Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for preparing a food composition comprising dairy fat and casein, comprising subjecting a suspension of the oil-in-water type comprising dairy fat and micellar casein to a treatment wherein casein is coagulated and fat is rebodied. The obtained food composition is (at 20 °C) a solid suspension of the oil-in-water type. The invention further relates to a dairy food composition, which composition is a suspension of the oil-in-water type, comprising 1-6 wt. % dairy protein, said dairy protein comprising coagulated casein; 20-55 wt. % fat, of which at 50-100 wt. % is dairy fat; 40-79 wt.% water; and 0-10 wt.% other ingredients.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods for making cheese, in particular to improving the productivity of the cheese making process by controlling the rate of coagulation of a cheese milk and/or the strength of the gel network formed. Provided is a method for providing a cheese curd, comprising the steps of (i) providing a starting cheese milk that has an increased micellar casein content as compared to natural bovine milk; (ii) adding non-micellar casein protein to the cheese milk to obtain a casein-supplemented cheese milk; (iii) subjecting the casein-supplemented cheese milk to a coagulation process to form a gel; and (iv) cutting the gel into a cheese curd.
Abstract:
Method for fluid whey expulsion from a body of curd including steps of: - placing a dairy base in a container; - mixing in at least one coagulant; - placing a removable insert into said dairy base in said container, said insert comprising at least one projecting member arranged to extend, preferably substantially vertically, into said dairy base; - having a body of curd formed by coagulation of said dairy base.