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Flavour Analysis

Soft cheese’s flavour profile spans several dimensions: distinct pungent aroma, milk, kefir and barnyard. Clear animalic richness and rich creaminess overlap beneath the surface, and animal fat and oleic acid notes give the profile a broader sensory foundation.

Dominant Flavour Families

Carnal / Animalic
Sharp
Earthy
Vegetal
Floral

Flavour profile of soft cheese

150 dimensions grouped into 10 flavour families. Bar length shows relative prominence. Scale 0–10.

Mouldy

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Soft cheese

MouldyEarthy

soft cheese8.2

Musty, pungent fungal aroma found in mould-ripened blue cheeses. Strong in soft cheese.

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