Description
Alpine-Style Cheese Culture – Perfect for Nutty, Aromatic Hard Cheeses
Craft traditional Alpine-style cheeses at home with our premium cheese culture. Designed for cheeses like Gruyère, Emmental, and Comté, this culture helps you achieve the rich, nutty flavors and smooth, elastic textures characteristic of these celebrated mountain cheeses.
Key Features:
- Ideal for Alpine Cheeses: Specially formulated to support the long ageing process and develop the complex flavours typical of Alpine-style cheeses.
- Versatile Use: Perfect for a range of hard and semi-hard cheeses with elastic textures and sweet, nutty notes.
- High-Quality Ingredients: Carefully selected bacterial strains ensure consistent fermentation, optimal ripening, and hole formation (if desired).
- Easy to Use: Designed for successful results whether you’re an experienced cheesemaker or a beginner.
Package Options:
- CapCulture (Encapsulated Form): Precise and convenient, with one capsule per 10 litres of milk.
- BulkCulture (Powdered Form): Perfect for larger batches, with one gram per 20 litres of milk.
Recreate the timeless flavours of Alpine cheeses in your own kitchen. Whether enjoyed in fondue, sliced for a sandwich, or served as part of a cheese board, your homemade creation will delight every cheese lover.
For the preparation of such cheeses, we recommend e.g. Óvári, Ilmici, Tilsiti, Comte, Gruyère, etc.
Technical Specifications
- - Lactobacillus delbrueckeii subsp bulgaricus
- - Streptococcus salivarius subsp thermophilus
- - Lactobacillus helveticus
- - Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis
- - Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris
- - Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis
- - Inulin (plant fiber)
- - Bacterial carrier: lactose, saccharose, maltodextrin
Optimal inoculating temperature: 32 °C
Dosage: 1 capsule / 10 litres of milk
Pull the capsule apart and dissolve the culture in a little lukewarm water. Then add this aqueous solution to the milk and mix thoroughly.
Storage: -18°C to +4°C