INDUSTRIE ALIMENTARI Vol. 63 - APRIL 2024

 

CONTENTS

 

5 - A forgotten cheese
G. Mottola

Giuncata PAT (Traditional agri-food product) is a fresh unripened “primo-sale” cheese made by milk originated from several animal (sheeps, goats, cows and buffalos), sometimes mixed. This cheese can be consumed at any time of the day, either alone or in combination with savory (black olives, fresh tomatoes and salads) or sweet ingredients, like honey.
In the current work, the author tries to recover an ancient dairy product from the Mediterranean areas, by ensuring the health and safety of the customers and by resembling and restoring at its best the ancient taste of this ancient cheese, previously obtained by using freshly milked goat milk. Among the several tests conducted, one of those was successful in resembling at its best the taste and food security of this Homeric cheese from Magna Grecia. This was done through a thermal treatment at 65°-68 °C, with phosphatase and peroxidase present. However, the obtainment of such resembling fails for parameters below the abovementioned threshold, although milk total microbial load is below 300.000.

 

DEPARTMENTS

 

14 - MACHINES
18 - DOWNSTREAM
24 - ANALYSIS
26 - PACKAGING
32 - PRODUCTS
36 - SUSTAINABILITY
38 - SAFETY FOOD
42 - APPLIED RESEARCH
48 - MARKETING
62 - LAWS
64 - NEWS
68 - DIARY
74 - AITA
80 - COMPANY DIRECTORY