Review: Technological and organoleptic issues pertaining to cheeses with denomination of origin manufactured in the Iberian Peninsula from ovine and caprine milks

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2000

Authors

Freitas, AC (Author) Other; Macedo, AC (Author) Other; F. Xavier Malcata (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Food Science and Technology International

Vol. 6

Pages: 351-370

ISSN: 1082-0132

Publisher: SAGE

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 19 Citations

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-YV0

DOI: 10.1177/108201320000600502

Abstract (EN): A few European countries have created Appelations d'Origine Protegee (AOP) in order to support legal protection and hence promote enforcement of high-quality standards of selected food products. This paper comprehensively reviews and updates fundamental and applied aspects encompassing technological and organoleptic characteristics of AOP traditional cheeses manufactured in the Iberian Peninsula, from ovine and/or caprine milks. Those cheeses from Portugal and Spain can be divided into four distinctive groups, based on milk source and rennet type: (i) Azeitao, Castelo Branco, Evora, Nisa, Serpa, Serra da Estrela and La Serena cheeses, manufactured with raw ovine milk and coagulated via plant rennet; (ii) Terrincho, Idiazabal, Manchego, Roncal and Zamorano cheeses, elaborated with raw ovine milk and coagulated via animal rennet; (iii) Cabra Transmontano and Majorero cheeses, manufactured with raw caprine milk and coagulated via animal rennet; and (iv) Amarelo da Beira Baixa, Picante da Beira Baixa and Rabacal cheeses, manufactured with mixtures of raw ovine and caprine milks and coagulated via animal rennet. Considerable differences between Portuguese and Spanish AOP cheeses exist; the former are, in general, characterized by softer consistencies and similarities to one another in terms of manufacturing protocols (usually encompassing coagulation of plain raw milk followed by slow draining of the curd), whereas the latter are, in general, larger and firmer.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 20