title: Application of inulin in cheese as prebiotic, fat replacer and texturizer: a review.
abstract: Inulin is a food ingredient that belongs to a class of carbohydrates known as fructans. Nutritionally it has functional properties and health-promoting effects that include reduced calorie value, dietary fiber and prebiotic effects. Inulin is increasingly used in industrially processed dairy and non-dairy products because it is a bulking agent for use in fat replacement, textural modification and organoleptic improvement. Addition of inulin to different kinds of cheese can be beneficial in the manufacture of a reduced- or low-fat, texturized, symbiotic product. This paper gives an overview of some aspects of the microstructural, textural, rheological, prebiotic and sensorial effects of inulin incorporated in cheese as fat replacer, prebiotic and texture modifier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran; Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-336, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: rzakarimi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-336, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: azizit_m@modares.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Azizi
authors.affiliation: School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Electronic address: ghasemlo@msu.edu.
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghasemlou
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran; Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Electronic address: moharam.vaziri@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Moharam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaziri
mesh_terms: D002364:Caseins / Q000737:chemistry; D002611:Cheese; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007444:Inulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D056692:Prebiotics; D012212:Rheology
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004041:Dietary Fats; D056692:Prebiotics; D007444:Inulin
keywords: Carbohydrate; Inulin; Prebiotic; Sensory evaluation