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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Budtz, Frederiksberg, DK;
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S Patents, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/12 ;
Abstract
A process for making cheese including: a) adding to cheesemilk a transglutaminase, incubating for a suitable period, b) incubating with a rennet so as to cause clotting, and c) separating whey from the coagulate, and d) processing the coagulate into cheese. Cheese products produced by said process are contemplated and to the use of transglutaminase for maintaining proteins in the cheese material during a conventional cheese-making process.