Dairy Tech Test
Dairy Tech Test
Dairy Tech Test
Soft cheeses have more moisture, which makes them ripen more quickly and gives them a much
shorter shelf life than hard cheeses.
Hard cheeses are those with a lower moisture level, so hard cheeses are firmer than soft cheeses.
Hard cheese typically has a moisture content under 50%. Pressure can also affect the hardness
Soft cheeses are only aged briefly if at all, while hard cheeses can be aged for weeks, months, or even
years.
Some of the soft cheeses, such as ricotta, mozzarella, and cottage cheese, are considered fresh
cheeses because they aren’t aged at all and typically still contain some whey (which is removed
in other types of cheeses.) These varieties are also sometimes called unripened cheeses.
Soft cheeses are made by mixing caseins, the protein from milk, with acids.
Hard cheeses are made by mixing coagulated milk proteins with rennet (an enzyme) and then
aging the cheese using bacteria or molds.
NUTRITIONALLY;
Harder cheese tend to be higher in calcium than other types
Hard cheeses are typically lactose free, so people with lactose intolerance can eat them
Soft and hard fats in milk? Soft milk fat are = oleic and butyric
Milk fat differs from other fats – bcz of larger % of saturated fatty acids
Sharps formula
Saponification is a process by which triglycerides are reacted with sodium or potassium hydroxide (lye)
to produce glycerol and a fatty acid salt, called "soap."
The saponification number is the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to neutralize
the fatty acids resulting from the complete hydrolysis of 1g of fat .
The process of raising or lowering the percent of fat in milk or cream to a desired
standard is called = standardization
Fatty acids synthesized in mammary gland are = lower chain fatty acids
Process to increase in volume caused by whipping air into the ice cream mix
during freezing is called= overrun
Calcium Chloride (CaCI2) is a salt solution, which is used in cheese making to restore the
calcium balance of milk. It is required to re-balance the calcium content of milk as the
manufacturing processes of pasteurization, heating and rapidly cooling the milk, and
homogenization decreases the amount of calcium in the milk and can affect the clotting
properties.
This will be noticeable by a slower coagulation of the milk after adding the Rennet, a softer,
less stable curd and in some cases where the calcium levels are extremely low, no coagulation
at all.
Adding Calcium Chloride to your milk brings the calcium content back into balance and will
result in a firmer curd, that you will find much easier to cut and work with.
(It is added to fresh milk, it could prevent curdling for days, the same way it could preserve
dead bodies- Formalin" (Approx. 40% formaldehyde in aqueous solution) used as preservative)
Chlorine compounds have widespread acceptance in the dairy industry due to=
high sanitizing efficiency