The Reggiana population is a dairy cattle breed reared in the province of Reggio Emilia, located in the Italian Po Valley. Milk from this breed has been mainly used for the production of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. The Reggiana breed has shrunk from 84,000 cows in 1940 to 200 animals in 1984, having being replaced by much more productive HolsteinFriesian cows. Thanks to government support the b...

Metabolism of aromatic amino acids by lactic acid bacteria is an important source of off-flavor compounds in Cheddar cheese. Previous work has shown that alpha-keto acids produced from Trp, Tyr, and Phe by aminotransferase enzymes are chemically labile and may degrade spontaneously into a variety of off-flavor compounds. However, dairy lactobacilli can convert unstable alpha-keto acids to more-...

The aim of the study was to compare the effects of two different salting procedures on salt uptake, protein and moisture content, water activity (aw) weight yield, colour and quality of herring fillets. One group of herring fillets was brined with 20% brine solution for one day before dry salting while another group was dry salted only. After 27 days of salting, the fillets were desalted. Sampl...

Dairy products is considered the most complete foodstuff that provide human with of their vital needs. The aim this study to evaluate some chemical parameters and bacteriological quality traditional white soft cheese. Our finding indicates that, pH ranged between 5.72 7.25 an average 6.53, moisture percentage 37.76 % 54.95 45.03%, fat 1.2 4.3 2.36 %, protein 16.3 23.16 19.55 %. Ash 1.7% 2.8% 2....

compounds found in plants possess medicinal properties and act as biogenic stimulants. These substances are formed isolated tissues of animal plant origin during their adapting to adverse environmental conditions, exhibiting biological activity. Biogenic stimulants include extracts utilized pharmacology dairy cattle breeding enhance immunity, prevent infertility, increase productivity, elevate ...

The optimization of powder x-ray diffraction (PXRD) for the study of cheese crystals was the focus of this study. A survey was conducted of various manifestations of calcium lactate crystals on the rindless surface and within mechanical openings of Cheddar cheese using PXRD. The diffraction reference card database contained a card that was entitled calcium lactate pentahydrate and corresponded ...

It is widely accepted that children love sweets.' The consumption of sugars is higher in childhood and adolescence than in adult life, and sugars contribute over one-quarter of all calories to the preadolescent diet.2.3 Sensory preferences for sweet taste are higher among children than among adults. Children and adolescents optimally prefer higher sucrose concentrations than do adults and often...

An important study published in the current issue of the Journal (1) reports on the association between dairy fat consumption and the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke with the use of data from 3 large US cohorts (5,158,337 person-years of followup). In addition to analyzing the associations with dairy fat intake by using models containing typical ...

BACKGROUND The association between consumption of dairy products and the risk of developing metabolic syndrome (MetS) is unclear. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between consumption of dairy products (total and different subtypes) and incident MetS in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular disease risk. METHODS We prospectively analyzed 1868 m...