On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:56:34 +0100, Alf Christophersen wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:13:45 -0600, Alan wrote:
>
>>Now, my question: Is ANY cheese naturally orange in color?
>
> Don't think so. Even cheddar made here in Norway is orange-yellowish
> in color. Do not know what they use for coloring. Should occur on the
> declaration, so maybe I'll check tomorrow.

Cheddar cheese before it became common practice to add annatto
varied in colour due to the grass at the cows ate. Spring grass is richer
in beta carotene so the milk was a deeper colour and so was the cheese.
Consumers assumed that the deeper colour meant more milk fat and therefore
richer cheese.

I suppose that a cow that was fed just carrots would produce an orange
cheese. Anyone with a cow willing to test the hypothesis?

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Cymru Llewes
Caer Llewys