Yes, normally the harmless strains of Penicillium roqueforti or something of the like.
We do use molds in food and pharmaceutical industry, not all of them are bad. Aspergillus oryzae, for example, is used to produce soy sauce, miso, and sake, and Aspergillus niger is a likely source of citric acid you have in your kitchen cabinet.
Natural pizza mold, however, contains nasty kinds of Penicillium, as well as Rhizopus stolonifer causing severe infections in respiratory system, mouth, nose, and face. Most cases can be treated in a hospital environment, but some are fatal, especially in immunocompromised individuals.
Blue cheese has mold in it
Yes, normally the harmless strains of Penicillium roqueforti or something of the like.
We do use molds in food and pharmaceutical industry, not all of them are bad. Aspergillus oryzae, for example, is used to produce soy sauce, miso, and sake, and Aspergillus niger is a likely source of citric acid you have in your kitchen cabinet.
Natural pizza mold, however, contains nasty kinds of Penicillium, as well as Rhizopus stolonifer causing severe infections in respiratory system, mouth, nose, and face. Most cases can be treated in a hospital environment, but some are fatal, especially in immunocompromised individuals.
Source: am food microbiologist
Yeah, but a specific type that we know doesn’t kill us.
Can’t say the same about that pizza.
It also tastes delicious
I couldn’t find the original in just a still image for some reason but here is where I first saw it [4:37]
Yes, but this mould has blue cheese in it!