“…The method is suitable for the study of the rheological parameters of cheese on ripening and has been employed in French cheeses (Antoniou, Petridis, Raphaelides, Ben Omar, & Kesteloot, 2000), Cheddar cheese (Hort, Grys, & Woodman, 1997), Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (Noel, Zannoni, & Hunter, 1996), Swiss-type cheese (Bachmann, Butikofer, & Meyer, 1999) and Gouda cheese (Spangler, Jensen, Amundson, Olson, & Hill, 1990). The Instron universal testing machine (Instron Corporation, Canton, MA) has become a valuable and extensively used tool in the study of food texture and has made it possible to study different types of cheese (Bertola, Califano, Bevilacqua, & Zartitzky, 2000;Maifreni, Marino, Pittia, & Rondinini, 2002;Shama & Sherman, 1973;Vernon-Carter & Sherman, 1978;Chen, Larkin, Clark, & Irwin, 1979).…”