342 THE BOOK OF CHEESE 



Answer: 5.00 - 3.15 = 1.85 

 1.85-7-5 = 0.37 

 0.37 X 100 = 37 (percentage of water in cheese) 



A butter-moisture scales with an extra 5-gram weight 

 may be used for weighing out the 5 grams of cheese. If 

 the scales indicates the amount of moisture in 10 grams 

 of butter by percentage graduations on its beam or by 

 percentage weights, then it will be necessary to multiply 

 by 2 the percentage indicated by such scales or percentage 

 weights when only 5 grams of cheese is used. 



The moisture may be determined by weighing out a 

 small sample of cheese and drying it in an oven and calling 

 the loss moisture. Many such ovens have been devised. 



New York and Wisconsin have laws limiting the 

 amount of water which may be incorporated in Ched- 

 dar cheese. New York places the limit at 39 per cent 

 and Wisconsin at 40 per cent. If the moisture-content 

 is above this, the cheese must be branded adulterated. 



