We asked a cheese scientist to explain what gives Swiss cheese its characteristic holes Cheese is probably one of the most beloved foods in the nation. If you’re not getting healthy with a bowl of ...

Swiss cheese gets its characteristic holes from the emission of gas by prokaryotic bacteria. Inside of the Young’s Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, shelves of cheese curds dripped excess moisture onto ...

For over 900 years, farmers in an Alpine region between Switzerland and France have turned barrels of raw milk into wheels of smooth, nutty cheese known as Gruyère. The tradition, combined with the ...

The Unhealthy Staple Processed cheese is everywhere—those individually wrapped slices seem to melt perfectly on burgers and ...

The country’s dairy farmers produced a bumper harvest of milk, but higher U.S. duties have forced them to consider ways to cut back, including slaughtering cows.

Swiss cheese is known not only for its unique flavor but also for its appearance marked by naturally occurring holes known as eyes. So what does swiss cheese looked like it was shot by a barrage of ...