Food products and systems and methods for their production involve microfiltration (“MF”) of fluid skim to form a MF retentate, combining the MF retentate with cream and subjecting the combination to ultrafiltration (“UF”) to form a UF retentate. Prior to UF, the composition is formed of non-acidified components. Following UF, the UF retentate is acidified and forms a food product including a high solids content. The solids content may be further increased using evaporation. The resulting cheese or cheese base contains a lower whey protein ratio in a fat:casein:whey protein ratio compared to systems and methods that do not employ MF.

A natural pasta filata style cheese with improved textural attributes achieved by altering various natural cheeses raking parameters.

A natural pasta-filata style cheese with improved textural attributes achieved by altering various natural cheesemaking parameters.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a cheese-based food product, advantageously a cheese, cheese specialty, or cheese substitute, the method including: a) a step A) of providing at least one flavoring matrix, the consistency of which ranges from liquid to pasty, the flavoring matrix resulting from a step of cultivating at least one flavor producing microorganism in a culture medium, the step A) also providing a texture matrix, the consistency of which ranges from liquid to pasty, the texture matrix being suitable for providing the texture of the food product; then b) a step B) of mixing the at least one flavoring matrix with the at least one texture matrix; then c) a texturing step C), during which the mixture from mixing step B is subjected to physiochemical texturing conditions that are adjusted according to the final texture sought for the cheese-based food product.

Food products and systems and methods for their production involve microfiltration (“MF”) of fluid skim to form a MF retentate, combining the MF retentate with cream and subjecting the combination to ultrafiltration (“UF”) to form a UF retentate. Prior to UF, the composition is formed of non-acidified components. Following UF, the UF retentate is acidified and forms a food product including a high solids content. The solids content may be further increased using evaporation. The resulting cheese or cheese base contains a lower whey protein ratio in a fat:casein:whey protein ratio compared to systems and methods that do not employ MF.

The present disclosure relates to a process for producing cream cheese using a specific combination of milk and milk fractions. It further relates to cream cheese which is characterized by a unique combination of levels of minerals, lactose and protein and which may be obtained by the process of the present disclosure.

A natural pasta filata style cheese with improved textural attributes achieved by altering various natural cheesemaking parameters.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a cheese-based food product, advantageously a cheese, cheese specialty, or cheese substitute, the method including: a) a step A) of providing at least one flavoring matrix, the consistency of which ranges from liquid to pasty, the flavoring matrix resulting from a step of cultivating at least one flavor producing microorganism in a culture medium, the step A) also providing a texture matrix, the consistency of which ranges from liquid to pasty, the texture matrix being suitable for providing the texture of the food product; then b) a step B) of mixing the at least one flavoring matrix with the at least one texture matrix; then c) a texturing step C), during which the mixture from mixing step B is subjected to physiochemical texturing conditions that are adjusted according to the final texture sought for the cheese-based food product.

A low-mineral quark matrix is suggested, which is obtainable by (a) subjecting raw milk to heat treatment, separating the cream, (b) subjecting the skimmed milk such obtained to an ultrafiltration step and/or a reverse osmosis step, producing a retentate R1, which represents a dairy protein concentrate, and a permeate P1, (c) subjecting the permeate P1 to an electrodialysis step, producing a salt-depleted diluate D1, (d) combining the diluate D1 with the retentate R1, (e) subjecting the combination product such obtained to heat treatment until denaturation sets in, (f) fermenting the denaturation product such obtained by the addition of starter cultures and rennet, and (g) adjusting or standardising the fermentation product such obtained to defined dry matter and protein contents.

A quark matrix having improved taste characteristics is suggested, which is obtainable by (a) subjecting raw milk to heat treatment, separating the cream, (b) subjecting the skimmed milk such obtained to a microfiltration step, obtaining a first retentate R1, which represents a first dairy protein concentrate, and a first permeate P1, (c) subjecting the permeate P1 to an ultrafiltration step and/or a reverse osmosis step, obtaining a second retentate R2, which represents a second dairy protein concentrate, and a second permeate P2, (d) subjecting the permeate P2 to an electrodialysis step, obtaining a salt-depleted diluate D1, (e) combining the diluate D1 with the retentate R1, (f) subjecting the combination product such obtained to heat treatment until denaturation sets in, (g) fermenting the denaturation product such obtained by adding starter cultures and rennet, and (h) adjusting the fermentation product such obtained to defined dry matter and protein contents.