any other cultures out there?

[steffb503]

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

[Duntov]

Don't worry.  They don't put DDT or Agent Orange in their cheese cultures.

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

[awakephd]

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/

[steffb503]

thank you

[steffb503]

anyone know where to buy Sacco cultures?

[awakephd]

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.

[steffb503]

thanks, I sent Yoav a PM, he lists some.