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Effect of cholesterol-reduced and zinc fortification treatments on physicochemical, functional, textural, microstructural and sensory properties of soft cheese
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Galante, Micaela
Pavón, Yanina
Lazzaroni, Sandra
Soazo, Marina del Valle
Costa, Silvia
Boeris, Valeria
Risso, Patricia Hilda
Rozycki, Sergio
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Resumen
The aim of this study was to produce and evaluate a soft cheese fortified with zinc and with cholesterol-reduced content. To meet this objective, a cream base was prepared, from which cholesterol was removed using b-cyclodextrin as extracting agent. Then, cholesterol-reduced content cheese with and without the addition of zinc salts (ZnSO4 or ZnCl2) was produced. Additionally, a cheese without any treatment was prepared. Furthermore, physicochemical, textural, functional, microstructural and sensory determinations were performed. As a result, 87–94% zinc-fortified and 93% cholesterol-reduced cheese samples were obtained, which had similar sensorial characteristics
to the cheese without treatment. Fil: Galante, Micaela. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; CONICET; Argentina Fil. Pavón, Yanina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Lazzaroni, Sandra. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Costa, Silvia. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Boeris, Valeria. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; CONICET; Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Química e Ingeniería, Argentina Fil: Rozycki, Sergio. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Soazo, Marina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Instituto de Química Rosario (CONICET); Argentina Fil: Risso, Patricia Hilda. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Instituto de Física Rosario (CONICET); Argentina