Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition and a method of preparing cheese products with a suitable moisture level. The cheese products that have been formed using the composition are characterised with an improve at least one of aroma, flavour, mildness, consistency, texture, syneresis, body, mouth feel, firmness, viscosity, gel fracture, wheying off, structure and/or organoleptic properties, nutrition and/or health benefits. In particular, the present invention provides a composition comprising a starter acidification micro-organism and an EPS fermentation culture comprising a viable micro-organism an enzyme produced by said micro-organism and an exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by the activity of said enzyme.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition and a method of preparing cheese products with a suitable moisture level. The cheese products that have been formed using the composition are characterised with an improve at least one of aroma, flavour, mildness, consistency, texture, syneresis, body, mouth feel, firmness, viscosity, gel fracture, wheying off, structure and/or organoleptic properties, nutrition and/or health benefits. In particular, the present invention provides a composition comprising a starter acidification micro-organism and an EPS fermentation culture comprising a viable micro-organism an enzyme produced by said micro-organism and an exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by the activity of said enzyme.
Abstract:
The invention relates to conjugates of phenolic polymers, methods for preparing the same and use of conjugates of phenolic polymers in among others foodstuffs. Provided is a surface active composition comprising a phenolic polymer, preferably pectin, cross-linked to a oligopeptide. The oligopeptide can be derived from a hydrolysate of casein consisting of peptides with an average chain length of about 3 to about 30 amino acids, preferably of about 5 to about 20 amino acids, more preferably of about 7 to about 15 amino acids, most preferably of about 10 amino acids. Also provided is a method of batch-wise cross-linking a oligopeptide and a phenolic polymer by mixing said peptide and said polymer with an enzyme and oxidizing agent suitable for said enzyme in a solvent, wherein said peptide has a chain length of about 3 to about 30 amino acids, preferably of about 5 to about 20 amino acids, more preferably of about 7 to about 15 amino acids, most preferably of about 10 amino acids.
Abstract:
The present, invention relates to a method for producing an acidified milk product using an enzyme having transglutaminase activity, and fermenting the milk substrate with a microorganism which produces a polysaccharide, such as an exopolysaccharide (EPS). The present invention also relates to decreasing the ropyness of an acidified milk product and improving its texture.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for enzymatic cross-linking of a protein comprising performing a reaction for enzymatic cross-linking of said protein in the presence of a phenolic saccharide, wherein said reaction comprises the step of forming protein-protein cross-links. The present invention further provides a cross-linked protein obtainable by a method according to the invention as well as a protein that is cross-linked by a phenolic saccharide and the use of such proteins in a foodstuff. The invention also provides a foodstuff comprising a cross-linked protein of the invention as well as the use of a phenolic saccharide as a cross-linking agent for proteins.