Farmhouse goat's cheese cheddar

1. product description
A full fat hard goats cheese. Handmade and matured for a minimum of 6 months.

2. Origin: The United Kingdom

3. Ingredients

Whole pasteurized goats milk
Salt (contains anti-caking agent)
Starter lactic culture
Microbial rennet (sodium benzoate free)

4. Chemical/physical properties

                

minimum
values 

target
values 
max.
values  
methodology
E.g. Moisture   < 10%    
Moisture    35  38,5    44 oven drying/weekly
Salt 1,2 1,70    2,2    chloride meter/weekly

 

odour mild, milky goat aroma
texture firm bodied with some open texture
colour    off white in colour
flavour    mild creamy goat flavour, with sweet and nutty undertones


5. Microbiological parameters

   target values cfu/g   unacceptable values cfu/g  
Coliforms    < 100 > 100   
E-coli        < 10    > 10   
Listeria spp. Absent in 25 g detected in 25 g   
Staph. Aureus        < 20 > 100
Salmonella spp. Absent in 25 g detected in 25 g


6. Nutritional value per 100 g

Energy       1688 kJ/407 kcal        
Protein 24,2   
Cardohydrate    0,10   
Cardohydrate of which sugars       0,10   
Fat    34,5   
fat of which saturated    22,4
dietary fibre 0,50   
sodium    0,69   
total salt        1,70   


7. Allergens:
Contains goats milk