23 Sep 2024 --- MBM Innovations is combining its VSM vacuum packaging technology with Pack-Age, dsm-firmenich’s high-performance maturation membrane, to optimize the maturation process of aged cheese and slash costs for producers and consumers. Naturally matured semi-hard and hard cheeses such as Gouda, Tilsiter, Havarti or Manchego require traditional coating treatments during the maturation process. Producers use polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) widely in protective coatings, which are renewed multiple times before being removed before the cheese hits the market.