A hopper is closed at its lower end by a scraper which is provided with two opposite edges that laterally delimit an elongated discharge opening, a motorized rotating shaft extends parallel to the elongated discharge opening in a scraping relationship with the opposite edges, and is provided with a plurality of blind receptacles that are adapted to receive doses of salt which is loaded into the hopper, and after passing the first edge in relation to the direction of rotation of the shaft, the salt is discharged by gravity.

The invention provides a method of selecting the suitability of a lighting device (100) for use in cheese lighting, the method comprising (a) defining a normalization factor (k) for a spectral power distribution (SPD()) of lighting device light (101) of said lighting device (100) in a wavelength range of 380-780 nm, (b) defining the lighting device (100) suitable for use in cheese lighting when a cheese damage function value (CDFV) is equal to or below 2, wherein the cheese damage function value (CDFV) is defined as: (I) wherein: (II) wherein y () is a 2-degree color matching function, and wherein DF()=1 for 380 nm<410, and wherein for 410780: (III).

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\mathrm{CDFV}=k\underset{}{\overset{}{.Math.}}.Math.\mathrm{SPD}\left(\right).Math.\mathrm{DF}\left(\right).Math.& \left(I\right)\\ k=\frac{100}{\underset{}{\overset{}{.Math.}}.Math.\mathrm{SPD}\left(\right).Math.\stackrel{\_}{y}\left(\right).Math.}& \left(\mathrm{II}\right)\\ \mathrm{DF}\left(\right)=0.95e^{-{\left(\frac{-410}{22}\right)}^2}+0.05e^{-{\left(\frac{-410}{105}\right)}^2}& \left(\mathrm{III}\right)\end{array}$

The invention provides a method of selecting the suitability of a lighting device (100) for use in cheese lighting, the method comprising (a) defining a normalization factor (k) for a spectral power distribution (SPD()) of lighting device light (101) of said lighting device (100) in a wavelength range of 380-780 nm, (b) defining the lighting device (100) suitable for use in cheese lighting when a cheese damage function value (CDFV) is equal to or below 2, wherein the cheese damage function value (CDFV) is defined as: (I) wherein: (II) wherein y () is a 2-degree color matching function, and wherein DF()=1 for 380 nm<410, and wherein for 410780: (III).

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\mathrm{CDFV}=k\underset{}{\overset{}{.Math.}}.Math.\mathrm{SPD}\left(\right).Math.\mathrm{DF}\left(\right).Math.& \left(I\right)\\ k=\frac{100}{\underset{}{\overset{}{.Math.}}.Math.\mathrm{SPD}\left(\right).Math.\stackrel{\_}{y}\left(\right).Math.}& \left(\mathrm{II}\right)\\ \mathrm{DF}\left(\right)=0.95e^{-{\left(\frac{-410}{22}\right)}^2}+0.05e^{-{\left(\frac{-410}{105}\right)}^2}& \left(\mathrm{III}\right)\end{array}$

A crate (1) for a cheese, said crate (1) comprising a base (2), an open top (3) substantially parallel to the base (2), a peripheral wall (4), the peripheral wall (4) forming a closed contour and forming with the base (2) a space (8) intended to receive the cheese, the peripheral wall (4) comprising a medium portion (29) which is approximately at mid-height of the space (8) intended to receive the cheese and further having at least one through-hole (36, 60) formed therein. The peripheral wall (4) comprises a solid strip (27) enclosing the space (8) intended to receive the cheese while being substantially parallel to the base (2), said solid strip (27) including the medium portion (29) of the peripheral wall (4) and having a minimum height which is at least 15% of the height of the space (8) intended to receive the cheese.

A refrigerator having a curd maker to make curd directly disposed in a refrigerating compartment wherein curd is made by the curd maker disposed in the refrigerating compartment and is kept fresh. The refrigerator includes a curd maker provided in a refrigerating compartment to ferment milk into curd, wherein the curd maker includes a case including an outer case forming an external appearance of the case and an inner case provided in the outer case, an insulation member provided between the outer case and the inner case, a curd container received in the inner case to store milk, a heater provided between the inner case and the insulation member to heat the curd container, a fan to supply cool air from the refrigerating compartment to the curd container to cool the curd container, and a temperature sensor to measure temperature in the curd maker.

The present disclosure relates to a naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type comprising a water-permeable coating applied onto the entire surface of the cheese and a water-impermeable material applied onto the water-permeable coating, wherein at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with a layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving the bottom face and top face of the block-shaped coated cheese largely uncovered. The present disclosure also relates to a method of making the naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type.

The present disclosure relates to a naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type comprising a water-permeable coating applied onto the entire surface of the cheese and a water-impermeable material applied onto the water-permeable coating, wherein at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with a layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving the bottom face and top face of the block-shaped coated cheese largely uncovered. The present disclosure also relates to a method of making the naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type.

A food container configured to store a foodstuff therein, the food container including an inner structural layer at least partially defining an internal volume in which the foodstuff may be positioned and an outer structural layer located outside the inner structural layer relative to the internal volume. Where the outer structural layer is adjustable between an installed position, in which the outer structural layer encompasses and provides structural support to the inner structural layer, and a detached position where the outer structural layer does not encompass and does not provide structural support to the inner structural layer, and where the outer structural layer is adjustable between the installed position and the detached position without having to remove the foodstuff from the internal volume.