Hi Norwegian Folks,
I am planning to take Brown Cheese from Undredal to my home country India.
Just wanted to know will it go bad if left un-refrigerated for 24-48hrs during transit?
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It says store in a cold place. Meaning in a fridge.
I usually use small ice packs to keep it cool when I’m traveling abroad. So far so good.
It will probably be fine. Most of the time it will be hanging around cargo bays in airplanes, and those are cold.
If it gets really warm for many hours, you may see some small changes in the look of the cheese since fats could start leaking out. But in general, if you get it back into cold storage as soon as you’re home, you’ll be good.
It is not really cheese, but caramellized whey. The sugars and low water content will most likely keep it ok.
After all – I leave this one in my fridge for two months and if there is mold on one end I cut it off and continue eating it. So 48 hours to india should be well within possibilities.
My mother sent me this in the mail to Thailand. That’s two weeks in different temperatures. Nothing wrong with it. Straight in the fridge for a day, then eat it.
It does say “store cool”. So if possible I would keep it in the fridge. But for a plane ride it would probably be ok in room temp. But I’d put an extra plastic bag around it in case it starts sweating.
This type of cheese is quite shelf stable, so it should be fine as long as they don’t leave your luggage standing in the sun anywhere along the way. Normal room temperature won’t hurt it over a couple of days.
It will be fine. But will get soft when at room temperature so if it’ll lose shape if it’s packed to tight in the suitcase.
Brown cheese has very little water so can stay long without going bad. But if it changes color or you see moist probably eat it fast 🙂
Nah, but it will most likely be checked by security. On x-ray it looks quite similar to explosives 😂
No big deal, just calculate in a wee bit more time.
I carried the same to india. It stays fine.
Ive taken brown cheese to the UK several times on a flight and it’s always fine
Cheese was actually made as a way to preserve milk so it wouldn’t go bad. Back in the days when we didn’t have refrigerators, people would store cheese in room temperature and even warmer temperatures for days, weeks if not month.
You’ll be fine! 🙂
No, 24-48 hr will be fine
2 months warm stuck in customs doesn’t work
Would be completely fine.
No problem, I’ve sent cheese like this in the mail across the planet. Never had any issues.
I once sent a couple of packs of brown cheese along with stuff I sent by ship, when moving from Norway to Australia. This took about 2 months. The cheese was fine.
I had one for about 6 months in room temp. Then for another 2 years in the fridge. Dont worry.
That will not be a problem.
I took a kilo of brunost with me from Norway, and I’ve had a kilo shipped to me from Bergen. No worries – it’s cheese.
It says “store cool”, but I’d bet even a few days in room temp wouldn’t ruin it.
No, brunost can be unfridgerated for weeks.
I just traveled back from Norway with a block of brunost surrounded by 2 cold Nocco. It probably sat out for 36 hours? It was completely fine after I got back home. Still tastes great.
I know people that have taken brunost with them to thailand and the cheese was fine, sure the cheese had a bit of a dent on it so I would recommend you to have an extra (clear) plastic bag around it and if you have anything to use as some padding I would recommend using that since the cheese does have some give to it
That is one good cheese!
It will be good, no worries at all. Made some traditional brown cheese this summer, and it was standing in a cupboard for several days for maturing. I even had one out for a week at home, and no problems.
It will become soft, but will firm up again after refrigeration. It may sweat a bit of fat, but that’s not a problem.
I had a brown cheese go bad once but that was after like 3-4 weeks in hot and humid weather. Next one I brought on a plane and put in the fridge after like a week, was fine for over a year.
It is full of sugar, it will not be any mold.