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Article: Chemical changes that predispose smoked Cheddar cheese to calcium lactate crystallization
- Article from:
- Journal of Dairy Science
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright American Dairy Science Association Aug 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
We have observed a high incidence of calcium lactate surface crystals on naturally smoked Cheddar cheese in the retail marketplace. The objective of this study was to identify chemical changes that may occur during natural smoking that render Cheddar cheese more susceptible to calcium lactate crystal formation. Nine random-weight (approximately 300 g) retail-packaged samples of smoked Cheddar cheese were obtained from a commercial manufacturer immediately after the samples were smoked for about 6 h at 20°C in a commercial smokehouse. Three similarly sized samples that originated from the same 19.1-kg block of cheese and that were not smoked were also obtained. Within 2 d after ...