Swiss dairy scientists solved a century-old mystery: microscopic hay dust falling into milk buckets triggers the iconic holes in Emmental cheese.
As modern milking became ultra-clean and sealed, cheese holes started disappearing! Researchers proved tiny hay specks act as nucleation sites where fermentation gas gathers into round eyes.
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Quick Guess: What happened to Swiss cheese holes as modern milking became hermetically sealed?
Verified Answer: The holes shrank and nearly vanished without hay specks
Quiz Question: What happened to Swiss cheese holes as modern milking became hermetically sealed?
Correct Answer: The holes shrank and nearly vanished without hay specks
Without microscopic hay particles to seed gas bubbles, fewer eyes formed in the cheese.
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