Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing cheese with good flavour, especially low-salt cheese by using a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starter culture which is glutamate decarboxylation (GAD) negative. The method may additionally involve inoculating the milk substrate with a GAD-negative Lb. helveticus strain having a high lytic and peptidolytic activity, which further releases glutamate into the milk Additional application of camel chymosin reduces bitterness.