cheese: Quick Facts

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Swapping from dairy to plant-based milk, cheese and yoghurt ‘could lead to micronutrient deficiencies’ • Nov. 4, 2026, 6:32 PM ET (The Guardian)

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A detailed diagram visually explains the cheese-making process, showing steps from raw milk and pasteurization, through fermentation, curdling, cutting, cooking, milling, salting, molding, pressing, draining, and ripening into finished cheese.

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A round wheel of cheese with a wedge cut out sits on a blue wooden surface, overlaid with large text reading How It's Made and very light blue question marks in the background.

Split screen of milk being poured and a block of orange cheese.

A grilled cheese sandwhich cut in half, revealing melting cheese.

A man wearing a hairnet and gloves pours a dark liquid into a lighter-colored vat.

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