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Penicillium camemberti is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium. It is used in the production of Camembert, Brie, Langres, Coulommiers, and Cambozola cheeses, on which colonies of P. camemberti form a hard, white crust. It is responsible for giving these cheeses their distinctive flavors.
Penicillium camemberti and Penicillium roqueforti are the molds on Camembert, Brie, Roquefort, and many other cheeses. Penicillium nalgiovense is used in soft mold-ripened cheeses, such as Nalžovy (ellischau) cheese, and to improve the taste of sausages and hams, and to prevent colonization by other molds and bacteria.
The surface of each cheese is then sprayed with an aqueous suspension of the mold Penicillium camemberti, and the cheeses are left to ripen for a legally required minimum of three weeks. This affinage produces the distinctive bloomy, edible rind and creamy interior texture characteristic of the cheese. [ 2 ]
Penicillium griseofulvum; Penicillium roqueforti; Penicillium camemberti; Other species of Penicillium are used to improve both the taste and the texture of cheeses [5] Aspergillus oryzae [6] Aspergillus sojae [7] Aspergillus niger [8] Amorphotheca resinae [9] Lecanicillium sp. → these produce conidia which may control certain species of ...
Penicillium commune is considered an ancestral wild-type of the fungus species P. camemberti, a mould commonly used in the production of soft cheese. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Both species are similar in their ability to produce cyclopiazonic acid , a metabolite not normally produced by members of the genus Penicillium .
Penicillium abidjanum [2] Penicillium adametzii [2] Penicillium adametzioides [2] Penicillium aeris [3] Penicillium aethiopicum [2] Penicillium albicans [2] Penicillium albidum [2] Penicillium albocoremium; Penicillium alexiae [4] Penicillium alfredii [5] Penicillium alicantinum [4] Penicillium allahabadense [6] Penicillium allii; Penicillium ...
Microbial food cultures are live bacteria, yeasts or moulds used in food production. Microbial food cultures carry out the fermentation process in foodstuffs. Used by humans since the Neolithic period (around 10 000 years BC) [1] fermentation helps to preserve perishable foods and to improve their nutritional and organoleptic qualities (in this case, taste, sight, smell, touch).
The mold may be a velvety bloom of P. camemberti that forms a flexible white crust and contributes to the smooth, runny, or gooey textures and more intense flavours of these aged cheeses. [ 26 ] Brie and Camembert , the most famous of these cheeses, are made by allowing white mold to grow on the outside of a soft cheese for a few days or weeks.