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
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/ (https://cheeseforum.org/articles/wiki-cheese-making-culture-manufacturers/)
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 (http://www.chr-hansen.com/food-cultures-and-enzymes/cheese)
Abiasa: http://www.abiasa.es/en/ferments.html (http://www.abiasa.es/en/ferments.html)
Sacco: http://www.saccosrl.it/en/prodotti/dairy-fermenti-lattici/ (http://www.saccosrl.it/en/prodotti/dairy-fermenti-lattici/)
Biena: http://biena.com/ (http://biena.com/)
DSM: http://www.dsm.com/markets/foodandbeverages/en_US/products/cultures.html (http://www.dsm.com/markets/foodandbeverages/en_US/products/cultures.html)
CSK: http://www.cskfood.com/productpages/cultures/ (http://www.cskfood.com/productpages/cultures/)
thank you
anyone know where to buy Sacco cultures?
I believe ArtisanGeek has at least some Sacco products - www.artisangeek.com (http://www.artisangeek.com). Probably others as well, but this is who I have used for several years now.
thanks, I sent Yoav a PM, he lists some.