The present invention relates to a process for producing cheese, comprising the steps of: providing a first raw material liquid providing a second raw material liquid treating the first raw material liquid with a protein crosslinking enzyme to provide an enzyme-treated raw material liquid mixing the enzyme-treated raw material liquid with the second raw material liquid to provide cheese milk processing the cheese milk into cheese. The process produces cheese in improved yields while retaining the organoleptic properties of cheese unchanged. The invention further relates to cheese treated with a protein crosslinking enzyme, having the moisture on a fat-free basis of 67% or less and a protein profile of cheese has proteins of molecular weight of less than 66 kDa.
