What ingredients in cheese make mold?

Answer 1

The cheeses with mold include those with a white, dusty looking covering, and those veined with blue or green.

Cheeses covered with whitish dust have a mold called Penicillium camemberti on them. These cheeses include brie camambert and other similar cheeses.

Cheeses veined with blue or green usually have a mold called Penicillium roqueforti, and these include roquefort, ordinary blue cheese, Danish blue cheese, and some types of gorgonzola. Traditional gorgonzola is made with Penicillium glaucum.

Any cheese can get moldy, but this is not what is supposed to happen. Cheeses such as cheddar, colby, Swiss, gouda, and so on, should not have mold. These cheeses are often protected by a covering of wax, a rind, or a plastic package to prevent air from getting to the cheese. Any cheese that has access to even the tiniest amount of air can get moldy.

Answer 2

No, all cheeses do not have mold. Cheese is a culture like yogurt, not a mold. In some types of cheese, mold is added to create the flavor.

Some cheeses that do NOT contain mold are: Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, Mozerella cheese, Cottage cheese, Ricota Cheese.

If mold is growing on cheese, it is doing so because of poor storage or other factors. It is NOT safe to eat.

Answer 3

Cheeses can be deliberately inoculated with mold spores if that cheese is intended to contain mold (e.g. bleu cheese). Later wild spores from the environment may contaminate the cheese from the air or by human handling and cause spoilage.

Answer 4

yes