Cheese is a relatively simple food. It's made with milk, enzymes – these are proteins that can chop up other proteins – bacterial cultures and salt. Lots of complex chemistry goes into the ...

The Science Behind Cheese Meltability 5 pH like mild cheddar, Gouda, Gruyere or American cheese providing the best melt. The ...

It’s around 10 in the morning when Francisco Ochoa walks into the cheesemaking room at Don Froylan Creamery, where cheese curds are forming in a vat machine. “My favorite thing to do is make cheese,” ...

A classic part of the pizza-making process is layering on the cheese—grabbing handfuls of shredded mozzarella to sprinkle on top of the tomato sauce, enough so that the shreds will melt and spread ...