Frieslandcampina Nederland B.v.

Dsm IP Assets B.v.

Campina Nederland Holding B.v.

Csk Food Enrichment B.v.

Nug Nahrungs- Und Genussmittel Vertriebsgesellschaft Mbh

Dairy Protein Cooperation Food B.v.

Johannes Antonius Penders

Herman Frank Burghout

Willem Cornelis Meijer

Alexander Maria Mens

Fransiscus Christophorus Gielens

Anna Maria Bekhuis

Hiëronymus Petrus Adriaan De Pinth

Martinus Gerardus Maria Haarman

Timo Joost Faber

Theodorus Johannes Maria Raaijmakers

Anna Maria Van Septer-Bekhuis

Bas Willem Maarten Lavrijsen

Anna Maria Catharina Van Haren

The present disclosure relates to a naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type comprising a water-permeable coating applied onto the entire surface of the cheese and a water-impermeable material applied onto the water-permeable coating, wherein at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with a layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving the bottom face and top face of the block-shaped coated cheese largely uncovered. The present disclosure also relates to a method of making the naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type.

Cheese ripening

A method for providing a naturally ripened, cylindrically shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type is provided. The method comprises: (i) forming a cylindrically shaped cheese from a curd by conventional means; (ii) applying a protective water-permeable coating layer onto the entire surface of the cheese, thereby obtaining a coated cheese; (iii) partially enclosing the coated cheese with a further coating of a water-impermeable material such that the convex, circumferential sides and the curved area are covered while leaving the flat bottom and top surfaces uncovered, thereby obtaining a partially enclosed coated cheese; and (iv) allowing the partially enclosed coated cheese to ripen. A naturally ripened, cylindrically shaped, coated cheese of the hard or semi-hard type obtainable by the method is also provided.

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Johannes Antonius Penders