced cheeses, should be discarded. Such foods with high moisture content can be contaminated below the surface.
2007-03-01 00:12:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, cheese and yogurt are made out of milk! Yogurt has yeast in it, and some cheeses like blue cheese have mold in them though, maybe that's what they're thinking about.
2007-02-28 23:06:37 · answer #3 · answered by a female 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some cheeses are Mold(made from a moldie bread starter, but many are fermented. It's a different process.
2007-02-28 23:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is rediculous and backwards
yogurt is decomposed milk (milk gone wrong ,but it is still good as food)
and cheeese is made from milk ,like from goats ,cows and sheep
some special cheeses they let go mouldy to enhance the taste ,like blue cheese and gorgonzola ,or camenbert
and all cheese if left in the open and for a long time (sometimes even in the fridge )devellop mold ,but it is not a poiseness mold ,you can eat it
2007-02-28 23:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. bacteria causes mold and bacteria causes milk to curd (get lumpy) but the cheese is the milk after it has curdled and the whey (the liquid) has been pressed out of the curds.
they use different kinds of milk to make different kinds of cheese such as originally mozzarella was made with the milk from water Buffalo (Do you need a scuba suit to milk a water Buffalo?)
2007-02-28 23:20:48 · answer #6 · answered by Steven S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chees and yoghurts are made using fermentation, which is a process where the milk "goes off". This is different to mould as good bacteria is produced during the process which can be very healthy. However if you're sensitive to yeast then you might find you can't tolerate fermented foods.
2007-03-01 08:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
some of the cheeses you just cut off the mold and your good to go one must know which ones I wish you luck as cheese is excellent source of calcium
2007-03-01 00:12:56 · answer #8 · answered by pun82224 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe you are thinking of blue cheese, which is moldy, if you eat processed american cheese, the type that comes in pre-wraped slices, that is full of chemicals and most definitely not moldy, even after a year in the fridge...and yogurt I think contains cultures which is a type of bacteria
2007-03-01 03:07:31 · answer #9 · answered by njyogibear 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, the cheese isn't mold itself, but it is made using things in the yeast/mold family as is yogurt.
If it helps you could gross them out back by talking abou the mites that live in people's eyelashes. : -)
2007-02-28 23:00:03 · answer #10 · answered by Cindy B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋