System and method for producing cheese
AssigneeMALT Cheese LLC
InventorMiguel Angel Leal Toriello
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Abstract
A novel and advantageous system and method for producing cheese is disclosed. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a novel and advantageous system and method for producing cheese wherein coagulation occurs while milk is moving. The system may include a tube or pipe and a grinder. Milk mixed with coagulant is pushed through the coagulation tube. The milk coagulates during transfer through the coagulation tube. Cheese curd is expelled from the coagulation tube and directed for further processing.
Claims27
A system for forming cheese, the system comprising:
- a milk tank for holding milk;
- a rennet pump for adding rennet to the milk to form a milk and rennet mixture;
- a tube coagulator, wherein the milk and rennet mixture coagulates while traveling through the tube coagulator and curd exits the tube coagulator;
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- a grinder for grinding the curd.
A method for forming soft cheese, the method comprising:
- adding rennet to a milk precursor to form a milk and rennet mixture;
- forcing the milk and rennet mixture through an elongated tube coagulator, wherein the milk and rennet mixture forms a curd as it travels through the tube coagulator;
- cooking the curd;
- at least partially drying the cooked curd;
- salting the dried curd;
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- grinding the salted curd in the presence of carbon dioxide.
A method for forming Oaxaca cheese, the method comprising:
- adding rennet to a milk precursor to form a milk and rennet mixture;
- forcing the milk and rennet mixture through an elongated tube coagulator, wherein the milk and rennet mixture forms a curd as it travels through the tube coagulator;
- cooking the curd;
- stretching and heating the cooked curd to form opened structures;
- and cooling the opened structures in a bath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.