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Why does Swiss cheese have holes? This question never had an answer until researchers looked at what was inside the milk.

Researchers found that the reason the holes were becoming smaller and less common was that the process of making the cheese ...
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Cheesemaking is a complex science – a food chemist explains the process from milk to mozzarella

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 ...