The invention relates to a dry expanded food product comprising the following essential ingredients: a food-grade protein concentrate of animal or plant origin, and residual water. The expansion can be obtained during a step of treatment in a microwave device.

The invention relates to a dry expanded food product comprising the following essential ingredients: a food-grade protein concentrate of animal or plant origin, and residual water. The expansion can be obtained during a step of treatment in a microwave device.

The present invention relates to a method for moderately increasing the content of dimethyl disulfide in casein-containing processed cheese. The method includes the following steps: taking a cheese powder, adding chymosin for enzymolysis, and subjecting a material obtained after the enzymolysis to puffing and drying to obtain a modified cheese powder; preparing materials; taking the modified cheese powder, heating the modified cheese powder under stirring until the cheese powder is melt, adding sodium bicarbonate to adjust the pH to 6-7, and adding papain for enzymolysis; taking a material obtained after the enzymolysis, adding butter, a skimmed milk powder, fructo-oligosaccharide and water for mixing by stirring, and then adding an emulsifying salt, glutamine transaminase and salt for uniform heating and stirring to obtain a mixture; and subjecting the mixture to heat treatment, hot filling and cooling in sequence to obtain processed cheese.

According to embodiments, dry powdered compositions which may be reconstituted to provide a cheese product include at least one cheese component and a color blend. In some embodiments, the color blend includes from about 49.7% to about 87.1% curcumin compounds by weight based on a total amount of a color portion of the color blend; from about 2.1% to about 42.8% annatto carotenoids by weight based on the total amount of the color portion of the color blend; and from about 7.5% to about 10.8% paprika carotenoids by weight based on the total amount of the color portion of the color blend. In embodiments, the powdered composition includes from about 38.5 ppm to about 733.9 ppm curcumin compounds by weight based on the powdered composition; from about 3.6 ppm to about 165.7 ppm annatto carotenoids by weight based on the powdered composition; and from about 5.8 ppm to about 90.7 ppm paprika carotenoids by weight based on the powdered composition.

According to embodiments, dry powdered compositions which may be reconstituted to provide a cheese product include at least one cheese component and a color blend. In some embodiments, the color blend includes from about 49.7% to about 87.1% curcumin compounds by weight based on a total amount of a color portion of the color blend; from about 2.1% to about 42.8% annatto carotenoids by weight based on the total amount of the color portion of the color blend; and from about 7.5% to about 10.8% paprika carotenoids by weight based on the total amount of the color portion of the color blend. In embodiments, the powdered composition includes from about 38.5 ppm to about 733.9 ppm curcumin compounds by weight based on the powdered composition; from about 3.6 ppm to about 165.7 ppm annatto carotenoids by weight based on the powdered composition; and from about 5.8 ppm to about 90.7 ppm paprika carotenoids by weight based on the powdered composition.

A whey containing composition having a reduced whey flavor is provided. The composition includes whey and about 0.01 ppm to about 10 ppm thaumatin.

A whey containing composition having a reduced whey flavor is provided. The composition includes whey and about 0.01 ppm to about 10 ppm thaumatin.

Cheese products comprising less than 10 wt % modified pyrodextrin are disclosed. The cheese products with added modified pyrodextrin have similar melt, firmness, and stretch characteristics as compared to a cheese product without added modified pyrodextrin.

Cheese products comprising less than 10 wt % modified pyrodextrin are disclosed. The cheese products with added modified pyrodextrin have similar melt, firmness, and stretch characteristics as compared to a cheese product without added modified pyrodextrin.

An apparatus for producing a cheese product includes a grinder operable to receive raw cheese and grind the cheese into granules having less than 0.25 inches in length. The apparatus further includes a dispenser operable to dispense the granulated cheese into one or more molds. The apparatus further includes a dryer comprising a microwave element. The dryer is operable to heat and remove moisture from the granulated cheese using at least microwave radiation in a heating zone. The apparatus further includes a cooling tunnel operable to cool and remove moisture from the dried cheese.