title: The effect of addition of skimmed milk on the characteristics of Myzithra cheeses.
abstract: Myzithra cheese is a traditional Greek whey cheese. Three types of Myzithra cheese were produced from A: 100% whey; B: 90% whey+10% ovine milk and C: 90% whey+10% skimmed ovine milk and were evaluated. The addition of skimmed milk to whey resulted in a new dietary product, containing 9.24% fat, with good quality, a harder texture and higher levels of ash, Ca, Mg and K than those of experimental cheeses A and B. Electrophoretic patterns and HPLC chromatograms of the proteins of Myzithra cheeses revealed the presence or not of αs-CN to the whey cheeses. In addition, SDS-electrophoresis of proteins under special preparation of samples permitted for first time the separation of whey-cheese protein (WP) components that had been denatured during cooking of the whey.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Dairy Science and Technology, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece. Electronic address: skamin@aua.gr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaminarides
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Dairy Science and Technology, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ilias-Dimopoulos
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Dairy Science and Technology, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zoidou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Dairy Science and Technology, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moatsou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002611:Cheese / Q000032:analysis*; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000067816:Whey Proteins
chemical_list: D008894:Milk Proteins; D000067816:Whey Proteins
keywords: Myzithra cheese; Reduced fat whey cheese; Whey proteins