- Cheese was first used as diet about 2500 year ago.
- Cheddar cheese was first time originated in England.
- 100 g cheddar cheese gives about 400 calories
- Fat content in cheddar cheese is 33 %
- Colour used in cheddar cheese is not more than 20 ml/100 kg milk
- Average salt in cheddar cheese is 1.5 %
- Amount of rennet in cheddar cheese is 15-20 ml/100 lit milk
- Paraffining of cheese is done for reducing moisture
- Cottage cheese is made from skim milk
- Fat content in cottage cheese is 1-2 %
- Processed cheese is the modified form of natural cheese
- Fat % in processed cheese should not less than 40 %
- Eye formation is the quality of Swiss cheese
- Eye formation in cheese is due to Propionibacterium shermanii
- Mozzarella cheese originated in Italy
- Mozzarella cheese is used for pizza making
- Raw material for mozzarella cheese is cow milk
- Rind rot is the defect of cheese due to excess acidity
- Vegetable rennet is obtain from Withania coagulans plant seed
- Limburger cheese is originated in Belgium
- Gouda cheese is found in Holland
- Kumiss is prepared from Mare’s milk
- Kumiss is used for treating Tuberculosis
- Kefir is prepared from Goat milk
- Whole milk curd contain 5-8% fat
- Sweetened curd contains 6.25% sugar
- Butter flavour is due to Diacetyl
- Ice cream should not contain less than 10% fat
- Superization is a type of pasteurization
- Whey has green colour
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
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