Elaboração e estabilidade de queijo minas frescal de leite de búfala concentrado por ultrafiltração e com reduzido teor de sódio

Abstract

The constant demand for healthier foods has been an ongoing challenge for the food industry in general. In the dairy sector in particular, several opportunities have arisen with the recent discoveries of special nutritional gains of lipids and proteins from milk. In this context we highlight the use of new technologies and also milk from species other than bovine milk, the most consumed by the population. In the present study as well as bring a macroelements analysis to define the amount of sodium in frescal ultrafiltered cheese samples the basis of bovine milk, we sought to mainly we sought the development of a new product, fresh cheese obtained through ultrafiltration technology with the use of buffalo milk and low sodium. This way it was possible to use the benefit of the best yield of buffalo milk which has a higher concentration of proteins and lipids; their different nutritional properties and evaluating the final products with reduced sodium throughout its period of storage. The results of the statistical analysis indicated no significant difference at 5% significance level, between acceptances at different times of storage of cheese manufactured. Statistically significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) with respect to time of refrigerated storage for 40 days at 5 ± 1 ° C for the attributes firmness, brittleness, elasticity and gumminess, indicating that the cheese was less firm, less brittle, less elastic and less gummy during storage under refrigeration. We concluded that the use of membrane technology applied to buffalo milk is an attractive alternative because of higher yields, as well as the use of special salt with low sodium, proved to be an interesting alternative to meet the demand of public health, to reduce the sodium content in food.