IMITATION FOODS AND IMITATION DAIRY FOODS, MATURED OR NON-MATURED, FOOD- MANUFACTURING METHODS, FOODS THUS OBTAINED AND USES OF SUCH FOODS

摘要

The invention relates to an imitation dairy food that may or may not be matured, comprising at least one non-animal fat and at least one protein, the foods possibly being matured in at least part of the mass thereof and/or being matured on the surface. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such foods, in particular imitation dairy products such as imitation cheeses, matured on the surface and/or in the mass, from an imitation cheese containing a caseinate and/or a casein and using maturing methods traditionally used to mature cheeses and/or using novel maturing methods. The invention further relates to a matured or non-matured imitation food obtained by implementing one of the methods according to the invention. The invention lastly relates to the use of a matured imitation food or a non-matured imitation food for direct consumption, in food preparations, as ingredients or as a base ingredient that may be subject to additional maturing.