Clay pots is the earliest day cheese
preservation method ever recorded. It is used both to preserved and make the
cheese. Clay pot was used to collect milk. Then a ceramic strainer, a bowl with
little holes on the bottom, will be used to allow the whey to drain away from
the milk. Then the clay pots will be used to preserve the cheeses by packing
the cheese in salt or submerging it in salty brine. Sometimes, the old
civilization would bury the clay pots underground to protect them from spoiling
from the climates to extend the cheese shelf life. This cheese packaging method
is quite exquisite considering they got creative with it. Then, when the cheese
is about to be brought to be traded in the market, it will be packed into
ceramic vessels. Cloth is used throughout the 18th century by cheesemaker in
the US where they began to make cheddar style cheese or used melted butter to help
seal the cheese packaging to prevent moisture loss.
Then in the 19th of century the
civilization starts to use strips of muslin were soaked in animal fat then it
will be wrapped around the cheese. This will help with preventing molding. The
Dutch has made an invention on cheese packaging. In the 19th century cheeses
such as gouda are dipped in colorful wax to prevent them from molding. In 1949,
the cheese was wrapped in plastic which is the more easy and efficient way to
protect cheeses. These days you will find cheese wrapped in cheese paper. It is
way more eco – friendly. But nothing beats the most ecofriendly cheese grotto.
It is sustainable because you don’t have to change it for a long time, and it
is highly reusable.
Types of cheese packaging
- Paper wraps
- Formaticum
- Packpyrus
- Peel reseals cheese packaging
Most cheese, when you go to the market,
will be covered in plastics. However, a lot of cheese expertise have told
consumers to change the plastic to cheese papers. It is the best since it is a
special paper that are produced to specifically wrap and preserve cheese. It is
a 2 ply paper that allows proper oxygen exchange as one ply is a permeable
cellophane that allows the cheese to breathe, and the other is similar to
butcher paper and retains moisture. Formaticum is one of the paper cheese
packaging. It is used in a lot of cheese packaging in a country like Italy
where it has so many different types of cheeses from hard cheeses to soft ones.
Packpyrus is a thermos formable
cellulose-based cheese packaging that are normally suitable for pre sliced
products like cheese. It has great oxygen barrier and creates enhanced product
differentiation on supermarket shelves because of its paper that looks natural
and feels like it too.
Peel – reseal packaging is available only
on rigid or semi rigid packaging formats. This is so convenient for customers
to have since you can just cut a chunk of cheese and then reseal the package
again when you want to preserve it.
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