Is the red coating on Babybel cheese edible?
Is the red coating on Babybel cheese edible?
While we do not recommend eating it, if a person or pet accidentally consumes the wax, there will be no harmful effects. The wrapper we put outside the wax on each piece of Mini Babybel cheese is cellophane.
What is the red stuff on Babybel cheese?
The red wax that wraps Mini Babybel is part of the cheese protection and ensures in all points the functions of a crust. It prevents desiccation or moulds and helps preserving the cheese in proper hygienic conditions until consumption. The cellophane is important for two reasons.
What are the different Babybel Colours?
Flavours (with corresponding wrapping colours)
| Flavour | Colour |
|---|---|
| Cheddar | Black (Canada and United States of America), Orange (Australia), and Purple (Spain, Finland, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium) |
| Emmental | Yellow (Canada – discontinued, Spain, Greece, Germany and Belgium) |
| Gruyere | Yellow (Canada) |
Can you eat the red wax on cheese?
Can I eat the wax on cheese? We appreciate the enthusiasm but unfortunately the wax isn’t meant to be eaten. The gift of cheese is best enjoyed unwrapped and free of wax. Don’t sweat it if you ate some though, it’s 100% food safe.
Is Babybel fake cheese?
No. It’s made by a traditional cheese-making process, using just 4 ingredients for Babybel Original and Light: Milk, lactic ferments, vegetarian rennet and salt.
What is a purple Babybel?
Mini Babybel® with real Cheddar is a delicious, fun, nutritious and convenient snack for both kids and adults. Since its launch in 1977 in France, Mini Babybel® has become an iconic cheese, recognised for its bite size shape, yummy flavour and amusing wax jacket.
What is the yellow Babybel?
Mini Babybel® Swiss taste combines the pronounced fruity taste of classic Swiss cheese with the mild taste of Mini Babybel®, all wrapped in a distinctive yellow wax coating.
Is Babybel wax toxic?
What is Babybel®’s wax made of? The wax we use to coat our products is made of a blend of paraffin and microcrystalline waxes and colouring, which specifically contains no Bisphenol A. It’s “food safe” and meets very strict regulatory standards. It poses no health risk if accidentally ingested.
Why are Babybels wrapped in wax?
The red wax is part of its DNA and brings a unique consumption experience. It prevents desiccation or molds and helps preserving the cheese in proper hygienic conditions until consumption.
Will Babybel wax melt?
Each Babybel candle will burn for about an hour, giving you more than enough time to drink your sake, eat another mini Babybel, and make your next candle.
