Cheese products containing galacto-oligosaccharides and having reduced lactose levels

摘要

Disclosed is a method for producing a galacto-oligosaccharide-containing cheese product comprising: a) treating a lactose-containing dairy substrate with lactase enzyme(s) having trans-galactosylation activity and hydrolytic activities for a time and at a temperature effective for converting at least 20 percent of the lactose present in the dairy substrate to galacto-oligosaccharides; and b) processing the treated dairy substrate to provide a cheese product having at least about 0.5 grams galacto-oligosaccharides per serving, and less than about 1 gram lactose per serving, wherein the cheese product is selected from the group consisting of cottage cheese, process cheese, and cream cheese, wherein the lactose-containing dairy substrate has at least about 7 percent lactose for process cheese and cream cheese and at least about 4 percent lactose for cottage cheese, and wherein the serving size for process cheese and cream cheese is 1 ounce and the serving size for cottage cheese is 4 ounces.