Abstract: A method of making a pasta filata cheese can use equipment and methods typically used in making processed cheese. The method produces a cheese having all of the characteristics of a traditional pasta filata cheese in improved yields and with reduced waste by-products. Pasta filata designates cheeses having a plastic pliable homogeneous stringy structure, and includes such well-know cheeses as mozzarella and provolone.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 6, 2000
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2002
Assignee:
Bongards' Creameries, Inc.
Inventors:
Troy Gascoigne, Brent Jewett, Roger Ochsner