Bloomy Rinds
Updated 5/18/2013
Bloomy Rind Cheeses are named because they develop a snowy white down on the surface. The down develops because bacteria is added to the milk at the beginning of the cheese making process or the cheese’s surface is sprayed with the Penicillium candidum, Penicillium camemberti or Geotrichum spores. As the cheese ages, the white edible mold begins to form and when viewed under a microscope resembles a field of white flowers. The best known cheeses in this family are Camembert and Brie and Triple Cremes.
Bijou (Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery)
Coupole (Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery)
Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt. Tam Triple Creme
Crottin (Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery)
Dinah – Camembert from Kurtwood Farm
Fromager d’Affinois with Garlic and Herbs
French Prairie (Willamette Valley Cheese Company)
Ile de France’s Supreme La Creme de La Creme
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