General product information
2) Properties
3) Forms
4) Usage
1) Product groups
Non-melt hard
Semi-melt hard
High-melt hard
High-melt soft
Non-melt hard
Keeps its form when heated. Ideal for meat dishes and salads. Is generally used in fried snacks, bread products and gratin dishes. Can be grated and cut and shaped into blocks. Available as cheese, melting cheese or vegetable cheese.
Semi-melt hard
Hard cheese that turns soft, but doesn’t run. Used in meat products like croque monsieur, cordon bleu, hamburgers, ready-made meals and lasagne. The cheese softens, but doesn’t run. Available as cheese, melting cheese or vegetable cheese.
High-melt hard
Hard cheese, that runs when heated. If the topping should melt, when used on pizza’s for instance or ready-made meals, this is the right choice. Available as regular cheese or vegetable cheese. Ask for our unique Stretchy®concept, specially developed for pizza
Available as cheese, melting cheese or vegetable cheese.
High-melt soft
Pumpable cheese that runs. If the cheese must run, this is your solution. Available as regular cheese, melting cheese or vegetable cheese. Melts perfectly when heated. Ideal for snacks like cheese soufflés, sauces and soups.
2) Properties
Cooking qualities
- Melting
- Stretching
- Grating
- Baking
- Cooking
- Frying
Processing qualities
- Grating
- Pumping
- Moulding
- Cutting
- IQF
Other possible qualities
- Free of fungi
- Low microbiological value
- Low in cholesterol
- Low in salt
- Lactose free
- Botulism free (90/10, extreme heat treatment)
- Water resistent
- Biological
- Eco-friendly
- GMO-free
- Veganarian
- vegetable
- Halal
- Gluten-free
- Rich in calcium
- Rich in Omega 3
3) Forms
- Blocks (26.5 x 36.5 x 10.6 cm)
- Sausage (Ø 40 mm - 120 mm)
- Grated
- Cubes
- Cut
- Powder
- Dried
- Slices
- Flakes
- Pearls
- Sticks/fingers
- Forms
1. Pizza
St. Paul developed the unique Stretchy®concept especially for the highly demanding pizza industry. The pizza topping is extremely ‘stretchable’, has a pleasant, mild flavour, a good ‘bite’ (i.e. it isn’t rubbery), doesn’t stick in the oven, doesn’t create a skin or layers and has controlled fat separation. In addition, the topping contains no E numbers or GMOs, nor animal rennet. In other words, it is vegetable. St. Paul produces other products as a mix in several types of grated cheese, like mozzarella mix, Gouda mix, Emmental mix, etc. Our pizza toppings are available as cheese, a high-quality processed cheese or a vegetable cheese.
2. Pasta and lasagne
Whether used as a filling for ravioli or tortellini, or as a support for ricotta or to cater to a specific wish for your lasagne (au gratin, not au gratin, melted, not melted…), St. Paul is the number one supplier of pasta and lasagne products in Europe. For lasagne, we recommend the semi- or high-melt cheese. For pasta filling, we recommend the semi-melt.
3. Meat
Our cheeses are frequently used in meat products, like cordon bleu and sausages. The regular cheese and vegetable cheese retains their shape during preparation.
4. Snacks
Every snack and every shape can essentially assume any characteristic and be achieved in every type.
5. Bread products
Our non-melt hard, semi-melt soft and high-melt soft varieties are used in bread products. The first production line is only available as a regular cheese or vegetable cheese; the second is available as a regular cheese, vegetable cheese or melting cheese.
6. Potato dishes
Potato dishes with cheese cubes or cheese as a base for your potato gratin, Swiss potato dish, etc. We can provide you with a variety of cheeses for your potato dishes.
7. Salades, soups and sauces
If you are looking for cheeses for you 4-cheeses sauce or your macaroni dish, we have several solutions for you. For salades we have a water-stable product with low microbiological values. For soups we can offer you a cheese that doesn't melt.
