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Title:
PROCESSED CHEESE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/115185
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a novel processed cheese that has almost no viscoelasticity, has the property of being easily crumbled to form particles, and has a light mouthfeel, melting well in the mouth. Further disclosed is a method for producing same. The processed cheese is characterized by being provided with a desired brittleness expressed as a flexibility of no more than 5.0 mm and a load at rupture of no more than 100g in a predetermined flexibility test/rupture strength test. It is preferable that a natural cheese or a processed cheese having a flexibility of no more than 4.0 mm as measured by the aforementioned flexibility test be included as a starting material cheese, at least 20 mass% of such cheese being included with respect to all the starting material cheese. Also, it is preferable that the composition of the processed cheese have at least 34 mass% and less than 60 mass% water, and a pH of 4.8-5.5.

Inventors:
SHIMIZU Nobuyuki (Meiji Dairies Corporation 540 Naruda, Odawara-sh, Kanagawa 62, 〒2500862, JP)
清水信行 (〒62 神奈川県小田原市成田540 明治乳業株式会社研究本部内 Kanagawa, 〒2500862, JP)
NISHIO Tomoko (Meiji Dairies Corporation 540 Naruda, Odawara-sh, Kanagawa 62, 〒2500862, JP)
西尾智子 (〒62 神奈川県小田原市成田540 明治乳業株式会社研究本部内 Kanagawa, 〒2500862, JP)
Application Number:
JP2011/056292
Publication Date:
September 22, 2011
Filing Date:
March 16, 2011
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Assignee:
Meiji Co., Ltd. (2-10, Shinsuna 1-chome Koutouk, Tokyo 08, 〒1368908, JP)
株式会社明治 (〒08 東京都江東区新砂一丁目2番10号 Tokyo, 〒1368908, JP)
SHIMIZU Nobuyuki (Meiji Dairies Corporation 540 Naruda, Odawara-sh, Kanagawa 62, 〒2500862, JP)
清水信行 (〒62 神奈川県小田原市成田540 明治乳業株式会社研究本部内 Kanagawa, 〒2500862, JP)
NISHIO Tomoko (Meiji Dairies Corporation 540 Naruda, Odawara-sh, Kanagawa 62, 〒2500862, JP)
International Classes:
A23C19/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SUZUKI Shoji et al. (Ohtakamico-Shinjuku Bldg, 9th Fl. 10-3, Shinjuku 1-chome, Shinjuku-k, Tokyo 22, 〒1600022, JP)
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