• dumples
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    2 days ago

    Cheese made from unpasteurized milk can be safe, its what happens in most of the world. As long as its done correctly, tested and labeled as such that is fine. The whole point of the cheesemaking process is to encourage the good microbes to outcompete with the bad ones to make the cheese since its a preservative method. Its the drinking of raw milk that is dangerous. So of course that is the part that everyone wants to do and fight about

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      1 day ago

      Cheese made from unpasteurized milk can be safe

      From what I know of the US food industry, I still wouldn’t chance it over there.

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        Unpasteurized cheese will typically be higher end because it’s more difficult and slower to make. ( Unpasteurized cheese typically use the natural yeasts and bacterias to ferment so are slower). So as long as it labeled it should be fine