Rendimento, identidade qualidade do queijo muçarela em função do teor de caseína no leite

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of milk casein on the yield, identity and quality of the cheese. Three individual producers were selected, with the following treatments: milk with a casein content> 80%; With casein between 60 and 80% and below <60%. Before the cheese production, the milk was evaluated for somatic cell count, total bacterial count and determination of milk composition. The cheese whey and the filament water were evaluated for fat and protein. The cheese was evaluated for microbiological and physical chemical parameters. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design and the casein content was considered as the treatment. The results obtained from the physicochemical analyzes of the milk, cheese whey, fillet, cheese and yield of the three treatments were evaluated statistically by the method of analysis of variance, and the means submitted to the Tukey test at the level of 5% . It is concluded that the casein content is related to the higher industrial yield of mozzarella cheese, provided that the processing conditions are strictly controlled.