high quality Gouda Cheese

Product Description

Gouda is semi-soft when young and transforms into a hard cheese when aged. This cheese has holes and characteristic flavors. Due to their stiff consistency and smooth texture, they can be cut into different shapes.

Making Process

Our Gouda cheese is made from high quality cows milk. The milk is pasteurized and standardized so that it reaches the fat level that corresponds to this cheese variety. After this first treatment, the milk is poured into vats where calcium chloride and lactic starters, specific to this cheese variety, are added. Once the vats are full, coloring is added and then the milk is curdled with specific rennet. The curd is cut into the vats until a washed, semi-cooked mass is obtained. Then, the whey is drained off and the remaining mass is pre-pressed so as to obtain a big homogenous loaf which is, in turn, cut and put into molds to be pressed afterwards. The making process is completed after the new loaves are salted by being brine dipped. This is followed by a short drying period at a low temperature, then an aging period at a medium temperature, during which holes are formed in the cheeses, and finally a cooling period before packaging. Next, the cheeses are tested, vacuum-packed, labeled, and put into boxes. Finally, they are stored in cold rooms, at a temperature between 0°C and 6°C, until they are sold.

Presentation. Shelf Life. Conservation

The cheese is packed as 3.**4.5 kg vacuum-packed loaves in the shape of flat wheels. It is then packed into boxes containing 2 wheels each. The shelf-life is **0 days, if kept in their original package at a temperature between 2°C and *0°C.

Consumption Tips

The particular flavors and textures make this cheese unique for different cold meat dishes, such as appetizers, starters, or main courses. Goudas mild flavor makes this type adequate for hot meat dishes. It also compliments fruit very well. They can also be accompanied by fine red or white wines, and even by beer. Creamy textured with a sweet and buttery flavour, GOUDA cheese is the perfect addition to any cheeseboard.