CHEESE FLAVOUR INGREDIENT AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cheese flavour ingredient and an ingredient so prepared. The method comprises subjecting a protein in water mixture to proteolysis by a protease enzyme and to fermentation with a physiologically acceptable bacterium of one of the genera Enterococcus, Staphylococcus or Pseudomonas capable of producing a cheese flavour ingredient. The cheese flavour ingredient of the invention has a mixture of flavours and may be used as a component of balanced cheese-like flavour compositions. The present invention also relates to bacterial strains useful in the preparation of such an ingredient, these being Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus casselifavus, Staphylococcus simulans and Pseudomonas putida