A cheese taster tests Mercadona’s toast and gives this verdict.

Cheese taster Andres (@ladespensadeandres) uploaded a video to his TikTok account in which he tests Mercadona fried cheeseone of hits bestsellers in the Valencia supermarket.

Before starting the tasting, the cheese expert first carefully read the product label and advised that this cheese consists of 50% cow’s milk, 20% sheep’s milk and 15% goat’s milk.. “I need a little milk, but oh well,” he said.

In addition, toasted Mercadona cheese contains several other ingredients, although in smaller proportions, namely: salt, rennet, stabilizer, calcium chloride, lactic acid enzymes, preservatives, colors and inedible bark.

“Now let’s try it and compare it to artisanal cheese,” the expert said, before proceeding to remove the plastic wedge and cut two triangular pieces. the central part of the product.

“It smells sweet,” he said before putting it in his mouth and tasting it slowly for a few seconds before blurting out right after.It tastes very, very sweet.“, explaining that they achieved that toasty touch by heating the curds like French macarons – Conte-and that’s why it tastes so sweet.

He also goes on to say that as you get closer to the crust, the flavor tends to become a little less sweet, so the closer you get, the more it tastes like more cured sheep cheese.

Regarding the part that remains attached to the cortex, he noted that tastes a little like plasticalthough he emphasized that this is due to the dye, as the cheese absorbs it a bit, making it feel similar to the material to the touch.

Regarding the texture, he reported that it is somewhat gelatinousand commented that although he doesn’t understand why, all industrial cheeses have this similarity, which is very different from what happens with artisan cheeses, which on the other hand at this stage of ripening they are destroyed. “Not these ones, they are more variable,” he explained.

In conclusion, the TikToker rated Mercadona’s toasted cheese as “very sweet,” so he can understand why people like it so much, but it It really has nothing to do with artisan cheese.

“Conclusion about the grilled cheese: I didn’t like it, if I gave it a rating from 1 to 10, then through the eyes of a cheese taster I would give it a 4. I understand why people love it, because it is very sweet, super sweet tooth, but compared to the artisan cheeses I’m used to trying, well I give it a 4, it’s suspended!“, he said.