Introduction
Description
- Shape: cylindrical with flat surfaces, measures between 22 and 25 cm in diameter. The slightly convex heel measures 8 to 9 cm.
- Texture: soft and elastic with small, scattered eyes, the straw-yellow hue is deeper in summer cheeses, speckled with chilli.
- Flavour: strong aroma of milk, sweet and characteristic of raw mountain milk Toma paired with the contrasting tang of chilli. The longer the cheese is ripened, the better the flavour thanks to the release of flavouring that release aromas.
Characteristics
- Ingredients: milk, salt, starter culture, rennet, chilli.
- Allergens: milk.
- Certification: EC Identification mark – IT 02 129 CE.
- Transportation: refrigerate between 6 and 10 °C.
- Microbiological properties: in compliance with guidelines set out for raw milk cheeses in REG EC 2073-05 and subsequent amendments.
Packaging
- Product: sold as whole cheeses.
- Packaging: single item: one cheese wrapped in food paper. Boxed items: one cheese per box.
- Net weight per item: whole cheese: from 300 g to 3.5 kg.
