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Edam Holland is a semi-hard Dutch cow cheese, shaped as a ball with flat top and bottom, or as a loaf or block. Pasteurised milk standardised to 40–44% fat in dry matter is set with rennet and mesophilic starters at about 30 °C, and the curd is washed, pressed and brined. It must ripen in air on wooden boards for at least 28 days at 12 °C or more; ripening in foil is not allowed. Made in 7 steps over 32 days. The longest step, ripen naturally on wooden boards, takes at least 28 days (RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) 2026) and runs at at least 12 °C (RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) 2026). Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and subsp. cremoris, Leuconostoc spp. and Lc. lactis biovar diacetylactis does most of the fermenting.
Rind coating (optional) · A coating that lets some water vapour through[rvo-edam]
Starter: mesophilic L- or LD-type mixed cultures, optionally with Lactobacillus or Streptococcus thermophilus adjuncts
Total time across the recorded steps: 32 days
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What changes:Starting material: cow milk from Dutch farms, cooled straight after milking
Step 1 of 7
Cool the farm milk
Time
up to 4 days
Set
Temperature
up to 6 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactococcus lactis
Leuconostoc spp.
Lc. lactis
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
Edam Holland is set at 40–44% fat in dry matter, lower than Gouda Holland (48–52%), and is traditionally ball-shaped where Gouda is a flat wheel. Unlike generic Edam, it must ripen in air on wooden boards, never in plastic foil.
Milk
Dutch farm milk standardised to 40–44% fat in dry matter, not a skim-milk cheese
Setting
About 30 °C with calf rennet, bovine pepsin or microbial rennet
Ripening
Natural ripening at 12 °C or more for at least 28 days (baby at least 21 days)
Size
Baby up to 1.5 kg; bol, Bros and Stip 1.5–2.5 kg; kleine brood 2–3 kg; grote brood 4–5 kg; blok up to 20 kg. Fat in dry matter 40–44% for all types
Edam Holland (baby)Up to 1.5 kg; ripened at least 21 days
Edam Holland (Bros)Very many small holes; firm and crumbly
Edam Holland (blok and brood)Block or loaf shapes for slicing, up to 20 kg
Safety
The milk is pasteurised at 72 °C or more for 15 seconds, and the specification requires no detectable phosphatase and no coliforms in 0.1 ml of the treated milk. Nitrite in the cheese is capped at 2 mg/kg.
Edam was a market and port town where round, tall cheeses were traded; customs lists of 1581 already name "klootkaas" (ball cheese). Prints of Alkmaar market in 1675 and 1725 still show flatter cheeses, so the full ball shape probably spread in the 18th century. The balls were coloured red to keep better, which Émile Zola described in 1873.