Gouda Block 48+

Product Description

We offer Gouda Cheese blocks in bulk. At Senel Commodities, we standardly offer 15kg blocks, wrapped in foil.

Gouda Cheese is a Dutch cheese from the town of Gouda. The Gouda cheese is traditionally sold in a circular shape with rounded edges or blocks. It is produced using cow milk and has a semi-hard consistency. Gouda block contains 48% fat.

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Product Specifications

• Identification: Casein mark on foil
• Shape: Flat block shape (Rectangle)
• Flavour: Mild, Pure
• Consistency: Sliceable, Sufficiently sturdy
• Sectional plane: Few, more or less round holes of 1 – 10 mm
• Colour (interior): Even ivory-coloured to yellow
• Certification: Halal
• Legislation: In accordance with all relevant Dutch and European legislation.

Ingredients

• Ingredients: Pasteurised Cow’s milk, Salt, Starter Culture, Rennet
• Colouring agents: Carotene (E160a)
• Origin of the milk: The Netherlands.

Physical and Chemical Specifications 

• Moisture: 41,1%
• Fat in dry matter: 51,2%
• Fat in total cheese: 30,2%
• Salt in dry matter: 3,5%
• Salt in total cheese: 2,0%
• Nitrate (NaNO3): 1 ppm
• pH: 5,3

Microbiological Specifications

• Coagulase Positive Staphylococci: < 100 cfu per gr.
• Listeria monocytogenes: Absent
• Salmonella: Absent
• Escherichia Coli: < 100 cfu per gr.
• Enterobacteriaceae: 1.000 cfu per gr.
• Yeasts: < 10.000 cfu per gr.
• Moulds: 1.000 cfu per gr.