Heat Treated Cheese
The use of thermally pasteurized products as a partial or full replacement of natural cheese offers food manufacturers significant improvements in both functionality and flavour, combined with shelf life benefits.
The stable emulsion created in the conversion of insoluble calcium para-casein in natural cheese to soluble sodium caseinate in the thermally pasteurised product is primarily responsible for the functionality improvements.
Natural cheese products such as Cheddar cheese release fat readily when heated, resulting in deterioration in flavour, when one of the key flavour drivers, fat, separates from the product.
The thermally pasteurized products produced by Meadow Cheese however, because of the stable emulsion, maintain a true cheese flavour profile throughout most applications.