2. “Cheese is naturally white. Organic Valley has responded to customer
requests for traditionally coloured Colby and Muenster.”
Organic Valley

3. Story of
Cheddar Cheese
 “It all began in
Cheddar Gorge
in Somerset.”
Cheddar cheese
was first found in
a Cheddar Gorge
cave!!

4. Cows and Carotenes: Does what
the cow eat affect cheese color?
“The more
Carotene in the
cow’s food (grass), the
more yellow or
yellow-orange the fat
in the milk”
Plants have carotenes to prevent
photo-inhibition!

5. Why does annatto
make cheese look
orange?
“It scatters only the
Light
Orange light
yellow-orange
wavelengths of
light.”

6. how does
it influence the color of cheese?
“Casein Reflects all
light and makes the
cheese look white”
Casein micelle
Casein: the most
important protein in milk

7. An amateur may consider natural
cheese color only yellow and white…
“ However, you can
“see” some of the
chemistry of cheese
when you discern the
variation in natural
cheese color”
At the very least, perhaps you’ll never view cheese the same way again!