Abstract:
Production methods of cheese analogues improved in meltability and/or stretchability during heating and methods for suppressing the decrease are provided. Production methods of cheese analogues improved in meltability and/or stretchability during heating and methods for improving the meltability and/or stretchability are provided. A method for producing cheese that shows a suppressed decrease in texture and/or stretchability of cheese due to heating, including allowing glucose oxidase, α-glucosidase, transglutaminase, or a combination of such enzymes to act on raw cheese, a method for suppressing a decrease in texture and/or stretchability of cheese due to heating, and an enzyme preparation to be used for the methods. A method for producing cheese analogues improved in meltability and/or stretchability during heating, including allowing α-glucosidase to act on a mixture containing plant-derived oil and starch, or starch before mixing with plant-derived oil, and a method for improving meltability and/or stretchability of cheese analogues during heating, and an enzyme preparation to be used for the methods.
Abstract:
A processed cheese composition and methods of making the processed cheese composition are provided. The processed cheese composition includes natural cheese, dairy materials and a cultured dairy component. The raw cheese is provided in a range of about 10 to about 90 weight %. The dairy materials are provided in a range of about 5 to about 50 weight % and include at least one of the group consisting of milk protein concentrate, whey protein concentrate, whey, milkfat and cream. The cultured dairy component is provided in a range of about 1 to about 20 weight % and includes an antibacterial material and/or antibacterial producing bacterial culture in combination with an exopolysaccharide and/or an exopolysaccharide producing culture.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a semi-hard cheese, preferably a Gouda, Edam or Maasdam, having stringiness characteristics of a pasta filata cheese, wherein said cheese has a total amino acid (AN) content and a soluble nitrogen (SN) content, based on total nitrogen (TN) content, in the range of 1 - 10 % and 4 - 19 %, respectively. The invention also pertains to a process for preparing a semi-hard cheese having a moisture fat-free content (MFFB) of 57 - 63 %, wherein 20 - 80 wt%, based on the total weight of the finished cheese, of ripened semi-hard cheese, optionally after milling, is added to the curd of a pasta filata cheese or of an unbrined semi-hard cheese curd, provided that the pH of said curd is in the range of 5.1 - 5.4, where after the mixture of ripened semi-hard cheese and pasta filata cheese is subjected to cooking and stretching, wherein said cooking involves steam, where after said cheese is subjected to 5 - 9 °C for a period of at least 1 week, to obtain a semi-hard cheese having stringiness characteristics of a pasta filata cheese.