One mold, called Penicillium camemberti, is responsible for the cheeses' iconic white rinds ... these famous French cheeses really facing catastrophe? And what does this mean for cheese lovers ...

Don’t let the word “bacteria” scare you, the rinds of these stinky cheeses are absolutely fine to eat. While tasting a variety of Taleggio with “the cheese dude,” Pizza Quest host Peter ...

The world-famous holes? They're created by a reaction ... These bubbles become trapped in the cheese rind and form holes (also known as eyes). The size of Emmentaler wheels is heavily regulated ...

The cheese was examined by a Food Inspector and was found to contain the poisonous alkaloid tyrotoxicon that is often found in milk. The Inspector also discovered that the rind had been washed ...

The distinctive smells they give off come from the cheeses’ rinds—specifically, the multitude of microbes blooming on the crumbly or waxy surface of the creamy curd. “The cheese rind microbiome lets ...