Scientific discovery: Playing music for cheese improves its taste

A Swiss research group at Bern University of the Arts conducted an experiment to find out if sound waves could affect the taste of cheese. To do this, they played different musical styles with different sound patterns and investigated which one had the best result.

It sounds silly, but the study is part of a serious scientific field called sonochemistry, which studies the effect of sound waves on chemical reactions such as dairy formation. This field of knowledge has already created several interesting technologies for everyday life, such as ultrasound.

Everything can be explained

Beat Wampfler, leader of the research group, states that the taste and formation of cheese is a result of the action of bacteria and believes that factors other than those observed in classical production, such as moisture, temperature or nutrients, may affect the action of these microorganisms. and the final taste. Sounds, ultrasound and even music could lead to physical effects on the product.

To make the test, the research used nine pieces of cheese and played a different sound for each loop 24 hours: 5 popular songs and 4 other genres.

And the results?

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Experts at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences did the analysis of the results - yes, that's right, the research was large enough to involve other universities. The conclusion was that cheeses that heard music tasted significantly milder and more fruity; Among them, the cheese that heard hip hop was the strongest in smell and taste and also had more intense fruity taste.

It is important to remember that the study is still ongoing. Although the main blind tests offering cheeses to tasters have already been carried out, biochemical analysis is lacking to confirm the results. So if you want to improve the taste of the cheese you make in your farm kitchen, you can get inspired by putting a headphone on it and playing a good, intense hip hop.