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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Frieslandcampina Nederland B.v., Amersfoort, NL;
Herman Frank Burghout, Wageningen, NL;
Johannes Antonius Penders, Wageningen, NL;
Abstract
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.