Take cheese freshness to the next level

A broad range of cheese types can keep their flavor and appearance through shelf life with biosolutions. So your consumers can enjoy the cheese they love for longer.  

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The freshness people want, without the things they don’t

People check expiry dates because they expect the cheese they love to stay fresh right through shelf life. At the same time, they’re drawn to simpler labels with milk, cultures and nothing else.  Together, we can craft cheese with the next-level freshness people want and none of the things they don’t. 

Norstat quantitative online study in US (1,002), France (1,000), Germany (1,011) and UK (1,019), November-December 2023 

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    Next-level transparency

    For millennia, people have extended the life of milk through fermentation. Today, thousands of cheeses are part of our rich global tapestry of food. We continue that tradition with you, so you can unlock next-level transparency in your cheeses.  

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    Fermentation-enabled bioprotection

    Our fermentation-enabled bioprotection cultures can potentially extend shelf life from retailers’ shelves right through to people’s homes. All while unlocking the simpler labels that people want on the cheese they love. 

Brand protection for cottage cheese

A European cottage cheese producer faced yeast issues before the end of the product’s three-week shelf life*. We worked with the producer to introduce Novonesis’ FreshQ® Cheese in their fermentation process.  
 
The result? Shelf life extended by 11 days, consumer complaints eliminated, and sales boosted by around 5%.  
 
FreshQ® Cheese delivered next-level freshness, improved product quality and strengthened the brand. 

*At around 5oC 

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Next-level freshness with our combinations

Across cheese types, combinations of biosolutions can take freshness to the next level. Below you can explore just some of the combinations of cultures and enzymatic coagulants we offer. 

Cottage cheese combination

FreshQ® Cheese fermentation-enabled bioprotection cultures delay contaminant growth. This helps extend the shelf life of your cottage cheese, without adding unwanted ingredients to the product label. Combine FreshQ® Cheese with Novonesis’ DVS® Fresco® 1000NG cultures for a premium flavor and texture in your cottage cheese. 

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Soft cheese combination

In Brie and similar soft cheeses, it’s a challenge to maintain appearance through shelf-life. With our combinations, you can craft a more stable product that looks the same from the first day of shelf life to the last. 

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    Novonesis’ DVS® Soft Mild

    This culture system maintains a consistent, delicious and mild flavor through a longer shelf life. It helps to stabilize pH and avoid off-flavors including ammoniac and bitterness.  

    Its four cultures are made with carefully chosen bacterial strains for mild acidification.  

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    Novonesis’ Chy-Max® Special

    By balancing low proteolysis with high moisture content, Chy-Max® Special delivers on appearance and yield. In Brie and similar cheeses, it allows higher moisture content in the final product and supports stable texture and a white surface through shelf life.  

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    Novonesis’ Swing surface ripening range

    Certain types of white mold and surface ripening cultures inhibit the growth of other molds and mucors. That makes them a natural way to help extend the shelf-life of soft cheeses.  

    Our portfolio of Swing surface ripening biosolutions meet a wide range of needs. 

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FreshQ® Cheese
dynamic product
Freshness through shelf lifeFrozen and Freeze driedCulture
Benefits
  • Extend shelf life
  • Stay fresh
  • Take control
  • Go natural
Chy-Max® Special
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Yield improvementLiquidCoagulant
Benefits
  • Reduced bitterness results in better taste
  • Stable texture enables a longer period where the cheese is at its optimal consumption
  • Improve yield and get cheese from the same amount of milk
  • Kosher and Halal certified. Suitable for vegetarians
Swing surface ripening range
dynamic product
FlavorVarious formats availableCulture
Benefits
  • Improve surface and blue-veined appearance
  • Create a unique flavor with different proportions of yeast, mold and bacteria
  • Swing solutions help control ripening speed, prolonging shelf life in the market
  • Inhibit contaminants mold and mucor
Explore all our biosolutions

We also have biosolutions for freshness in fermented milk products. They have the potential to deliver next-level freshness in taste through to the end of shelf life. They can even help extend shelf life.   

Fermented milk freshness 

Let’s take cheese freshness to the next level

Our biosolutions support freshness through shelf life in a wide range of cheese types. Fill in the form and we’ll be in touch so we can take freshness to the next level together. 

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