Role of starter enzymes during ripening of cheddar cheese made from pasteurized milk under controlled microbiological conditions

International Dairy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Lane, Cáit N ^a   Fox, Patrick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cheddar cheese; proteinase negative starters; proteinase positive; proteolysis; starter free

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030935535     PISSN: 09586946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-6946(96)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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