Cheese Making, Popular Manufactured Cultures

Mesophilic Starter Cultures

Thermophilic Starter Cultures

Ripening Cultures

Mesophilic Starter Cultures

Abiasa's Mesophile Aromatic Type B

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Biovar Diacetylactis
  • Lactococcus Mesenteroides

Abiasa's Mesophile Type II

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris

Abiasa's Mesophile Type III

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis

Danisco's Choozit Kazu

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Biovar Diacetylactis
  • Lactococcus Helveticus

Danisco's Choozit LM057

  • Lactococcus Mesenteroides

Danisco's Choozit MA4001/4002

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Biovar Diacetylactis
  • Streptococcus Thermophilus

Danisco's Choozit MA011, MA012 . . . MA019

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis

Danisco's Choozit MD088 & MD089

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Biovar Diacetylactis

Danisco's Choozit MM100 & MM101 & BT001 & BT002

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Biovar Diacetylactis

Danisco's Choozit MT1

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • Lactobacillus Delbrueckii subspecies Bulgaricus
  • For making Feta

Danisco's Choozit RA022, RA023 . . . RA026

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Biovar Diacetylactis
  • Streptococcus Thermophilus

Danisco's Choozit SMADL

  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Cremoris
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Biovar Diacetylactis
  • Lactococcus Mesenteroides

Thermophilic Starter Cultures

Abiasa's Thermophile Type B

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • Lactococcus Mesenteroides

Abiasa's Thermophile Type C

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • Lactococcus Helveticus

Abiasa's Lactococcus Helveticus

  • Lactococcus Helveticus
  • Not sure if this is meso or thermophilic

Danisco's Choozit ABY-2C

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • Lactobacillus Delbrueckii subspecies Bulgaricus
  • Lactobacillus Acidophilus
  • Bifidobacterium Longum

Danisco's Choozit LH100

  • Lactococcus Helveticus
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis

Danisco's Choozit LH340

  • Lactobacillus Delbrueckii subspecies Bulgaricus

Danisco's Choozit MY087 Series

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis

Danisco's Choozit MY800

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • Lactobacillus Delbrueckii subspecies Bulgaricus
  • Lactococcus Lactis subspecies Lactis

Danisco's Choozit MYE Series

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • Lactobacillus Delbrueckii subspecies Bulgaricus

Danisco's Choozit TA050, TA052, & TA054

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • For stabilized cheese

Danisco's Choozit TA060, TA061, & TA062

  • Streptococcus Thermophilus
  • For hard cheese

Ripening Cultures

Abiasa's Proprionic Bacteria

  • Proprionibacteria Freudenreichii subspecies Shermanii

Abiasa's B. Linens

  • Brevibacterium Linens

Danisco's Choozit Cornybacteria

  • Also called Brevibacterium Linens

Danisco's Choozit Geotrichum Candidum

  • Geotrichum Candidum
  • GEO13 is intermediate form
  • GEO15 is yeast-like form
  • GEO17 is mould-like form

Danisco's Choozit Penicillium Candidum

  • Penicillium Candidum
  • White mould, available in a VS mild flavour & Neige strong flavour

Danisco's Choozit Penicillium Album

  • Penicillium Album
  • White-grey mould

Danisco's Choozit Penicillium Roqueforti

  • Penicillium Roqueforti
  • White-grey mould