Tasty vs Mild vs Mature Cheddar Cheese
I expect Cheddar to come in Semi-matured, Matured and Vintage. Each indicating increasing amount of time maturing, and increased sharpness.
The term Mild also makes sense.
However, alot of cheese, in Australia at least, come in what is called Tasty. On one brand (shown below), both Tasty and Mild claim to be "Full Flavoured". What is the difference between them?
Other brands sell both Matured and Tasty and market both as a mature cheese To me, they all taste, much the same as the Matured.
Further, there is also Extra Tasty in some brands.
One brand I found says its Extra Tasty is matured for 18 months and its Vintage is matured for 24 months.
Is it just that Tasty is used instead of Matured, for Marketing Reasons?
Is it that there are special requirements to be able to label your cheese Matured,
so cheeses that have failed to meet the technical requirements,
but taste much the same hare labelled Tasty instead?
Best Answer
According to Dairy Australia, an Australian industry association (emphasis added):
Cheddar Classifications
- Mild Cheddar - matures for one to three months.
- Semi-matured - matures for three to six months.
- Matured or tasty - matures for six to 12 months.
- Vintage - matures for 12 to 24 months.
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What is the difference between cheddar cheese and tasty cheese?
WHAT IS TASTY CHEESE? Alex Prichard, head chef at Icebergs Dining Room and Bar in Bondi, said tasty cheese is a cheddar that's been aged longer than usual. \u201cA tasty cheese is just above average cheddar in terms of aging,\u201d he said. \u201cExtra bitey mild cheddar is usually aged for three to four months.What is the difference between mild and tasty cheese?
While a mild cheddar may be matured for only a few months, the stronger flavoured tasty cheddars are aged for longer to allow the flavour to develop. The most flavoursome cheddars we buy in blocks are aged cheddars: some have been aged for around 24 months, others for as long as 36 months.What is the difference between mild and mature cheddar?
Aging is the only difference between mild and sharp Cheddars. The longer cheese is aged naturally, the sharper and more pronounced the Cheddar flavor becomes. Mild Cheddar cheese is generally aged for 2 to 3 months, whereas an extra sharp might be aged for as long as a year.Is Tasty cheese mild cheese?
It's also never that crazy orange colour that most cheddars in North America are (this comes from the addition of annatto and sometimes paprika). Like cheddar, tasty comes in a range of aged flavours from mild to strong/aged and it is pretty tasty.Cheese Explained By A Cheese Expert • Tasty
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Answer 2
Typical standards are:
- Edam and Colby – up to 6 months
- Mild – up to 9 months
- Tasty – up to 18 months
- Vintage – up to 24 months
- Epicure – up to 36 months
In our modern processed and bar-coded product world, cheese is auctioned/sold by the ton as either "frozen" for future ageing, or "young cheese" for ageing or processing
See http://www.globaldairytrade.info/en/product-results/cheddar/
Young cheese is either; aged and the packaged for sale, or shredded, flavoured, and reconstituted as some fancy cheese you pay way too much for
Buy your cheese from some hand made cheese boutique if you want the real stuff
Disclosure: I have worked on the above pretty reporting systems, but have no fiscal interest in the cheese auctions
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