PROCESS OF MAKING A SOFT OR SEMI-SOFT FIBROUS CHEESE.

摘要

A process of manufacturing a soft or semi-soft fibrous cheese comprising the steps of a) pasteurizing milk; b) acidifying the milk; c) coagulating the milk to obtain curd and whey; d) cutting the coagulum and draining the whey, thereby leaving a cheese curd; e) heating, kneading, and stretching the curd (e.g., in mixer/cooker) (1) until it is a homogeneous, fibrous mass of cheese; f) forming the cheese into a shape (e.g., by pumping it through extruder (8)); g) cooling the shaped cheese in cold brine (e.g., in brine tanks (11 and 15)); and h) removing the cooled cheese from the brine (e.g., by conveyor (16)). A cheese additive is mixed into the heated cheese (for example in additional mixer (6)) after the cheese has been heated, kneaded, and stretched, but before it has been formed into a shape. The additive can be an emulsifying agent, gum, stabilizer, colorant, dairy solid, cheese powder, or food starch.