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CHOOZIT® Cheese Cultures

CHOOZIT®

Emphasize and diversify your cheese flavor profile identity

CHOOZIT® Cheese cultures are ideal for use by every type of cheese manufacturer, from high-volume, industrial companies to specialty cheese makers. With its multi-layered product line, these easy-to-use cultures for direct inoculation provide controlled acidification profiles and allow for a wide range of textures, flavors and colors.

From mass-market to artisanal, let IFF help you to naturally enhance your cheese processing.

The CHOOZIT® cheese culture range​

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CHOOZIT® ​ AMERI-FLEX

Developed to solve productivity and cheese quality needs for industrial-sized cheese makers.

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CHOOZIT® BC​

A phage alternative for cheese makers looking to meet the increasing global demand for pizza cheese and meet consumers’ preference in terms of pizza cheese browning.​

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CHOOZIT® FIT New Phage-robust Culture Series​

A new phage-robust culture series for medium-sized mozzarella producers who want a highly robust and consistent culture.

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CHOOZIT® SWIFT 600​

This range of starter cultures provides a solution for high-volume industrial pizza cheese and pasta filata makers looking to increase productivity with no compromise on quality.​

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CHOOZIT® LIFT

Culture developed to improve efficiency and cutting water use, while maintaining quality.

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Cheese cultures key benefits

  • Easy to use cheese cultures for direct inoculation​

  • Provide controlled acidification profiles​

  • Offer comprehensive range of textures, flavors and colors​

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Product Benefit Application
CHOOZIT® DVI lactic cultures Texture and flavor development All cheese types
CHOOZIT® FLAV Flavor development Hard and semi-hard cheese
CHOOZIT® PC Flavor formation

Color and appearance

 White mold cheese, soft blue cheese and whey cheese
CHOOZIT® P. Roqueforti Flavor formation

Color and appearance

 Blue cheese
CHOOZIT® Geotrichum Flavor formation

Color and appearance

 Red smear cheese, soft cheese
CHOOZIT® Yeasts Flavor formation

Color and appearance

 Mix and smear cheese, soft cheese
CHOOZIT® Brevibacteria Color formation from bright red to cream orange Red smear cheese
CHOOZIT® Eye Eye formation Hard and semi-hard cheese
CHOOZIT® XM Exceptional, clean-cut texture

Stable quality through shelf life

Balanced taste with no bitterness

 Cheddar cheese

The science behind a new solution for pizza cheese browning control​

The CHOOZIT® BC Cultures series is a new proprietary formulation of selected Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus helveticus strains combined with a selected strain of Lactococcus lactis. This new formulation has been designed in particular for fast acidification, proteolysis control, and the ability to consume more galactose during the cheese making process. ​

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