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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

ΕΠΙΤΑΧΥΝΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΩΡΙΜΑΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΟΥ ΦΕΤΑ

Abstract

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THE ACCELARATED RIPENING OF FETA CHEESE WAS ACHIEVED BY THE ADDITION TO THE CHEESEMILK A) NEUTRAL PROTEINASE FROM B. SUBTILIS, B) ACID PROTEINASE FROM ASP. ORYZAE AND C) CULTURES FROM LB. BULGARICUS AND STR. THERMOPHILUS WITH INCREASED NUMBER OF CELLS WHOSE ABILITY OF ACID PRODUCTION FROM LACTOSE WAS REDUCED BY HEATING AT 63 C. THE RIPENING OF CHEESES WAS EVALUATED UP TO 8 MONTHS BY DETERMINING THE PH, MOISTURE, FAT, ACID DEGREE VALUE, BRINE CONCENTRATION, TOTAL N, NON PROTEIN N AND N OF AMINO ACIDS, DIACETYL, ACETALDEHYDE AND FREE FATTY ACIDS. POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PAGE) OF CHEESE SAMPLES WAS USED TO COMPARE THE EXTENT OF DEGRADATION OF CASEIN FRACTIONS IN TREATED AND UNTREATED CHEESES DURING RIPENING. MICROFLORA EVALUATION DURING RIPENING WAS ALSO STUDIED. ORGANOLEPTIC ASSEMENT SHOWED THAT THE TREATED CHEESES DEVELOPED TYPICAL FLAVOUR, BODY AND TEXTURE IN HALF THE TIME (40 DAYS) COMPARED TO THE UNTREATED CHEESES (80 DAYS). ALSO THE QUALITY OF TREATED CHEESES DID NOT DETERIORATE FOR AT LEAST 8 MONTHS. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ADDITION OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES IN THE CHEESEMILK MAY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF SMALL PEPTIDES AND AMINOACIDS BY UP TO 400% OF THE NORMAL LEVEL IN 40-DAY OLD CHEESES. ANY INCREASE, THOUGH, OF THESE SUBSTANCES BEYOND 175% OF THE NORMAL, IMPARTED BITTER FLAVOUR TO THE CHEESE. IT WAS ALSO FOUNDTHAT THE ADDITION OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF LIPASE TO THE CHEESEMILK WAS NECESSARY SO THAT THE CHEESES OF HIGH PROTEOLYSIS OBTAIN A TYPICAL AND BALANCED FLAVOUR. A DISADVANTAGE OF ACCELARATED RIPENING OF FETA CHEESE, WITH THE ADDITION OF PROTEINASES IN CHEESE MILK, IS THE REDUCED YIELD OF CHEESES (ABOUT 3,16% WITH PROTEINASE FROM B. SUBTILIS AND 2,63% FROM ASP. ORYZAE).

Degree

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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Year dc:date
1987

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Βαφοπούλου-Μαστρογιαννάκη, Άννα
  • Vafopoulou-Mastrojiannaki, Anna

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0451
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0451

Chain of custody

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Greek National Archive of PhD Theses
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2026-07-24
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citation

Βαφοπούλου-Μαστρογιαννάκη, Άννα; Vafopoulou-Mastrojiannaki, Anna. ΕΠΙΤΑΧΥΝΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΩΡΙΜΑΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΟΥ ΦΕΤΑ. Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0451