NON-CULTURED SIMULATED CHEESE PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME BY DIRECT CONVERSION OF DRY, PARTICULATE RENNET CASEIN

摘要

A cheese-like product is derived from dry rennet casein and generally exhibits the body, texture and eating quality of cheese. The cheese-like product is a substantially homogeneous mass of predetermined consistency and contains at least about 25 percent by weight of previously dry but solvated edible rennet casein as the principal protein source, a solvation agent and water. A bland edible oil or fat and a suitable flavoring agent (or agents) can be present in quantities sufficient to impart to the product the characteristic fat content and flavor of the desired cheese analog. A coloring agent may also be present. The cheese-like product is produced by the direct conversion of dry, particulate rennet casein to a substantially homogeneous mass of cheese-like consistency at an elevated temperature.