What are the plants that cows eat that give cheddar cheese its distinctive orange color?

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In: Biology

Answer 1

The orange color is added after the milk is gathered. It’s a natural seed called annatto and is added to the milk to give cheese from multiple milk sources a uniform color.

Grassfed cow’s milk will have a natural yellow tint from the beta carotene in the grass. If no annatto is added, the cheese will be yellowish. Think Kerrygold.