Those are the spots where the gas forms and you get the eye [hole] development.” So, yes, bacteria is responsible for the holes in Swiss cheese, but it gets the opportunity to make the holes ...

As the cheese ferments, the bacteria grows and produces gas (carbon dioxide), leaving big ... In the mid 1990s, folks began noticing that the holes in Swiss cheeses were disappearing, right ...

That stage produces carbon dioxide, which, trapped in the cheese by the hard rind, has nowhere to go. The gas produces air pockets – the holes. "No other cheese has this type of production step ...

You can contact her via email: [email protected] A Redditor was stunned to discover that a packet of Swiss cheese contained holes only in the display section visible through the packaging.

Those bubbles are left alone while the cheese ferments, resulting in its eyes. The holes used to be seen as a deformity, and cheesemakers tried to eliminate them. But today, they're a distinct ...