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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1992
Barbara E Rybinski, Memphis, TN (US);
Lila E Dawson, Germantown, TN (US);
Douglas G Bixby, Bartlett, TN (US);
Larry E Woodford, Collierville, TN (US);
Kraft General Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A no-fat cheese analog having the texture, body and eating qualities of cheese is produced by admixing about 15% to about 35% of a coagulated skim milk product having a fat content of less than 2%, about 15% to about 35% dry particulate rennet casein, about 1% to about 3% of an edible emulsifying salt, sufficient quantities of flavoring agents and acidulants to impart desired flavor and pH, and about 30% to about 65% water; said dry rennet casein being hydrated in said water by action of said emulsifying salt at temperatures of about 160.degree. F. to about 200.degree. F. under agitation conditions for a time period sufficient to provide a plastic homogenous body being substantially free of unhydrated rennet casein particles, said edible emulsifying salt being present at about 2% to about 15% by weight of the said particulate rennet casein, said emulsifying salt being selected from the group consisting of alkali metal phosphates, citrate salts and mixtures thereof.