Process for foil ripening of cheese
AssigneeDsm IP Assets B.V.
InventorsMarnix VAN GURP, Corstiaan Johannes HOOFT, Josien KRIJGSMAN, Alexander Antonius Marie STROEKS
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing foil-ripened cheese comprising (i) introducing cheese after brining into a cheese-aging packaging containing an opening for receiving cheese, (ii) closing the packaging, and (iii) ripening the cheese, wherein the cheese-aging packaging comprises a thermoplastic, monolithic film and the closed cheese-aging packaging has a water vapor transmission rate of at least 10 g/m2/24 hours at 10° C. and 85% relative humidity and an oxygen permeability of at most 100 cm3/m2/24 hours/atm at 10° C. and 85% relative humidity.
Claims6
A foil-ripened cheese that does not contain a plastic coating on the surface of the ripened cheese, characterized in that the foil-ripened cheese has a dry-rind, and the difference in L value at the surface of the cheese and at the center of the cheese block is higher than 0.5, wherein L is a measure for the lightness of a color.
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