How to check the quality of cheese: 4 ways to

How to check the quality of cheese: 4 ways to spot a fake

Natural cheese should be white or cream in colour. Its consistency is homogeneous and the grains are approximately the same size. Check the smell of the cottage cheese – if the aroma of milk is very weak or absent, the product is made from milk powder, not natural milk.
Iodine will help to identify the starch in the cottage cheese. Take some cottage cheese and drop a couple of drops of iodine on it. Wait for 5 minutes. If the cottage cheese turns blue or purple, then starch has been added to it, and the natural product will be yellow or brown.
Take a small lump of cottage cheese and put it in boiling water. If the cheese has completely melted and turned into a viscous mass, and the water remains clear, then you have a quality product.
Leave the lump of cottage cheese at room temperature for half a day. If the curd turns yellow, but the taste and smell have not changed, then it contains palm or other vegetable oils. If the cheese starts to turn sour and changes its smell, the product is natural.