Cheese and preparing the same
US10080374B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23C2210/252
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing cheese, comprising the steps of: providing a first raw material liquid; providing a second raw material liquid; treating the first raw material liquid with a protein crosslinking enzyme to provide an enzyme-treated raw material liquid; mixing the enzyme-treated raw material liquid with the second raw material liquid to provide cheese milk; processing the cheese milk into cheese. The process produces cheese in improved yields while retaining the organoleptic properties of cheese unchanged. The invention further relates to cheese treated with a protein crosslinking enzyme, having the moisture on a fat-free basis of 67% or less and a protein profile of cheese has proteins of molecular weight of less than 66 kDa.
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