By means of the image analysis of microscopic mounts of the individual layers, it was detected that KC samples (made of cheese of constant maturity) show a very similar number of fat globules as well as a similar average size (area) of one fat globule within all 5 layers analysed (P ≥ 0.01; Tables 2 and 3 for maturity of 1, 8 and 16 weeks, other data are not shown).