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Article: Product perfection: new and emerging R&D tools enhance dairy product quality.(Dairy R&D)
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- Dairy Field
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- November 1, 2003
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Researchers and developers need much more than an available processing facility to transform innovative ideas into successful new dairy products. Those ideas must somehow be turned into palatable products that meet an existing--or created--demand.
Dairy developers have long understood the role quality testing plays in product appearance, flavor, aroma, texture, stability and other parameters. The market has no room for a pizza cheese that browns before it melts--or for a flavored milk that leaves behind a bitter aftertaste.
Adequate testing during the research and development (R&D) phase, therefore, is critical to the production of a high-quality ...