Pasteurized Cheese Containing Probiotics Now Available At Whole Foods In Portland

NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. — Roxanne Barnes couldn’t believe her bad luck.

Here she was, on a promising second date over dinner at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, and it was with another man who likes cheese. The last guy she dated was also a cheese-head – not a great match, considering she hated the stuff and wouldn’t know a gouda from a gruyere.

“The first two hours, all he did was talk about cheese,” Barnes said, recalling the first time she met Dr. Mark R. Windt. “I was like, ‘What’s the deal with guys and cheese around here?’ ” Barnes said with a laugh.

The couple is now engaged, but professionally they already have a perfect marriage. They’ve blended her business experience with his medical expertise to form a company that is launching a new product – a cheddar cheese that’s made with pasteurized milk but contains active probiotic cultures similar to those found in yogurt. Normally these cultures cannot survive the heat of pasteurization.

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