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Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used in different parts of this study. FTIR collects the mid-infrared spectra (4000-700cm-1), and the resulting wave numbers formed, were used to monitor water extracts of Swiss-type cheese during manufacture, in defective cheeses and in different grades of cheese. Soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) was used to develop different classifications with infrared spectra. This study has shown that FTIR, coupled with water extraction, was a useful tool to monitor changes occurring in Swiss cheese making, for split formation and cheese variability. FTIR showed that band 1639- 1612 cm-1, 1158-1151cm-1, 1485-1493cm-1, which belong to the amide I and II of protein degradation compounds, might be characteristic bands for split formation. Lactic acid degradation may also be a factor for split formation. 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