What is Cheese?

 

Cheese contains fat, protein, milk, sugar and minerals.

 

It depends what sort of animal the original milk comes from. Most of the milk you would come across comes from a cow and it contains:

 

  • Fat (3.8%)
  • Protein (3.0%)
  • Milk Sugar (4.8%)
  • Minerals (.75%)
  • Vitamins
  • Like the original milk, there is fat which exists in globules.

     

    The protein is casein, which exists as a suspension or in a soluble form called whey.

     

    The milk in cheese contains important vitamins that are important for health. These vitamins are Vitamins A, D, E, and K. There are also the B complex and C vitamins which are in the whey and work to encourage bacterial growth as a cheese ripens.

     

    DID YOU KNOW . . . ?

     

    Cheese contains ASH? But when we talk about ash we mean some kinds of components like sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, iron and copper. These are all metallic elements.

     

    There are also non - metallic elements such as sulphur, chlorine, and phosphorous.

     

    The calcium in cheese is very important in the promotion of healthy bone growth, especially in children and women.

     

    LOOK AT THE MOULDY CHEESE!

     

    Many people say that this is "yuck!"

     

    But did you know that the mould in cheese actually helps break down protein? When we eat Camembert Cheese, we can be sure that the ripe cheese has had the protein broken down.

     

    HAVE YOU SEEN BLUE MOULD ON CHEESE?

     

    This very fine cheese has mould because it helps to break down the curd from the inside of the cheese to the outside! Danish Blue is one example of this type of cheese.