The effects of pH-stat long-term lactic acid bacterial activity prior to curd formation on the development of cheese structure in a fat free model cheese : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Food Technology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorKhodamoradi Dashtaki, Abbas
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dc.date.available2020-01-27T03:46:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionMost Figures from published sources have been removed for copyright reasons but may be accessed via their source listed in the References. Figures 2-1, 2-32, 2-33 do not have an accessible source and therefore remain. Corresponding Figures from journal sources are as follows: Fig 2.4 (=Dalgleish, 2011 Fig 5; Fig 2.18 (=Dalgleish & Corredig, 2012 Fig 4 a & b); Fig 2.20 (=Bech, 1993 Fig 4); Fig 2.21 (=McSweeney, 2004 Fig 5); Fig 2.22 (=Sousa et al., 2001 Fig 1); Fig 2.24 (=Tunick, 2000 Fig 3); Fig 2.26 (=Tunick, 2000 Fig 1); 2.28 (Waungana et al., 1998 Fig 2); Fig 2.29 (=Guinee et al., 1998 Fig 1); Fig 5.11 (=Piraino et al., 2007 Fig 1 e & f & b); & Fig 5.14 (=Lane & Fox, 1997 Fig 6).en_US
dc.description.abstractCheese ripening is an important step in most cheese production practices during which a tasteless fresh cheese is converted to a tasty and flavourful product with specific textural attributes. However, the complexity of its composition (pH, solubilisation of calcium from the colloidal casein proteins, salt concentration, acid production rate, indigenous and added enzymes, residual activity of the enzymes etc.) coupled with the length of time associated with manufacturing which in some cases can be in excess of two years has made it a complicated area of study. The influences of the composition and process contributors are confounded and it is impossible to connect the impact of one particular parameter on cheese making steps and quality attributes. pH has proven to be an important influential factor to influence the extent of effects of other parameters with significant influence on other ruling parameters in milk, curd and cheese. Proteolysis during ripening is the most important physicochemical pathway to define the quality of cheese. One of the major factors governing cheese ripening reactions is the starter bacteria. This study has aimed to characterise the effects of starter bacteria activity on curd formation and resultant cheese textural attributes of the long fermented cheesemilk. By developing a pH-stat system, long fermentations carried out to assess the proteolytic activity of selected starter lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on a milk based medium before rennet addition. It was attempted to assess the degree of hydrolysis of cheesemilk through extended bacterial fermentation, conducted under pH-stat conditions, prior to curd formation. The effects of the bacterial activity on casein proteins during pH-stat long term (PSLT) fermentations were evaluated by assessing proteolysis index from pH4.6 soluble nitrogen as a fraction of total nitrogen (pH4.6SN/TN). The proteolysis of proteins during PSLT was further assessed by doing reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) on 70%Ethanol soluble (70%EtOHS) and insoluble (70%EtOHI) fractions of pH4.6 soluble fraction of the samples. The effects of PLST fermentation on formation of small-size peptides were assessed by quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (Q-ToF MS) on the 70%EtOHS fraction. The effect of PLST fermentation on ‘depth of proteolysis’ during cheese ripening were assessed by analysing the quantity of free amino acid (FAA) formed in resultant cheese after 12 months storage at 4°C. The impact of PLST fermentation on gel formation attributes were assessed by doing dynamic law amplitude oscillatory rheometry (DLAOR). The consequent effects on resultant cheese texture were evaluated using texture profile analysis (TPA). The impact of PSLT on microstructure were assessed by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The results provided evidence for the adequacy of developed fermentation to conduct PSLT with reproducible results. High correlation between the parameters of the PSLT fermentation system were obtained. The proteolysis index measured from the PSLT fermentations with different durations showed evidences on the significance of LAB proteolytic system on cheese milk prior to curd formation. The proteolysis index for the longest fermentation prior to curd formation was 5% which was comparable to day one cheese proteolysis index, in presence of rennet, in most cheeses varieties. Peptide profiling of the 70%EtOHS and 70%EtOHI sub-fractions of pH4.6S showed significant (p<0.05) effects arising from PSLT fermentations. Analysis of FAA of ripened cheese also showed a significant increase (p<0.05) in the samples with longer PSLT (20 times increase in total free amino acids compared to non-fermented treatment) fermentations. The differences in gelation behaviour of the sample and textural attributes of cheese and microstructure of final cheese were connected to the extent of proteolytic activity of LAB during PSLT fermentations. The hardness of cheese significantly (p<0.05) decreased (up to ~60%) by increasing fermentation duration over the studied timescale.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/15124
dc.identifier.wikidataQ112936943
dc.identifier.wikidata-urihttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112936943
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectCheeseen_US
dc.subjectMicrobiologyen_US
dc.subjectCheesemakingen_US
dc.subjectCaseinen_US
dc.subjectBacterial starter culturesen_US
dc.subjectHydrogen-ion concentrationen_US
dc.titleThe effects of pH-stat long-term lactic acid bacterial activity prior to curd formation on the development of cheese structure in a fat free model cheese : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Food Technology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorKhodamoradi Dashtaki, Abbas
thesis.degree.disciplineFood Technologyen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
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