FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (18): 35-41.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201718006

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Screening of Strains of Adjunct Culture for Improving Bitterness of Low-Sodium Cheese

SONG Lanlan, MA Chunli, QU Qian, ZHANG Rui, SHI Jingwen   

  1. (Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China)
  • Online:2017-09-25 Published:2017-09-04

Abstract: With the aim of counteracting the bitterness of low-sodium cheese, 21 Lactobacillus strains isolated from raw milk and Cheddar cheese were evaluated for low-temperature growth, acid-producing capacity, autolytic activity, aminopeptidase activity, proteolytic activity and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content. The isolated strains were analyzed further by multivariate statistical method. The results showed that strain C5 presented not only low acid-producing activity, high aminopeptidase activity and high autolytic activity, but also high proteolytic capacity; strain C8 displayed higher aminopeptidase activity; strain C9 exhibited higher proteolytic capacity in addition to higher autolytic activity. In addition, the fermentation broth of all the three strains contained lower than 5 μmol/L GABA. Therefore, they had the potential to improve the bitterness of low-sodium cheese, and could be the good candidates of adjunct cultures for low-sodium cheese production.

Key words: low-sodium cheese, bitterness, adjunct cultures, screening

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