A total of 596 milk samples with varying fat (3.0 to 4.0%) and protein (3.0 to 4.0%) contents were used to make laboratory-scale cheese and to determine coagulating properties. Higher levels of fat and protein in milk were associated with higher cheese yield. Milk protein has greater effect on cheese yield than milk fat. Adjusted yield increased by 1.91 and 1.29% for every percentage increase in the protein and fat of milk, respectively. Higher levels of fat in milk produced a cheese containing higher fat content and lower protein content. Similarly, higher levels of protein in milk produced higher protein content and lower fat content of cheese. Higher protein to fat ratio (or casein to fat ratio) in milk was associated with better efficiency of fat retention in the cheese. Casein retention in the cheese was not affected by the levels of fat and protein, or protein to fat ratio in milk. Milk adjusted for fat and protein resulted in delayed coagulation and a significant decrease in the curd firmness when compared with unadjusted bulk tank milk having the same levels of the two components.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.60527 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Yanping, Lou |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Animal Science.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001245517, proquestno: AAIMM72100, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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