Researches from Bern University of the Arts, HKB, and the Swiss town of Burgdorf in the Emme Valley in Sweden have been experimenting with using acoustics during the cheese production process – eight wheels of Emmental were exposed to non-stop sounds from October 2018 to March 2019. The cheese maturation process completed last week.
This month the cheeses was chemically analysed for flavour substances. The results were
made public and a panel of culinary experts gave their verdicts at a presentation and tasting event on Thursday, 14 March 2019.
The sounds that they were exposed to were:
1. No sound (reference box)
2. Ambient: Yello – ‘Monolith’
3. Classical: W.A. Mozart – ‘The Magic Flute’
4. Techno: Vril – ‘UV’
5. Rock: Led Zeppelin – ‘Stairway to Heaven’
6. Medium frequency: 200 kHz
7. High frequency: 1000 kHz
8. Hip hop: A tribe called quest – ‘We Got (the Jazz)’
9. Low frequency: 25 kHz
The results are in – Hip hop produced the best cheese.
“The bacteria did a good job,” veterinarian Beat Wampfler, who came up with the idea said that the sensory analysis revealed that the cheese exposed to hip-hop was “remarkably fruity, both in smell and taste, and significantly different from the other samples”.
‘Musical Cheese’ may be commercially produced… we may have to start playing hip hop in our cheese processing plant.
Catherine’s role is Technical Assistant and she is one of the newer members of the Ingredient Solutions team. Catherine recently graduated in Food Science and Innovation at WIT and is motivated, positive and enjoys working in a team. Catherine says, “I always see the good in every challenge that approaches me as they can lead to opportunities to learn more.” She is looking forward to focusing on the areas that she can control and learning how to perfect them.
Ted is the Factory Manager, he is the man that keeps everything running smoothly, supporting production and technical operations. He ensures that all the machinery within the factory functions at maximum efficiency and is properly maintained.
Suma has worked for Ingredient Solutions for two years as Technical Manager – leading the technical team. Before working for Ingredient Solutions, Suma worked in Asia, the Middle East and Europe and has over twenty years experience in management and leadership in food and other industries.
Pina is our UK Sales Support Administrator and has worked for Ingredient Solutions since 2012. She works alongside Gary Davies and the sales team providing them with sales information and supporting the team especially when they are on the road. Pina works remotely for Ingredient Solutions from her base in Luton in the UK.
Marek is based near Lublin, that’s not a typo we don’t mean Dublin, he’s our man on the ground in Eastern Europe.
