The present invention relates amongst others to a nisin-tolerant acidifying culture comprising a nisin-resistant strain of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, a nisin-resistant strain of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris and a nisin/resistant strain of Leuconostoc. The invention also provides a method for making cheese using this nisin-tolerant acidifying culture. The nisin-tolerant acidifying culture may provide a good stability regarding phages which would make a commercially available nisin-immune strain fall out and whilst retaining a characteristic flavour of a high quality cheese, especially of a Gouda-type cheese.
