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CHEESE STARTER
CULTURES RELEASED
A new range of innovative starter cultures for
industrial pizza cheese and pasta filata makers has
been released by DuPont Nutrition & Health to
offer consistency and reliability in their customers’
operations. The CHOOZIT SWIFT 600 is the latest
addition to the stable available for years in the
Americas and European markets, and provides a
solution for increasing productivity with no compromise.
Under intense pressure to operate efficiently,
cheese plants are sometimes forced to adjust their
process times due to starter cultures that don’t perform
consistently, which causes production delays
that impact quality and, ultimately, the bottom line.
CHOOZIT SWIFT 600 is mostly resistant to bacteriophage
and rarely impacted by changes in milk or
the plant environment. In comparison with other
cheese cultures on the market, the new cultures
are formulated for fast and consistent acidification
time and produce more consistent texture. “While
our competitors may offer one or two consistently
high-performing starter cultures, ours allow
customers to utilise six rotations,” cheese senior
application specialist Brian Bartholomew says.“This
brings about such consistency in production that
pizza cheese and pasta filata makers can set the
cultures and then move on without worry to other
steps in the production process. The robust culture
rotation eliminates production delays we often see
in daily cheese making, allowing plants to work
at greater speeds without jeopardising texture or
overall quality.” Today, many cheese manufacturers
are frequently adjusting processing times
and conditions to obtain the desired performance
from culture programmes offered by competitors.
Bartholomew says these adjustments impact the
consistency of cheese yield in terms of attaining
moisture and dry solid targets to produce cheeses
that meet their customers’ specifications. The new
cultures have been designed to ensure iso-functional
performance, and consistent and secure acidification.
This helps food manufacturers to improve
the shelf life and functionality of their products
while reducing the potential for downgrades.
DuPont Nutrition & Health is also introducing
CHOOZIT AMERI-FLE, for American-style cheese,
including cheddar, colby and jack. This is a one-bag
direct-to -vatculture system, with the single pouch
blend of fast acidifying mesophilic and thermophilic
strains formulated for reliability, dependability and
phage robustness. Two robust formulations in this
range are designed to provide flexibility for producing
American cheese types in multiple processing
conditions. According to Innova Market Insights,
between 2012 and 2017, new cheese product development
increased at 15.5% compound annual
growth rate. The increasing perception of cheese
as a natural and healthy snack option, interest in
origin, consumer demand for unusual flavours and
convenient formats (slices, strings, spreadable) are
cited as key factors in driving these product launches.
For more information: www.danisco.com/
product-range/dairy-cultures/cheese-cultures/
Lesaffre Human Care, supplier of
high quality ingredients for yeast and
bacteria fermentation for the global
human care markets, also produces
LifeinU Bacillus subtilis CU1 - a highly
stable probiotic bacterium for immune
support with proven efficacy. LifeinU
BSCU1 is made of an exclusive
and patented strain of Bacillus
subtilis registered as CNCM I-2745,
which has been clinically proven to
support the body's natural defences,
especially in people with a weakened
immune system. It has also been
established that daily consumption
is safe and does not induce sideeffects.
Beneficial effects of LifeinU
BSCU1 consumption have been
demonstrated in a four-month clinical
trial conducted in healthy seniors, in
collaboration with an independent
expert in gastroenterology. Findings
of this clinical study have been
published in the peer-reviewed
Immunity & Ageing journal, and
showed that consumption of a daily
dose (20mg/day) of LifeinU BSCU1
significantly boosts natural defences
by increasing sIgA concentrations
in the intestine and saliva by 87%
and 45% (respectively), and reduces
the frequency of upper respiratory
infections by 45%. LifeinU BSCU1 can
survive extreme conditions, such as
exposure to the human gastrointestinal
tract and harsh manufacturing
processes, which allows it to deliver
its health benefits through a diverse
range of dietary supplements as well
as food and beverage applications.
After 10 days consumption
“LifeinU BSCU1’s outstanding
stability is a tremendous asset for our
customers in helping them formulate
end-products that will resonate with
today’s demanding consumers,”
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Watts (Lesaffre’s New Zealand
representative) Natasha Sabatier says.
“It is a safe and reliable ingredient that
has been used for decades in dietary
supplements and functional food and
beverages worldwide.”
For more information or samples, contact Hawkins Watts
on +64 9 622 2720 or sales@hawkinswatts.com
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