What are “mold ripened” cheeses?
“Mold ripened” (also known as “rind ripened”) cheeses are those that have special cheese molds added to the milk during cheesemaking to ripen and produce a cheese of a particular flavor. The Camellia is a Camembert/brie style cheese, and the snow-white mold covering the cheese ripens it from the outside to produce a soft creamy cheese. The California Crottin is a small cheese covered with an edible golden mold rind which gives the cheese a robust and earthy flavor.
