Cheese is made in Australia, different types of cheese actually. This should not surprise us since it is an agricultural-livestock country, so other derivatives are usually made with milk from cows and sheep and cheese is among the first. But how are the australian cheeses? Well, first it must be said that they are classified according to the region or city of origin, according to the techniques used to make them, the type of milk, the flavor, the size and texture, the properties, the chemical composition and microbiology and the humidity they have.
The European cheese guide has served and serves as a guide to classify Australian cheeses and so today we can talk about eight typical Australian cheeses: blue cheese, hard cheese, eye cheese, cheddar cheese and cheddar style cheese, white cheese, cottage cheese and fresh unripened cheese. If you are going to buy cheese in Australia or you stop in front of even escaping from the supermarket with doubts, remember that the name of the cheese will give you the answer about what type of cheese it is.
Many manufacturing companies use the name of the manufacturing region to identify their products. If the label says farm cheese, it means that it has been made on a farm with the milk from that farm. If it says farm-style cheese, it means cheese made by hand in a farm or small establishment. If it says "specialty" then it will be a Cheddar cheese, a mozzarella or a processed cheese. If it says reduced fat cheese in Australia that means the cheese has at least 25% less fat than the regular version. If it says Low Fat it doesn't have more than 3%. But which areas are producing cheese? Hunter Valley and Bega Valley, western Victoria, Gippsland, southern and western parts of the country, Tasmania and Murray Valley, for example.
Source: via Dairy Australia
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