2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The quality of Bulgarian brined cheese and yogurt is getting better. In the past two years there have been significant changes in the composition of dairy products that Bulgarians consume.
The information is from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, which recently commissioned a large-scale study to determine the state of the Bulgarian dairy market. The survey was conducted by the consumer organization "Active Consumers".
According to Minister Naidenov, the Bulgarian already eats really high-quality dairy products. And the tendency is to "return" to our table quality foods made from natural products.
Two years ago, after a similar study, it turned out that only in one yogurt was found the world-famous Bulgarian bacterium "Lactobacillus bulgaricum". The situation was even more worrying for the cheeses, as none of them approached the quality standards.
In 2011, however, a large part of dairy products complied with the BDS, which is not even mandatory, but voluntary, the minister said.
According to the data of the consumer organization, 6 of the checked 16 randomly selected yoghurts, presented in the trade network, have prepared the dairy product according to the Bulgarian state standard. Water content, fat content, dry matter, acidity, milk protein, starch and characteristic lactic acid bacteria were normal.
The results claim objectivity and independence, as they were made in a private laboratory.
The other observation is that there is a certain increase in the price of milk and cheese. The explanation is the increased quality.
For now, a visible result in terms of the quality of basic necessities is seen only in the field of dairy products.
At the same time, however, the dissatisfaction of Bulgarian farmers remains, who sell a liter of milk on average between 35 and 55 cents. In this case, the final price of dairy products remains unrealistically high.
Other consumers fear that the standards are not good practice, as it is necessarily a factor for increased price, and after the inspections subside, the quality decreases and the monetary value remains the same.
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