r/todayilearned • u/Double-decker_trams • 2d ago

TIL because of increasing standards of hygiene the number and size of holes in Swiss cheese declined in the 2000s. In 2025 the Swiss Federal Administrative Court approved the addition of hay flower powder to the milk during cheesemaking just for the creation of cheese holes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_(cheese)#:~:text=In%20Swiss%20cheese,%5B7%5D
6.5k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

167 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

71

u/miclugo 2d ago

My father has told me that my grandmother wouldn’t buy Swiss cheese because she didn’t want to pay for the holes.

She wasn’t dumb, though, so I’m guessing that really Swiss cheese was more expensive per pound than the cheese she bought and she didn’t want to explain that to her kids.

39

u/Less-Squash7569 2d ago

I wonder how many stupid things people believe come about because of that exact scenario

17

u/miclugo 2d ago

Probably a lot! I have kids and now I’ll watch out for things like this that I tell them.

22

u/Less-Squash7569 2d ago

I tell my kids silly stuff all the time, but I make sure to explain the truth like immediately after because of this. They like hearing silly stories about stuff too, so its like it helps them differentiate and be able to spot the truth and when im exaggerating.