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Physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of Kulek cheese made from raw and heat-treated milk

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The effect of heat treatment and commercial starter culture utilization on the physicochemical and microbiological properties of Kulek cheese made from raw milk with or without starter culture and heated milk with starter culture were investigated during ripening. Titratable acidity (TA) was the highest in cheeses made from heated milk while total solids (TS), salt, and fat were the highest in cheeses made from raw milk. The heat treatment significantly decreased the counts of coliforms and Enterobacteriaceae in cheeses. At the beginning of the ripening period, cheeses manufactured from heated milk with starter exhibited significantly higher counts of lactococci and proteolytic organisms and lower counts of lactobacilli than the other cheeses. After the first day, raw milk cheeses without starter showed higher microbiological counts than the others. In fresh cheeses, Lactococcus was the main lactic acid bacterium, with Lc. lactis lactis being predominant. Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus paracasei paracasei dominated at the later stages of the ripening.

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Dervisoglu, M., Aydemir, O. Physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of Kulek cheese made from raw and heat-treated milk. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 23, 451–460 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-006-9246-x

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