UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 608 
Washington, D. C. 
Issued March, 1918 
Revised February, 1932 
VARIETIES OF CHEESE: DESCRIPTIONS AND 
ANALYSES ' 
By C. F. Doane, 2 Dairy Manufacturing Specialist, Bureau of Dairy Industry, 
and H. W. Lawson, 3 of the Office of Experiment Stations 
Revised by K. J. Matheson, Dairy Manufacturing Specialist, Bureau of Dairy 
Industry 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction l 
Description of varieties of cheese 3 
Analyses of cheese 53 
Sources of analytical data -- 6Q 
Index to descriptions and analyses of cheese.- 85 
INTRODUCTION 
Although the per capita consumption of cheese in the United 
States has increased from 3.5 pounds in 1921 to 4.71 pounds in 1930, 
this consumption is low as compared with that oi some foreign coun- 
tries, those of Europe in particular. Table 1 shows some of the 
leading cheese-consuming countries and their per capita consumption 
in one year. By improving the quality of the product and dissem- 
inating knowledge as to its uses, food value, and variety, it should 
be possible to increase the per capita consumption of cheese in this 
country. 
Table 1. — Per 
capita 
consumption of cheese in various countries 
Country 
Year 
Cheese 
con- 
sumed 
Country 
Year 
Cheese 
con- 
sumed 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1922 
1912 
Pounds 
23.30 
i 
! Great Britain 
1921 
1924 
1926 
1917 
1922 
Pounds 
8.90 
13.50 
4.09 
13.50 
13.20 
9.50 
Canada 
3.92 
Denmark 
New Zealand 
3.90 
Germany 
3.60 
' factory cheese only. 
The quantity of cheese produced, exported, and imported in the 
United States during the years 1922 to 1926 is shown in Table 2.* 
i This publication was originally issued in 1908 as Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletin 105. It wa? re- 
vised in 1911 as Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletin 146, and in 1918 as Department Bulletin 608. Ac- 
knowledgment is made of suggestions and information received from the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. 
» Resigned Mar. 15, 1918. 
» Resigned Dec. 31, 1907. 
* Figures from Bureau of Agricultural Economics. United States Department of Agriculture. 
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