It all depends on how much surface area the cheese has. Mold grows in colonies and needs a large surface area in order to grow larger. Blue cheese however is basically mold. That is how it gets it's distinct taste.
Mold on cheese is a type of fungus, most mold starts out macroscopic then after time become visible to the human eye.
Mold grows on cheese because there is a lot of nutrition there for it to grow. There is a trick to keeping the mold off the cheese, and this is to prevent the cheese from being exposed to air. In some cases this is done by painting the cheese with wax. In some cases, it is done by soaking the cheese with salty water, which dries out the rind of the cheese, making it less attractive for mold to grow. An alternative used by cheese makers is to scrape the mold off from time to time. Moldy cheese comes in two types. Some have mold that grows over the surface, usually a white mold such as what appears on brie. Some have blue or green mold that grows in the interior. This is done by running thick needles through it so oxygen can get into the interior. In either case, the cheese has to be exposed to the proper mold. Some people think that cheese is moldy milk, but it is not. Most cheese has no mold. Most cheese is made from milk through the action of bacteria, but not all. Mold and bacteria are not the same thing. Some of these have mold on them, but the ones that do mostly have either white penicillium mold (as on brie) or blue or green penicillium mold (as on blue cheese). Some cheese is not even fermented; examples are queso blanko and gjetost, which are made with heat and acid, and a variety of cheeses are prepared with rennet, but without bacteria.
Most likely, it is a form of mold which is a microscopic fungi. There are over 300,000 varieties of mold. It consists of branchlike fibers connecting multiples spores. Warm and humid conditions can attract airborne fungi that attach to surfaces of food, like cheese. It is the spores that give the interesting colors to mold.
it depends most cheese is aged but so then there is no mold, then there is some cheese that you get fresh and then you have your bleu cheese with edible mold on it...i hope that this helps :)
Some common traits of cheese going bad are a darker color and harder texture accompanied by a stronger smell. Your cheese has gone bad when you see or smell mold growth. Once mold is visible, you should throw away any of the softer cheeses. Likewise, if there is mold on some of your shredded cheese, the entire container should be thrown out.
it all depends on when the cheese was actually made, and when it was packaged… also if either have been handled improperly or outside of a sanitized environment. if every variable was removed and there was no margin of error, then the pepper jack would most likely mold faster since it contains small pieces of jalapeno.
No, most mold grows best in warm, damp places.
Mold grows the most in areas that are moist. In your home this would be near the washer and dryer, sinks and possibly the water heater or air conditioning unit.
Yes it is, today most varieties of blue cheese are either injected with mold or it is mixed right in with the curd.
No, most mold grows best in warm, damp places.
The most common molds found on apples are gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) and blue mold (Penicillium expansum). Gray mold typically appears as fuzzy gray patches, while blue mold presents as blue-green spots on the fruit's skin. Both molds can cause rapid apple decay if left unchecked.