“…To address these limitations, advanced non-destructive methods have emerged to evaluate the ripening process of cheeses. These encompass digital imaging using cameras and image analysis [ 10 ], geometrical measurements [ 9 ], ultrasound [ 11 ], magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [ 12 ], NIR hyperspectral image modelling [ 13 , 14 ] and CT scanning [ 1 , 15 ]. Among these, CT scanning has demonstrated a remarkable ability in the non-invasive analysis of cheese, particularly in the precise quantification of cheese eye volumes and the evaluation of their spatial distribution.…”