Scientists at the University of Nottingham in England have learned to create many different types of mushrooms that can be used to produce blue cheese in different colors. In this respect reports Daily mail.
Producers of blue cheeses such as Stilton, Roquefort and Gorgonzola inoculate them with spores of the fungus Penicillium roqueforti by puncturing the cheese mass with needles. Mold is what gives cheese its unique taste and aroma.
As a result of their research, scientists discovered how the classic blue-green mold forms in blue cheese and learned how to create other strains that can be used to produce white, yellow-green, red-brown and red-pink cheeses. and dark musty, blue hues.
After making new, colorful varieties of cheese, scientists used laboratory diagnostic equipment to determine what it might taste like. It turns out that it almost does not differ in taste from classic types of blue cheese. However, slightly moldy cheeses had a milder taste, while cheeses with reddish brown and light green mold had a brighter and sharper taste.
The research team is now considering the possibility of collaborating with cheesemakers in Scotland and Nottinghamshire to create colored cheeses using the new technology.
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