Reduced-Fat, Reduced-Salt Cheddar Cheese
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VALUE PROPOSITION
As consumers become more health conscious, the demand for healthier cheese with reduced levels of fat and salt is growing. Despite this, there are very few reduced-fat, reduced-salt Cheddar cheeses on the market, and the flavour and texture is typically inferior to full-fat, full-salt cheese. We have now developed a reduced-fat, reduced-salt Cheddar cheese that conforms to both fat and salt EU regulations but retains excellent flavour, texture and sensory qualities.
OPPORTUNITY
This technology, which is scalable, would be an attractive licensing opportunity for Cheddar cheese manufacturers and would also be adaptable to other cheeses, especially dry-salted cheeses.
DEVELOPMENT STAGE
The proprietary cheese-making process and cheese composition is protected as confidential know-how.
ADVANTAGES
We have developed a unique manufacturing process which produces reduced-fat, reduced-salt Cheddar cheeses with a texture and flavour on par with full-fat, full-salt Cheddar cheese. The cheese has 30% less fat and salt than normal Cheddar; in addition it has more protein and calcium. This was achieved through careful optimisation of the cheese-making process parameters, cheese composition and the selection of appropriate starter and adjunct cultures blends.
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