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any other cultures out there?
« on: September 18, 2016, 04:11:45 PM »
Are there any other reliable companies to get cultures from other than Dansico/Choozit?
They are owned by Dupont!
The same dupont that created agent orange and DDT and PCB's

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Re: any other cultures out there?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2016, 09:28:27 PM »
Don't worry.  They don't put DDT or Agent Orange in their cheese cultures.

Go here:  http://cheeseforum.org/articles/wiki-cheese-making-culture-manufacturers/

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Re: any other cultures out there?
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2016, 01:50:17 PM »
A bit of searching on the web pulls up a fair number of alternatives. I know that I've seen products from the first few featured on various home-quantity retail sites, but I hadn't ever seen the the last two in particular - don't know if they are available for home cheese makers.

It is also possible that any of these companies are cross-connected, or more than one may be owned by a holding company, or so on -- I don't have any reason to suspect this, but just saying that it is always possible ...

Chr. Hansen: http://www.chr-hansen.com/food-cultures-and-enzymes/cheese
Abiasa: http://www.abiasa.es/en/ferments.html
Sacco: http://www.saccosrl.it/en/prodotti/dairy-fermenti-lattici/
Biena: http://biena.com/
DSM: http://www.dsm.com/markets/foodandbeverages/en_US/products/cultures.html
CSK: http://www.cskfood.com/productpages/cultures/
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Re: any other cultures out there?
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2016, 07:39:18 PM »
thank you

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Re: any other cultures out there?
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2016, 07:48:55 PM »
anyone know where to buy Sacco cultures?

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Re: any other cultures out there?
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2016, 07:54:32 PM »
I believe ArtisanGeek has at least some Sacco products - www.artisangeek.com. Probably others as well, but this is who I have used for several years now.
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Re: any other cultures out there?
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2016, 10:15:45 AM »
thanks, I sent Yoav a PM, he lists some.