Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

New Zealand Dairy Board

Allan Main

Keith Johnston

Peter Aaron Munro

Peter Dudley Elston

Robert J Buwalda

Brian Bennett

David Hughes

Alastair Bruce

The invention provides a novel process of making cheese comprising the production of a coagulum which is caused to disaggregate into small curd particles in an in-line continuous flow process, separation of the curd particles from the whey and subsequent heating and mechanical working of the curd particles into a cheese mass.

Dairy product and process

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.

Process for making cheese containing gum

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Palmerston North, New Zealand

Allan Main