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How Much Chymosin Should You Use?

Short answer

Use the dosage stated on your product label as the starting point, then adjust until you reliably hit the set time your cheese style needs. Dosage cannot be carried over from a different coagulant, because clotting strengths differ.

By Bixa Products, Editorial teamUpdated March 18, 20264 min readReviewed by Luis

The method is the same as for any coagulant

  1. Hold milk, temperature and procedure constant.
  2. Dose at the label recommendation.
  3. Record flocculation and clean-break times.
  4. Adjust in small increments until your target set time is repeatable.

Technical information to be supplied by Bixa.Dosage tables for Bixa Liquid Chymosin.

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Bixa Products — Editorial team

Educational content written by the Bixa Products team, a family-owned cheesemaking ingredient company specializing in rennet and chymosin. Technical guidance is written conservatively: where a value depends on your milk, process or product, we say so instead of guessing for you.

  • Family-owned cheesemaking ingredient company
  • 30+ years in the Latin American cheesemaking market
  • Specialists in rennet, chymosin and milk coagulation

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