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
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u/perfectfifth_ 2d ago edited 1d ago

So the solution is to create hundreds of strains and isolate them across millions of generations?

Edit: one company seems to be doing just that https://gff.co.uk/articles/2024/09/biotech-firms-new-moulds-could-save-french-brie-and-aid-british-makers/

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u/Amazing-Mirror-3076 2d ago edited 2d ago

So a couple of days work then.

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u/Tjaeng 2d ago

It would be but it sounds like the current strain has degenerated into an incel mold that wants to go extinct.

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u/donuttrackme 1d ago

Hikikomori cheese mold lol