Mimolette. Red Leicester. Shropshire Blue. What do these three cheeses have in common? They are all orange and they are all colored with annatto. Annatto is a somewhat mysterious ingredient added to a number of cheeses and, recently, I took a minute to research where it comes from and a bit of its history. (more…)
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What Is Annatto? How Does It Relate to Cheese?
Posted in Cheese, FAQs, Food History, Herbs, Spices, Salts & Peppers, tagged achiote, achiote tree, annatto, Bixa orellana, Cheese, coloring, food additives, natural coloring, roucou on July 26, 2012 | 4 Comments »




