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Article: A culture for low-fat cheese: Denmark's Arla Foods has had great success with low-fat cheese using a specific culture strain now available to U.S. cheesemakers.(Ingredient Technology Focus)
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- Dairy Foods
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- November 1, 2004
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When it comes to low-fat cheese, many consumers recall their first experience with the bitter taste and unusual texture of a product hardly resembling cheese. For a good number of these consumers, their first experience with low-fat cheese was also their last. While they liked the concept of low-fat cheese, consumers were not about to sacrifice the cheese flavor they loved just to avoid a few grams of fat.
Fortunately, changes in consumer eating patterns and vast improvements in cheese technology have revived interest in low-fat cheese. Cheese sales in the United States continue to rise sharply as low-carbohydrate dieters consume increasing quantities of cheese ...