Like other fermented foods such as sourdough, kombucha, and kimchi, cheese is the product of bacteria and yeast, plus mold. Cheese is mostly coagulated milk, but adding a unique culture of ...

And what does this mean for cheese lovers around the world? More from Big Business The world's supply of Brie and Camembert could be in danger. One mold, called Penicillium camemberti, is ...

Related: 27 Irresistible Baked Cheese Recipes While this brine can prevent the growth of mold, it does encourage the cultivation of certain bacteria, the most common of which is Brevibacterium linens.

Because of the lack of water content in cheese, food mold can't penetrate it very deeply ... but that's rare. If you're a big shop that moves a lot of product, it's not a problem if you know ...

Blue cheese is known for its characteristic veins of blue (or sometimes shades of green, gray, or even black) mold running through the body of the cheese. There are many different types of blue cheese ...