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Will brie and Camembert cheeses go extinct?

Until recently, #Camembert and #brie came covered in shades of blue, orange and green — a product of the different strains of molds used to make the cheeses, said Jeanne Ropars, an evolutionary biologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research and Université Paris-Saclay.

Eventually, cheesemakers identified a particular strain of mold that was not only fast-growing, but also gave cheese an appealing white covering.

By the 1950s, the combination of industrialization and demand for uniform-looking cheese turned #Penicillium #camemberti into the gold standard.

It’s now the sole strain used in the production of brie and Camembert.

Over time, that could prove problematic, Ropars said.


Penicillium camemberti can’t reproduce on its own, so it has to be cloned over and over again
— which means that every cheese is made with a genetically identical strain.

That lack of genetic diversity makes it vulnerable to pathogens or other environmental changes, Ropars said.

. washingtonpost.com/food/2024/0

Washington Post · Will brie and Camembert cheeses go extinct? Here’s what scientists say.Worries over French cheeses have spread since a study warned they’re “on the verge of extinction.” But a future without brie is not yet in the cards.

Roquefort and Camembert could be at risk of "extinction," according to France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), thanks to a lack of genetic diversity in the microbes essential to their production. What could save the dairy? Allowing sexual reproduction of the micro-organisms would make them more robust, but potentially create more diversity of flavor. Here's more from CNRS News.

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CNRS NewsFrench cheese under threatCheeses host a multitude of microorganisms that turn milk into curds. Selected by humans, these ferments are not exempt from food industry regulations – to the point that blue cheeses and Camembert could disappear.

Hoy en noticias muy europeas: el Parlamento Europeo deja fuera a las cajas de #queso #Camembert de la legislación europea de embalajes, que exige que para 2030 todos sean reciclables. Las cajas de camembert son de madera y no se pueden reciclar

#UE #consumo #ecología #noticias
lemonde.fr/economie/article/20

Le Monde · La boîte de camembert en bois sauvée par le Parlement européenBy Le Monde avec AFP
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@donni
#Camembert is, in the view of some but not public health authorities, best enjoyed after becoming fully ripe after being left at room temperature for many hours, even days.

I feel that becoming a better person can be fitted in to the important things in life like waiting for the cheese to ripen.
And taste testing only small sections of the camembert round to check its progress adds to the betterment process.

La cité "Les Arènes de Picasso" (rebaptisée par les locaux "les camemberts"), dont la construction s'est terminée en 1984. L'ensemble est censé représenter un chariot renversé. (La photo ne montre que l'un des deux immeubles circulaires).
La cité compte 450 logements plutôt spacieux, un majorité en HLM et quelques petites copropriétés.

Quartier du Pavé Neuf, Noisy le Grand, Seine Saint Denis (France)

Photo © Ma Pomme 2015

#SeineStDenis
#NoisyLeGrand
#PavéNeuf
#SeineSaintDenis
#camembert