Description
Our Rumiano Organic Pepper Jack is a semi-hard cheese that has a mildly spicy flavor and a creamy texture. It is made from a blend of our Rumiano Organic Monterey Jack cheese and spicy red and green jalapeno peppers, which give it a uniqe taste profile. This cheese is white in color with small flakes of red and green jalapenos visible throughout. It can be sliced, shredded or melted, and is often used in Mexican-style dishes, sandiwhiches, and burgers for added flavor and heat. Overall, Pepper Jack is a delicious and versatile cheese that adds a spicy kick to any dish.
At Rumiano Cheese, we are proud to say that our dairies go the extra mile for grass-fed milk production. The mild Northwestern coast of California has prime weather for grazing and pasture time. Year-round access to pastures and naturally growing coastal grasses are imperative to our definition of grass-fed feeding. Open pasture time and natural grazing allow the cows to roam freely make for high-quality milk. Haylage and silage are used for feed when the weather is too wet and cold for pasture time, which is seldom. The grass-feeding methodology benefits the animals and consumers by helping produce healthy and humane dairy products.
Grass-fed and pasture-raised cows, allowed to move freely and eat a natural diversified diet are not only much healthier, but we believe they seem much happier too! Small-scale farmers who have taken the time to get to know their cows (Many even give them names) recognize that cows are social beings who are happiest when they have room to roam and socialize with others in their herd, which in the end produces a much healthier end product.
The Rumiano Cheese Company is committed to sustainability, supporting the local community with a quality workplace and an environmentally friendly operation.
In addition to using all milk components, Rumiano Cheese strives to be sustainable in all other aspects of its cheese production. Our goal is to achieve a zero-waste target byr ecycling water, cardboard, plastic and wood, and reducing its paper usage by going digital. All the dairies providing milk to Rumiano are within a 100-mile radius, reducing the carbon dioxide output from our milk trucks to the environment and limiting the use of fossil fuels.
We use a proprietary Microbial Coagulant. This is a Microbial Coagulant from the fungi Rhizomucor miehei (aka Mucor miehei) and is a species of fungus commercially used to produce enzymes that can be used to curd the milk to produce cheese. We do not use Chymosin (or Chymax) as it is NOT allowed in Organic and is on the National Organic Program prohibited substance list as being GMO. The milk used to create Rumiano Cheese, Butter, Ghee and Whey Protein Concentrate-80% is sourced from 19 certified, organic family dairies within an 85-mile radius of our production facility in Crescent City, CA. No vaccines are allowed to be used with any cows that are being milked. If a cow receives a vaccine, that cow is taken out of the milking line.
Sincerely,
Rumiano Cheese Company
