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Process for making cheese containing gum

US7604825B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2001
Grant dateOct 20, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23C19/0684
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for making cheese comprising the steps: starting with a mil,m composition that has a milk fat content of more than 0.3%, adding a gum preparation to the milk, adding a starter to the milk to form a cheese milk, coagulating the cheese milk, cutting the coagulum to separate curd and whey, draining whey from the curd, and shaping and cooling the curd. The difference over the prior art is the addition of gum to the milk before the starter is added.

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