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Research Project: New Sustainable Processing Technologies to Produce Healthy, Value-Added Foods from Specialty Crops

Location: Healthy Processed Foods Research

Title: How cheese is processed

Author
item McHugh, Tara

Submitted to: Food Technology
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/12/2017
Publication Date: 2/1/2017
Citation: McHugh, T.H. 2017. How cheese is processed. Food Technology. 71(2):73-75.

Interpretive Summary: This review disucsses how cheese is processed. It also describes the properties of this important food.

Technical Abstract: This column continues the theme of "How Is It Processed?" with a focus on cheese. A fun fact is that it takes 10 pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese. Production of cheese is described in this column, as well as the effects of processing on the final properties of this popular food.