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Albert-Jon Vis

Jacobus Stark

Ferdinand Theodorus Jozef Van Rijn

Josien Krijgsman

Corstiaan Johannes Hooft

Willem Johannes Wildeboer

Stéphen L A Hennart

Van Ferdinand Theodorus Jozef Rijn

Gabriel Marinus Henricus Meesters

Van Pim Hee

The present invention relates to a process for preparing foil-ripened cheese comprising (i) introducing brined cheese into a cheese-ripening packaging containing an opening for receiving cheese, (ii) closing the packaging, and (iii) ripening the cheese, characterized in that the cheese-ripening packaging comprises a thermoplastic film coated with an antimicrobial composition comprising a binding agent and at least one antimicrobial compound, whereby (a) said binding agent swells, softens or dissolves in the water that is released from the cheese during its ripening, (b) the antimicrobial composition becomes part of the water phase that, due to ripening, becomes present between the outer cheese surface and the packaging, (c) the antimicrobial compound is able to migrate in the water phase and (d) antimicrobial compound is transferred to the outer cheese surface.

Process for foil ripening of cheese

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Albert-Jon Vis