Processed cheese and preparation method thereof

• Main Authors: SUN KEJIE, MO BEIHONG, SHI CHUNQUAN, LIN SUIPING, CUI KAILI, CHEN SHUAI, DUAN JIANPING, LIU ZHENMIN, ZHENG YUANRONG, XIAO YANG, GAO HONGYAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 08.02.2012
• Subjects: DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MAKING THEREOF; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The invention discloses a processed cheese and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) melting and mixing raw materials, wherein the raw materials include natural cheese, sweetener, butter oil, emulsifying salt, alcohol ester emulsifying agent, stabilizer and water, and the stabilizer is one or more than one of the group consisting of carrageenan, gelatin, agar, locust bean gum, sodium alginate and konjac glucomannan; (2) homogenization and pasteurization; (3) hot-pouring the mixture into a mould, inserting a rod, cooled by icy water or forming by cooling tunnel, and demoulding to obtain formed cheese; and (4) performing instant liquid nitrogen spraying on the surface of the formed cheese obtained from the step (3), coating, and cool-drying by sterilized air to obtain the finished product. The processed cheese with surface coating according to the invention fills in the blanks in the prior art, is more diversified in taste, better in sense of hierarchy and mo