A method of cutting cheese by means of a cutting tool, includes cooling
the cheese before the cutting operation. In preferred embodiments, the
cheese is cooled by a cryogenic refrigerant with at least parts of the
cheese cooled to below zero degrees centigrade. Cheese slices from the
cutting operation are conveyed in a conveyor type freezer where they are
subjected to a cryogenic bath and then packaged in a freeze container
where they are conveyed and stored until removed and used.
