Patent No. 597519 Disclosed is a method for producing cottage cheese comprising following steps: (a) inoculating milk with Streptococcus thermophilus bacteria, characterized by that the S. thermophilus bacteria are not able to release ammonia from urea (herein termed S. thermophilus "ur(-) bacteria"); (b) fermenting the milk with the bacteria; and (c) making further adequate steps to finally end up with the produced cottage cheese.