Swiss-type cheeses (propionic acid cheeses)

  • Katja Hartmann
  • , Elisabeth Eugster-Meier
  • , Marie Therese Fröhlich-Wyder
  • , Ernst Jakob
  • , Daniel Wechsler
  • , Ylva Ardö
  • , Eva Maria Düsterhöft
  • , Wim Engels
  • , Thom Huppertz
  • , Erica R. Hynes
  • , Maria Cristina Perotti
  • , Carina V. Bergamini

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Abstract

Allgau Emmental cheese is a well-known and popular cheese in Germany which is consumed throughout the year. Emmentaler must have good storage qualities, allowing it to reach its optimal maturity without any loss in quality. Emmentaler PDO is characterised by its regular round eyes and its sweet and nutty flavour. After Mozzarella and Gruyere PDO, Emmentaler is the third most produced cheese in Switzerland and is the most exported. Greve cheese gets its typical characteristics from a combination of mesophilic DL-starter and a culture of propionic acid bacteria (PAB). Maasdammer was created in the 1970s as an alternative to (Swiss) Emmental cheese. The production of Maasdammer cheese is essentially in the Netherlands. The main (key) flavour compounds in Maasdammer cheese are those that yield the typical sweet and nutty flavour notes: pyrazines, branched-chain aldehydes and benzaldehyde, methyl-ketones, lactones and ethyl esters seem important.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGlobal Cheesemaking Technology
Subtitle of host publicationCheese Quality and Characteristics
PublisherWiley-IEEE Press
Pages336-348
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781119046165
ISBN (Print)9781119046158
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sep 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Allgau Emmental PDO
  • Greve cheese
  • Gruyere PDO
  • Maasdammer cheese
  • Nutty flavour
  • Pategras Cheese
  • Propionic acid cheeses
  • Switzerland

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