Abstract:
A crate (1) for a cheese, said crate (1) comprising a base (2), an open top (3) substantially parallel to the base (2), a peripheral wall (4), the peripheral wall (4) forming a closed contour and forming with the base (2) a space (8) intended to receive the cheese, the peripheral wall (4) comprising a medium portion (29) which is approximately at mid-height of the space (8) intended to receive the cheese and further having at least one through-hole (36, 60) formed therein. The peripheral wall (4) comprises a solid strip (27) enclosing the space (8) intended to receive the cheese while being substantially parallel to the base (2), said solid strip (27) including the medium portion (29) of the peripheral wall (4) and having a minimum height which is at least 15% of the height of the space (8) intended to receive the cheese.
Abstract:
A refrigerator having a curd maker to make curd directly disposed in a refrigerating compartment wherein curd is made by the curd maker disposed in the refrigerating compartment and is kept fresh. The refrigerator includes a curd maker provided in a refrigerating compartment to ferment milk into curd, wherein the curd maker includes a case including an outer case forming an external appearance of the case and an inner case provided in the outer case, an insulation member provided between the outer case and the inner case, a curd container received in the inner case to store milk, a heater provided between the inner case and the insulation member to heat the curd container, a fan to supply cool air from the refrigerating compartment to the curd container to cool the curd container, and a temperature sensor to measure temperature in the curd maker.
Abstract:
A horizontal supply conveyor carrying a board with a number of loaves of cheese thereon is mounted for vertical adjustment in front of the open ends of a multiplicity of horizontal guideways disposed in superimposed and in juxtaposed relationship. By selective adjustment and selective operation of the conveyor the board is moved into registry with a selected one of said guideways whereupon a pushing device pushes the board from the conveyor and into the guideway in which similar loaded boards are stored the last one of which is thus discharged from the rear of the selected guideway onto another conveyor to be moved back to the first conveyor by transporting means which include a device for turning over the loaf. The walls separating adjacent units constitute ducts for the supply and discharge of air to the guideways accommodating the loaves of cheese.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method of selecting the suitability of a lighting device (100) for use in cheese lighting, the method comprising (a) defining a normalization factor (k) for a spectral power distribution (SPD(λ)) of lighting device light (101) of said lighting device (100) in a wavelength range of 380-780 nm, (b) defining the lighting device (100) suitable for use in cheese lighting when a cheese damage function value (CDFV) is equal to or below 2, wherein the cheese damage function value (CDFV) is defined as: (I) wherein: (II) wherein y (λ) is a 2-degree color matching function, and wherein DF(λ)=1 for 380 nm≤λ
Abstract:
A process is provided for the recovery and reuse of a salt solution obtained from a salty effluent (as herein defined) comprising: (1) passing said salty effluent, optionally after removing any fine particles therefrom, through a membrane filtration system which separates the salt in the form of a salt solution from the food residues; (2) passing said salt solution through an evaporator to decrease the water content thereof; (3) adjusting the temperature of the salt solution, typically within the range 15.degree.-25.degree. C., so as to control the concentration of the saturated salt solution obtained in step (4) herein below; (4) adding salt to said salt solution to produce a saturated salt solution; (5) adjusting the temperature of the saturated salt solution to that required in the salting of the food product; and (6) applying said salt solution to the food product Also provided is an apparatus for the recovery and reuse of a salt solution obtained from a salty effluent (as herein defined) comprising: (1) a nanofiltration device for removing food residues from the salty effluent to produce a salt solution; (2) an evaporator connected to said device to decree the water content of the salt solution emanating from said device; (3) first heat control means connected to said evaporator for controlling the temperature of the salt solution emerging from the evaporator to control the concentration of the saturated salt solution referred to in paragraph 4 below; (4) means connected to said heat control means for adding salt to the salt solution to produce a saturated salt solution; and (5) second heat control means to control the temperature of the salt solution, prior to the application of said salt solution to the food product to be salted.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for developing a uniform temperature gradient in a block of cheese. The apparatus includes a chamber for receiving a cheese block. The chamber has a uniform cross section and has opposed openings separated by the length of the chamber. The chamber is surrounded by insulation on the peripheral surface between the openings. A heat exchange surface is disposed over and closes one of the openings. A second heat exchange surface is disposed over and closes the other of the openings. The temperature of the two heat exchange surfaces are different. When a block of cheese is disposed within the chamber, a temperature gradient can be established in the block of cheese in a relatively short period of time. Thereafter, the cheese block can be sliced into appropriate sections for determining moisture content as a function of cheese temperature.
Abstract:
A tray for making cheese has a plate having upper and lower faces and a frame having walls having an inner surface connected to the plate about its periphery, thereby defining upper and lower tray portions. The frame has a slot positioned, respectively, adjacent each of the upper and lower plate faces for receiving a removable store which, upon insertion, is juxtaposed to a surface of the plate. Block molds may be positioned on the store, and a second tray may be placed above, so that the frame walls of the trays are in contact and so that the upper tray portion of the first tray and the lower tray portion of the second tray nest around the molds.
Abstract:
A method of accelerating the ripening of cheese is disclosed wherein cheese is placed in an electric field during part of the ripening process. During the ripening process, the direction of the electric field is changed at a constant or varying frequency during the entire course of the ripening process.