Method of manufacturing pasta filata cheese

A method of manufacturing pasta filata cheese, wherein

• skim milk is first supplied to a transport system having a plurality of separate transport containers in an incoming section;
• curd is produced from the skim milk in the region of a first process section of the transport system;
• the curd produced is coagulated in the region of a second process section of the transport system;
• the coagulated curd is exposed to an acidification process for an acidification period in the region of a third process section of the transport system;
• and
• the acidified curd is removed from the transport system at the end of the acidification period in an outgoing section of the transport system and is supplied to a subsequent process step,
• wherein the curd remains in the transport system up to the removal of the curd after the end of the acidification process.

An apparatus for manufacturing pasta filata cheese, the apparatus comprising a transport system having a plurality of separate transport containers;

• and wherein the transport system is designed as free of interruption between an incoming section in which skim milk can be received by the transport containers and an outgoing section in which an acidified curd can be removed from the transport containers at the end of an acidification period, in which method
• said skim milk is first supplied to the incoming section;
• said curd is produced from the skim milk in the region of a first process section of the transport system;
• the curd produced is coagulated in the region of a second process section of the transport system;
• the coagulated curd is exposed to an acidification process for the acidification period in the region of a third process section of the transport system;
• and
• the acidified curd is removed and is supplied to a subsequent process step,
• with the curd remaining in the transport system up to the removal of the curd after the end of the acidification process.