Question

In which of the following food items, flavour is imparted due to the fermentative activities of a fungi?

• A. Roquefort cheese
• B. Swiss cheese
• C. Curd
• D. Both a and b

Answer 1

The correct option is A Roquefort cheese

Many food items and beverages such as curd, cheese, bread, wine, etc are produced utilising microbes.

Roquefort cheese is a type of blue cheese. The ripening of this cheese is done in the presence of a fungi named Penicillium roqueforti.

Roquefort cheese

Curd is formed by the fermentative action of lactic acid bacteria on milk.

Curd

Swiss cheese is formed by the action of the bacterium Propionibacterium sharmanii added during the ripening process. The bacteria produces huge amounts of carbon dioxide during the ripening process which result in the formation of holes in the cheese.

Swiss cheese