The diagram illustrates the way in which soft cheese is manufactured.
Overall, the man-made linear process unfolds through a sequence of five stages, commencing with the mixing of water and milk and the cooling of the liquid. What is noticeable is that the production process can be divided into three broad parts: blending raw materials, fermenting, and cooling the liquid.
Looking at the process in more detail, at the outset, raw materials, particularly milk and water, are mixed to become a homogenous liquid before cooling down to 5 degrees Celsius for 2 hours. Following this, salt is added as a catalyst to the mixture so that the fermentation phase can be carried out. Afterward, the mixture is fed into a fermenter, where it maintains the temperature of 35 degrees Celcius for 2 hours.
Another noteworthy aspect of this stage is that the liquid is gradually thickened. Once the fermentation stage is completed, the liquid is heated to 100 degrees Celsius so that steam can be evaporated. After being consistently dehydrated for 8 hours, it proceeds to another cooling step, where wastewater is separated as a byproduct pumped through a filter. Not until the liquid is solidified into a thick state does it pass the final filter, thereby making it soft cheese.
