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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Terhi Aaltonen, Helsinki, FI;
Päivi Myllärinen, Helsinki, FI;
Ilkka Huumonen, Lapinlahti, FI;
Emmi Martikainen, Espoo, FI;
Terhi Aaltonen, Helsinki, FI;
Päivi Myllärinen, Helsinki, FI;
Ilkka Huumonen, Lapinlahti, FI;
Emmi Martikainen, Espoo, FI;
VALIO LTD., Helsinki, FI;
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.