What makes cheese mouldy?

Answer 1

Mold grows on cheese because there is a lot of nutrition there for it to grow. There is a trick to keeping the mold off the cheese, and this is to prevent the cheese from being exposed to air. In some cases this is done by painting the cheese with wax. In some cases, it is done by soaking the cheese with salty water, which dries out the rind of the cheese, making it less attractive for mold to grow. An alternative used by cheese makers is to scrape the mold off from time to time.

Moldy cheese comes in two types. Some have mold that grows over the surface, usually a white mold such as what appears on brie. Some have blue or green mold that grows in the interior. This is done by running thick needles through it so oxygen can get into the interior. In either case, the cheese has to be exposed to the proper mold.

Some people think that cheese is moldy milk, but it is not. Most cheese has no mold. Most cheese is made from milk through the action of bacteria, but not all. Mold and bacteria are not the same thing. Some of these have mold on them, but the ones that do mostly have either white penicillium mold (as on brie) or blue or green penicillium mold (as on blue cheese).

Some cheese is not even fermented; examples are queso blanko and gjetost, which are made with heat and acid, and a variety of cheeses are prepared with rennet, but without bacteria.

Answer 2

The enzymes that make up the product. Mold is not all bad. Some cheeses are better with mold, it's called aging of cheese. Simply cut away the mold and it's still ok to eat but may be stronger in flavor.

Answer 3

mold

mold is a living organism that reproduces by spores. these spores travel through the air and land on the bread and then multiply

mold likes moist, warm places. bread has water in it and you rarely store it in the fridge, so you have the perfect environment for mold to grow.

you can prevent this by putting the bread in an air-tight container for storage

Answer 4

The air around you is filled with mold spores (dormant form of mold). When you open a package of cheese, you expose the cheese to the air and spores deposit on it. given enough times in proper conditions, the dorman form of the mold becomes active again and starts to multiply, until there are so many of them, you can actually mold colonies on your cheese.

Answer 5

the oxygen deflates some of the carbohydrates in the cheese plus the cold or heat put on the cheese hence the molding

Answer 6

Cheese gets moldy because the fungus is able to get a lot of nutrition from the cheese. Cheese gives the mold what it needs to grow well, and the mold grows.

Answer 7

If you leave it out the fridge too long.