NEWS: Researchers add kid-friendly flavors to cheese - Dairy Herd news5/25/06

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Researchers add kid-friendly flavors to cheese

By Dairy Herd news source (Thursday, May 25, 2006)

 

Your kids could be saying "More cheese, please," thanks to a new process

that creates cheese in kid-appealing flavors, such as banana, bubble

gun, cotton candy, green apple and watermelon.

 

During a project funded by Dairy Management Inc., researchers at the

Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin made

string cheese using kid-friendly flavors.

 

During four initial trials, the research group focused on creating a

strawberry-flavored string cheese. The group encountered challenges

associated with pH and flavor retention. For instance, they learned that

the pH range of string cheese limited the expression of the strawberry

flavor.

 

Subsequent trials focused on using flavors detectable at pH ranges

similar to those of string cheese. During this round of trials, the

researchers made cotton-candy, bubble-gum, green-apple and

banana-flavored cheese. They also added colors to the milk in the vat to

create vibrant colors.

 

The researchers also have used the technology to make kid-friendly

flavors of processed cheese.

 

To learn more about the research, go to:

http://www.innovatewithdairy.com/InnovateWithDairy/Articles/Article_KidsCheese_

051506.htm

 

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