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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2022
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Christina June Puryer Coker, Auckland, NZ;
David Campbell Wemyss Reid, Auckland, NZ;
Jeremy Paul Hill, Auckland, NZ;
Andrew Keith Legg, Auckland, NZ;
Stephen Thomas Dybing, Auckland, NZ;
Leena Kishor, Auckland, NZ;
Samuel James Harper, Auckland, NZ;
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
The invention relates to cheese and cheese-like products comprising about 0.2 to about 6% by weight α-casein, β-casein, or a combination thereof, at least about 5% by weight of one or more hydrocolloids comprising one or more starches, and wherein the cheese or cheese-like product has one or more characteristics of a dairy product, such as flavour, taste, aroma, body, appearance, texture, firmness, handling, density, structure, coagulation, binding, leavening, aeration, foaming, emulsification, elasticity, viscoelasticity, melt, creaminess and mouthfeel.