Factors affecting buffalo Mozzarella cheese yield: a study using regression analysis

Cheese production such as mozzarella is affected by several factors including the processing technology (e.g., cuts, fermentation, curd stretching), well quantity and quality of raw materials other ingredients. The aim this study was to investigate relationship between cheese yield buffalo milk composition, factors, losses whey constituents using polynomial regression adjusted R2. All coefficients associated with each explanatory variable were significantly different from zero. models explained an average 99% variation in dataset. showed that concentration components fat, protein, casein, lactose, total solids), somatic cell score, age acidity starter culture, time percentage lost highly influenced yield. dairy industry should focus on rigorous control standardize optimize efficiency.