Objective Measurements of the Process of Curd Formation during Rennet Treatment of Milks by the Hot Wire Method

A new thermal method for nondestructive, continuous and objective measurements of the progress of curd development was proposed to obtain much more uniform industrial cheese production. The temperature measurements of the electrically heated (direct electric current, 0.7A) platinum wire (0.1 mmo× 106 mm) immersed axially in the renneted whole milk (volume, 660L) adequately monitored the whole process of milk curd coagulation in the actual cheesemaking. In addition, the temperature of the hot wire referred to the initial temperature resulted in the kinematic viscosity of the coagulating milks.

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