PROCESSED CHEESE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

[PROBLEMS] To provide a processed cheese which is adaptable to various packing forms through a hot-melt process and contains a lactic acid bacterium (which contributes to health) in a living state while maintaining its characteristic properties, and also provide a method for production of the processed cheese. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Disclosed is a processed cheese characterized in that a lactic acid bacterium added after a hot-melt processing of a cheese raw material for the processed cheese exists in a living state in the processed cheese. Also disclosed is a method for production of a processed cheese comprising a first step wherein a cheese raw material for the process cheese is subjected to hot-melt processing; and a second step wherein a lactic acid bacterium is added to the cheese raw material.