Pasta filata-simulative cheese product and method of making
US5942263A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23C19/051
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of manufacturing cheese which is simulative of pasta filata cheeses, but which does not require a mixing and/or molding step, and the cheese product produced by the method, are disclosed. The method includes the steps of pre-acidifying milk; ripening the milk with a mesophilic starter culture to yield cheese milk; coagulating the cheese milk by adding a coagulant to yield a coagulum; cutting the coagulum to yield curds and whey; separating the curds from the whey and washing the curds in water; and proceeding directly to salt, hoop, and press the curds in the absence of any milling, mixing, or molding of the curds.
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