TY - JOUR
T1 - Ripening of extra-hard cheese made with mesophilic DL-starter
AU - Rehn, Lina Ulrika Ingeborg
AU - Petersen, Mikael Agerlin
AU - Saedén, K. Hallin
AU - Ardö, Ylva Margareta
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Extra hard cheese is commonly made with thermophilic starters using high temperatures to stimulate expulsion of whey. In this work, microflora, proteolysis and volatiles were investigated in an extra-hard cheese made with mesophilic DL-starter, produced using challenging cooking temperatures for the starter bacteria over several hours. Cheese from six commercially produced vats was investigated over 56 weeks. The number of starter bacteria decreased after three weeks of ripening. Casein breakdown was characterised by chymosin and plasmin activity on αs1- and β-caseins, respectively. Peptide profiles showed accumulation of Lactococcus derived peptides from αs1-CN f1-23, and the peptide β-CN 29-93 as a result of joint plasmin and chymosin activity and absence of highly proteolytic thermophilic Lactobacillus, commonly present in extra-hard cheese. The composition of amino acids depended mainly on starter during the first 26 weeks of ripening. The content of volatiles depended both on ripening time and the starter used.
AB - Extra hard cheese is commonly made with thermophilic starters using high temperatures to stimulate expulsion of whey. In this work, microflora, proteolysis and volatiles were investigated in an extra-hard cheese made with mesophilic DL-starter, produced using challenging cooking temperatures for the starter bacteria over several hours. Cheese from six commercially produced vats was investigated over 56 weeks. The number of starter bacteria decreased after three weeks of ripening. Casein breakdown was characterised by chymosin and plasmin activity on αs1- and β-caseins, respectively. Peptide profiles showed accumulation of Lactococcus derived peptides from αs1-CN f1-23, and the peptide β-CN 29-93 as a result of joint plasmin and chymosin activity and absence of highly proteolytic thermophilic Lactobacillus, commonly present in extra-hard cheese. The composition of amino acids depended mainly on starter during the first 26 weeks of ripening. The content of volatiles depended both on ripening time and the starter used.
U2 - 10.1016/j.idairyj.2010.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.idairyj.2010.06.001
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0958-6946
VL - 20
SP - 844
EP - 851
JO - International Dairy Journal
JF - International Dairy Journal
IS - 12
ER -