Cheese Science

Decoding the science of cheese. A technical resource for cheesemongers, cheese buyers, and cheese connoisseurs

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@agsciencewriter @phaseolus It’s a “neutralization agent”, like lime, bicarbonate, etc. Making butter from sour-ish cream can cause issues during churning. Not mention free fatty acids cause flavor defects.

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Happy Watermelon Day! 🍉 Why do watermelon-flavored treats not taste like actual watermelon? The key flavor molecule is too unstable to formulate with!

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Happy National Hot Dog Day! 🌭 Chicago Dogs are as colorful as they are delicious! 🌈🌆

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From the farm to the table...CDR has created this visual to show the typical path milk takes to become cheese.

https://t.co/NnzfYWPLHc

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Two important days today—Beans n’ Franks Day 🌭🌱 & French Fry Day! 🍟 Two food chemistry lessons! ⚗️🧪

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Happy World Chocolate Day! 🍫
Full infographic here: https://t.co/xGp2hVRnjE

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How well-done do you like your myoglobin? Meat sales top $2B for the 4th, making it the biggest grilling day of the year! 🇺🇸����🍔🌭

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@BlackInChem Thank you for the love! Your cheese looks grate!

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Happy National Cheese Day! Some calcium chemistry to celebrate! https://t.co/SOB0A6fgb0

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Happy Mint Julep Day! 🧉🍃🧊

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Happy Taffy Day! Nothing sweeter than an aerated non-crystalline amorphous confectionary treat! 🍬

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It's the first week of American Cheese Month! Let’s celebrate with my favorite American Original — Colby 🇺🇸 🧀
Infographic here → https://t.co/fxuJ4ARtQF

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Today is National Pretzel Day! 🥨 Seems like a good excuse to talk about Maillard browning and nucleophilic attack! 🧪

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Monday was National Grilled Cheese Day! What’s your favorite cheese to use? 🧀🥪 https://t.co/EszIjslxwW

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Happy Fondue Day! Fondue is the precursor to process cheese believe it or not! More info here: https://t.co/pA8E1CoybG

[Center for Dairy Research @WICDR]

A New issue of the 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 is out! Read about:

🧀2021 WI Master Cheesemakers
⚾️CDR Developed Sports Drink Utilizes Dairy
🥜Controlling Allergens in the Dairy Plant
🥛CDR Helps Start-Up Win MilkLaunch Competition

Read it here (PDF): https://t.co/NqUm8HY3F6

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Happy National Tamale Day! 🫔🌮 You can’t make tamales without masa. You can’t make masa with nixtamalization.

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@jrburns @UWMadison @WICDR Even Ireland’s most famous cheese has a Wisconsin connection!

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This was the most direct cheese<>green connection I could think of.

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Happy Women’s Day! One of my inspirations as a food scientist and sensory scientist is Dr. Pangborn. She established modern day sensory science and did crucial foundational work in the area of taste perception!