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REA Plastic Storage Systems for Professionals.
by Egon Skovmose on Friday, April 12, 2002
REA Plastic Storage Systems, great for dairy plant or everyday use.
Features:
-Heat & Cold resistant
-Hygienic (HACCP approved)
-Easy to clean
-Rust free
-Weight capacity 200 kg/ meter
-High quality synthetic material
-Durable and stable
For food laboratory, dry-goods strage, chillers, freezers and cheese ripening rooms there is a great demand for a reliable, versatile and hygienic storage system. REA Plastic Storage Systems meet these requirements and have demonstrated durability, functionality and option quality for almost 40 years. REA shelving and trolleys are available in a large range of standard dimensions and can also be delivered in special configurations.
To customize your configuration visit -
http://www.rea.nl
Geotrichum candidum
by Egon Skovmose on Friday, April 5, 2002
Have you tried Geotrichum candidum in your cheese?
Geo. cand. is a very common mould in the dairy industy. Characteristics are its white to coloured, flat, sometimes almost transparent colonies, which however, may also appear tomentose or powdery with some strains.
Due to its proteolytic and lipolytic activety Geo. cand. plays a significant role in ripening process and greatly influences the appearence, structure and flavour of cheese.
Application:
- White mould cheeses (mould like types, with P. camemberti)
- Croute Mixte cheese (mould like types, with B. linens)
- Red smear cheeses (yeast like types, with yeasts, utilizes lactate
-->neutralization of surface --> stimulation of acid sensitive
smear flora, B. linens)
- Vilii (yeast like type)
- Proteolytic activety; less proteolytic than P. camemberti
deamination of amino acids (serine) --> NH3
(see Dairy Starter cultures, T.M. Cogan and J.-P. Accolas, 1995
page 216 - 229).
- Lipase to Oleic acid
Geotrichum candidum 3
Geo. cand. 3 is a fast growing strain with a very high salt and pH tolerance, which is especially appropriate for red smear cheese bacause the morphological form of this strain is yeast-like.
In contrast to strain 1,2 & 4, strain 3 does not form a thick white surface coating, but only gives a fine white dry appearance to the surface of the red smear or other cheese.
In addition the culture neutralizes the cheese surface and thus stimulates the growth of the red smear bacteria.
The optimum propegation temp. is approx. 25 C. (77 F), although this particular strain also grows well at a pH of about 4.5
The liquid geo. cand. culture has a cell count of 5 - 10 x 10/7 / Cfu/ml and can be kept for at least 4 weeks if stored at 4 - 5 C. (fridge).
The dosage recommended for the red smear treatment is about 5 ml culture per liter smear solution.
For more information on this and other cultures please contact us.
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