Device for making cheddar cheese

Claim 1

A cheese mould comprising a hollow body of thermoplastic material with a circumferential wall, a sieve-like perforated moulding wall of sheet material removably supported in said hollow body for making pressed cheese without using a cheese cloth, said perforated wall comprising a baseplate, and lateral parts hingedly connected with the baseplate, the hingeable connection being formed by the provision of a reduced wall thickness between the baseplate and the lateral parts, said lateral parts having an upright position on the baseplate in which the lateral parts cover the circumferential wall of the hollow body, said baseplate and lateral parts consisting of a thermoplastic material, said hollow body having an upper edge and including protruding parts on said upper edge which Co-operate with recesses provided in the perforated wall to support the same in said upright position, and a stiffening ring on said hollow body at the lower part thereof to prevent deformation of the thermoplastic material of said hollow body, said perforated moulding wall including corrugations defining ribs and channels which form grooves for discharging the moisture between the wall of the hollow body and the sieve-like perforated moulding wall.