Background: Probiotics and especially Lactobacilli are among the most important components widely used in food technology. Isolation and characterization of indigenous probiotics should be performed in native populations. OBJECTIVES: In order to isolate lactobacillus spp. from Iranian traditional Lighvan cheese to be used as starters, 15 cheese samples were randomly selected and tested for tech...

About 9.13 billion pounds of cheese is produced in the US every year, of which 34% is Cheddar cheese (NASS, 2007). Cheddar cheese composition and flavor quality, which influence the consumer acceptance, price and food processing application, develop during the ripening process. Cheese ripening or maturation is a slow process (2-24 months) characterized by series of complex physical, chemical, a...

The objective of this research was to study the relationship between properties of base and process cheese food. Full fat Cheddar cheese was made with exopolysaccharides (EPS)-producing or nonproducing cultures. Process cheese food was made from 2 day or 1 month old EPS-positive and negative base Cheddar cheese. The EPS-positive base Cheddar cheese contained 2% higher moisture and 1.5% lower fa...

background and objectives: the effect of the different proteins and polysaccharides on the characteristics of low-fat cheese has been a topic of recent study. the release of aromatic compounds from the cheese is affected by the addition of texture improvers. the present study investigated the addition of polysaccharides and proteins on the hardness, microstructure and ester release of low-fat b...

To evaluate the effects of acute protein loading on the glomerular filtration rate, albumin excretion rate and concentration of plasma amino acids, ten healthy volunteers and six type 2 diabetic patients with normoalbuminuria were studied before and after eating 0.7 g/kg body weight of tuna fish, boiled egg white, cheese or tofu (bean curd) on separate days. Furthermore, to study the possible r...

Background: One of the adulterant practice in dairy industry is the use of a less costly type of milk such as cow and goat milk instead of more expensive ones especially sheep milk. The aim of the present study was to assess fraud identification of undeclared milk species in composition of sheep yogurt and cheese offered as “pure sheep” in Iranian local markets. Methods: Samples ...

Egg white lysozyme killed or prevented growth of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A in several foods. Lysozyme was more active in vegetables than in animal-derived foods that we tested. For maximum activity in certain foods, EDTA was required in addition to lysozyme. Lysozyme with EDTA effectively killed inoculated populations of 10(4) L. monocytogenes per g in fresh corn, fresh green beans, shredd...