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Saint-André

Saint-André is a factory-made French bloomy-rind cow cheese enriched with cream. To be called triple crème under French law it must hold at least 75 g of fat per 100 g of dry matter. The making follows the bloomy-rind family; no source found gives its own process.

DocumentedCheese37 daysnone (brand); sold as a triple-crème cheeseFamily: Bloomy-rind soft cheese family (Camembert de Normandie as template)

What makes this one different

Saint-André is a triple crème. Cream is added to the milk so the cheese reaches at least 75 % fat in dry matter, the French legal threshold for that label.

Milk
Cow milk with added cream (outline only)
Fat
Triple crème means at least 75 g fat per 100 g of dry matter
Milk and cream
Pasteurised cow milk and cream, with a bacterial culture, salt and fungal rennet (Savencia specification, 2 kg cheese)
Fat in the cheese
46 g fat per 100 g of cheese, which is 75 % fat in dry matter
Salt
1.20 g salt per 100 g of cheese
Ripening
About 30 days according to one outline source

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
cow milk with added cream

Total time across the steps of Bloomy-rind soft cheese family (Camembert de Normandie as template): 37 days

Start
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up to 22 °CMilk sugarLactic acid

What changes: Starter bacteria start turning milk sugar into lactic acid

Step 1 of 7 · steps of Bloomy-rind soft cheese family (Camembert de Normandie as template)
Mature the milk with starter
Time
up to 24 h
Set
Temperature
up to 22 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Moulds
Yeasts
Lactic acid bacteria

Camembert de Normandie milk may be stored at most 72 h from the oldest milking. An optional second maturing of up to 2 h at no more than 38 °C may follow the cold one. Output: matured milk.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
liquid
Colour
white

Microbes at work in this step

starter bacteria begin to turn milk sugar into lactic acid

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

At a glance

Saint-André is a factory-made French bloomy-rind cow cheese enriched with cream. To be called triple crème under French law it must hold at least 75 g of fat per 100 g of dry matter. The making follows the bloomy-rind family; no source found gives its own process. Made in 7 steps over 37 days. The longest step, box and finish ripening, takes at least 22 days.

Key numbers
Main stepat least 22 daysSet[camembert-cdc]Box and finish ripening
Temperatureup to 22 °CSet[camembert-cdc]Mature the milk with starter
AciditypH 5.8Measured[bittante2022]Box and finish ripening

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History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [decret-2007-628] Décret n° 2007-628 du 27 avril 2007 relatif aux fromages et spécialités fromagères, article on fat labels (« triple crème »), FAOLEX copy consolidated 1 June 2007spec
  2. [savencia-spec] Savencia Fromage & Dairy Benelux, product specification «Saint André 2 kg» (issued 11 August 2021; copy hosted by a wholesaler)other
  3. [wp] Wikipedia, Saint-André cheese (outline only; most facts tagged citation needed)wiki