I am looking to purchase some molds and need to figure which size.
I would like to use about 6-8 gallons of milk.
I am looking at the Kadova molds from Glengarry
Steff 2.2 kg per lb.
Sorry to butt in...
It's actually 2.2 lbs per kilogram or 454 gm to the pound.
Cheers,
Alan
ooops! of course that's correct
steff, I think you are asking about milk yields, for which there is some info on cheese yields in the Wiki: Milk Yield article (https://cheeseforum.org/articles/wiki/), FYI mold/hoop volumes are normally final cheese volumes after whey expulsion and any drying.
Also, for unit conversion factors, on the CFO website (https://cheeseforum.org/) there are Volume Conversion Tables (https://cheeseforum.org/articles/units-converters/volume/) (Cups, Fluid Ounces, Tablespoons, Teaspoons, Milliliter), a Fahrenheit > Celsius Table (https://cheeseforum.org/articles/units-converters/temperature-fahrenheit-to-celsius/), and a Celsius > Fahrenheit Table (https://cheeseforum.org/articles/units-converters/celsius-fahrenheit/).
once again confused, boy it does not take much these days.
What size kadova mold would i use for 6 gallons of milk.
That volume of milk will yield around 4-5 lbs of Gouda or muenster, around 6 lbs of Feta, and 7-8 lbs of chevre type. If your curds loose more whey during your process,, especially in your pressed cheeses, then your yield may drop to around 4 lbs on the pressed end of cheeses. That is based on my experiances with 100% goat milk. The retailer should have final yield per mold figures available to make your selection easy. BTW- the owner at Glegary is very knowledgeable and a nice person, ask to speak with her, and she will be happy to help (Margaret Moriss).
steff, see my second post here (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,3151.msg25685.html#msg25685), assuming you want to buy the most popular Gouda shaped Kadova Brand mold and you are making pressed cheese, then for a 6-8 USG milk batch you will need their single 3-3.5 kg mold.
thank you John