Abiasa Brand Mesophile Aromatic Type B - Sticky Cheese

[padams]

MA (B) is from the Dairy Connection, produced by Abiasa.  I bought it to use for cream cheese.  But I am REALLY not happy with it. 

When I have used it, it creates a "sticky" cheese that is very hard to scrape off the cloth and drains very poorly.  In contrast to when I use MA19 from Danisco, the cheese drains very well and scrapes down very easily.

Does anyone else have this problem with this culture?

[Sailor Con Queso]

Aromatic B is not a good choice for cream cheese because it produces gas.

[padams]

Oh!  Well, that makes a little more sense....would I add it with or substitute it for MA19 if I were to make a swiss?

[DeejayDebi]

I generally use LH100+TA61 with a pinch of MD89 for Swiss types.

[Sailor Con Queso]

Depends on the Swiss. Emmental is a thermo while Baby Swiss is a meso (Aromatic B).