 A piece of cheese by Fromager d'Affinois with grapes and crackers | |
| Type | Cheese |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | France |
| Main ingredients | Milk, ferments, salt, rennet |
Fromager d'Affinois (pronounced [fʁɔmaʒe dafinwa]) is the registered trademark of the French cheese making company Fromagerie Guilloteau based in Pélussin.[1]
This commercial brand produces a range of 30 industrial soft cheeses with a bloomy rind. They are made from cow's, goat's or sheep's milk presented in the form of a 2 kilo wheel, hexagonal in shape and wrapped in printed paper with a breakable label, in six parts. Some of those cheeses are double cream, triple cream, blue, or flavoured (pepper, roasted pumpkin seeds, red chili pepper, black truffle, garlic and herbs…).[2][3]
Guilloteau uses a process called ultrafiltration. Ultrafiltration removes water from the pasteurised milk, concentrating all other components. Ultrafiltration also results in a milk that retains more nutrients and proteins, and the cheese has a relatively high fat content of 60%.[4] Ultrafiltration also retains the whey proteins in the cheese, and increases the yield in terms of processing volume, reducing the cheese making process from eight weeks to two weeks.[5]
- ^ "18 Parc d'activités du Planil 42410 Pélussin 04 74 87 53 00". Fromagerie Guilloteau.
- ^ "Our cheeses". fromagerdaffinois.com.
- ^ "Fromager d' Affinois Blue: An Entry-Level Blue Cheese". September 18, 2010.
- ^ Hastings, Chester (2011). The Cheesemongers Kitchen: Celebrating Cheese in 90 Recipes. Chronicle Books. p. 144. ISBN 9780811877664.
- ^ Edgar, Gordon (2010). Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge. Chelsea Green Publishing. p. 151. ISBN 9781603582735.