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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Corstiaan Johannes Hooft, Maastricht, NL;
Ferdinand Theodorus Jozef Van Rijn, Delft, NL;
Jacobus Stark, Rotterdam, NL;
Albert-jon Vis, Rotterdam, NL;
Josien Krijgsman, Maastrict, NL;
Corstiaan Johannes Hooft, Maastricht, NL;
Ferdinand Theodorus Jozef Van Rijn, Delft, NL;
Jacobus Stark, Rotterdam, NL;
Albert-Jon Vis, Rotterdam, NL;
Josien Krijgsman, Maastrict, NL;
DSM IP ASSETS B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing foil-ripened cheese comprising (i) introducing brined cheese into a cheese-ripening packaging containing an opening for receiving cheese, (ii) closing the packaging, and (iii) ripening the cheese, characterized in that the cheese-ripening packaging comprises a thermoplastic film coated with an antimicrobial composition comprising a binding agent and at least one antimicrobial compound, whereby (a) said binding agent swells, softens or dissolves in the water that is released from the cheese during its ripening, (b) the antimicrobial composition becomes part of the water phase that, due to ripening, becomes present between the outer cheese surface and the packaging, (c) the antimicrobial compound is able to migrate in the water phase and (d) antimicrobial compound is transferred to the outer cheese surface.