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Food Commodities - Cheese Made from milk of cows, sheep, goats and buffalo. Can

Food Commodities - Cheese Made from milk of cows, sheep, goats and buffalo. Can use whole, semi - or skimmed milks. HOW CHEESE IS MADE. Pasteurised milk poured into vat. Milk cooled to 30degreesC and a STARTER CULTURE of bacteria added.

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Food Commodities - Cheese Made from milk of cows, sheep, goats and buffalo. Can

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  1. Food Commodities - Cheese Made from milk of cows, sheep, goats and buffalo. Can use whole, semi - or skimmed milks.

  2. HOW CHEESE IS MADE • Pasteurised milk poured into vat. • Milk cooled to 30degreesC and a STARTER CULTURE of bacteria added. • LACTIC ACID BACTERIA change LACTOSE in the milk to LACTIC ACID. • Lactic acid COAGULATES the protein, preserves the cheese and adds flavour and texture. • RENNET is added. An enzyme in it coagulates the milk and turns it into solid CURDS and liquid WHEY. • Curds are cut and whey drained. In soft cheese this happens naturally, in hard cheese the curds are heated, cut and pressed. Salt added to preserve. • Cheese is RIPENED – four weeks to several years. • Ripening causes the texture and flavour to develop and an outer, RIND. • Ripened cheese is cut and sold.

  3. Nutritional Value PROTEIN: HIGH BIOLOGICAL VALUE as made from milk. Hard cheese more protein than soft cheese as it’s concentrated. FAT: mainly saturated fat. Hard cheese is 33% fat. Soft cheeses 4%. VITAMINS: Vitamin A and some D and B group. Depends on animal and time of year. MINERALS: calcium and good amount of phosphorus, sodium (salt added) WATER: Hard cheese 33% water. Soft cheese more.

  4. When cheese is heated it changes colour & flavour. If cooking continues the fat melts & separates out & the protein coagulates, this makes the cheese tough & stringy & difficult to digest. BUYING CHEESE • Cheese remains fresh for several days. Make sure plastic packaging is not broken or mould will enter. STORING CHEESE • Perishable; soft more than hard cheese. • Hard cheese store for months in the right conditions. Refrigerate and keep in sealed box in ‘fridge (O-4degreesC)

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