Question

To add the mold to the blue cheese it is mainly?

(a) Injected into the cheese

(b) Grown on the cheese

(c) Mixed in the whey mixture

(d) None of the mentioned

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Question is from Regulations topic in division Regulations of Dairy Engineering

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) Injected into the cheese

Easiest explanation: Blue or bleu cheese has the mold Penicillium added to it so that the final product is spotted or veined throughout with blue, blue-gray, or blue-green mold. Some blue cheeses are injected with spores before the curds form.