• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2011

최근 한반도를 둘러싼 주변 환경이 크게 변화하는 가운데 특히 중국의 유제품 소비가 급증하고 있기 때문에 국내유가공산업은 향후 50년을 설계해야 하는 중요한 기로에 서 있다. 소비 측면에서 유제품의 시장 동향을 살펴보면 신선우유 소비는 감소하고, 발효유 등 유가공품 소비는 증가하고 있다. 원유사용량은 2010년 1,939천 톤을 예상되며, 반면 우유 공급량은 예년도 원유수요량으로 판단할 때 35천 톤 가량 공급 부족이 예상된다. 현재 다자간 협상 중인 미국 및 EU와 FTA 협정이 발효될 경우, 낙농산업분야의 상당한 피해가 예상되고, 수입 개방에 따라 국산 원유의 생산 감축으로 이어질 것이다. 현재 유가공업체가 농가에서 수취하는 원유는 미생물 함량과 체세포수가 매우 낮은 양질의 우유이기 때문에 초고온살균법 대신 유럽처럼 우유 고유 풍미 및 영양성분을 유지한 저온살균우유 생산을 유도하는 정책적 연구가 필요하다. 국내 치즈 시장은 65,423톤 규모로 시장 규모는 매년 확대되고 있으나 대부분을 수입에 의존하고 있는 실정이다. 자연치즈 산업 활성화와 더불어 반드시 해결할 문제로서 부산물(유청) 처리와 "목장형유가공(On-Farm Processing)"의 활성화이다. 이를 위해 규제를 완화하고 몇 가지 당면 문제를 해결한다면 대형 유가공업체와 동반성장이 가능하다고 생각된다. 국내 발효유 시장은 꾸준히 성장을 기록한 유일한 품목으로서 위, 간, 장 건강을 위한 기능성 발효유 제품의 매출이 크게 성장하였다. 인체에 유용한 프로바이오틱 유산균을 이용한 발효유 제품의 연구 개발은 중요한 연구 테마이다. 초유는 위장관 감염증의 치료나 예방에 사용될 수 있는 면역우유 제조에 사용될 수 있으며, 포유동물의 초유를 이용한 다양한 우유 제품의 연구 개발도 가능하다. 우유를 나노분자가공방법과 기능성나노식품소재의 첨가로 제품의 영양과 기호성을 향상시킬 수 있는 우유 제품을 개발할 수 있을 것이다. 국내 기능성 유제품의 효능 및 효과에 대한 표시기준 개정이 유가공업계가 안고 있는 최대의 당면 문제이다. 원유 수급 불균형은 구조적인 문제로서 우유의 적극적인 용도 관리가 선진국형 관리 체계로 바뀌어야 한다. 즉 내수용, 수출용, 수급 조절용으로 세분하는 것이다. 그리고 행정의 전문화를 위해 낙농연구 개발 지휘본부(control tower)의 설립을 건의하는 바이다. 외국의 "낙농위원회(Dairy Board)"처럼 수출용 유가공제품의 연구 개발을 전체적으로 총괄 지휘할 수 있는 기관이 필요하다. 마지막으로 유가공분야 인재육성 정책을 적극 검토해야 한다. 유가공 전공자 및 기술자에 대한 유학 또는 연수 기회를 확대함으로써 학생들의 의욕과 사기를 진작시켜야 한다.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 2016

Various microflora, including lactic acid bacteria, are important and necessary components of various cheeses and have significant roles in cheese manufacturing and ripening. In general, the starter culture and secondary microflora could affect the physicochemical properties of various cheeses and could contribute to modifications during manufacturing and ripening. Therefore, during cheese manufacturing and ripening, microbial diversity may depend on continuous interactions among microflora and various environmental conditions. The microbial diversity of cheese is very complex and difficult to control using the classical microbiological techniques. However, recent culture-independent methods have been rapidly developed for microflora in cheese, which could be directly detected using DNA (and/or RNA) in combination with culture-dependent methods. Therefore, this review summarizes state-of-the-art molecular methods to analyze microbial communities in order to understand the properties that affect quality and ripening as well as the complex microbial diversity of various raw-milk, long-ripened cheeses.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.1009-1019
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• 2022

In recent years, biocontrol of foodborne pathogens has become a concern in the food industry, owing to safety issues. Listeria monocytogenes is one of the foodborne pathogens that causes listeriosis. The major concern in the control of L. monocytogenes is its viability as it can survive in a wide range of environments. The purpose of this study was to isolate lactic acid bacteria with antimicrobial activity, evaluate their applicability as a cheese starter, and evaluate their inhibitory effects on L. monocytogenes. Lactococcus lactis strain with antibacterial activity was isolated from raw milk. The isolated strain was a low acidifier, making it a suitable candidate as an adjunct starter culture. The commercial starter culture TCC-3 was used as a primary starter in this study. Fresh cheese was produced using TCC-3 and L. lactis CAU2013 at a laboratory scale. Growth of L. monocytogenes (5 Log CFU/g) in the cheese inoculated with it was monitored during the storage at 4℃ and 10℃ for 5 days. The count of L. monocytogenes was 1 Log unit lower in the cheese produced using the lactic acid bacteria strain compared to that in the cheese produced using the commercial starter. The use of bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria as a starter culture efficiently inhibited the growth of L. monocytogenes. Therefore, L. lactis can be used as a protective adjunct starter culture for cheese production and can improve the safety of the product leading to an increase in its shelf-life.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.390-407
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• 2024

Kuflu cheese, a popular variety of traditional Turkish mold-ripened cheeses, is characterized by its semi-hard texture and blue-green color. It is important to elucidate the microbiota of Kuflu cheese produced from raw milk to standardize and sustain its sensory properties. This study aimed to examine the bacteria, yeasts, and filamentous mold communities in Kuflu cheese using high-throughput amplicon sequencing based on 16S and ITS2 regions. Lactococcus, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus were the most dominant bacterial genera while Bifidobacterium genus was found to be remarkably high in some Kuflu cheese samples. Penicillium genus dominated the filamentous mold biota while the yeasts with the highest relative abundances were detected as Debaryomyces, Pichia, and Candida. The genera Virgibacillus and Paraliobacillus, which were not previously reported for mold-ripened cheeses, were detected at high relative abundances in some Kuflu cheese samples. None of the genera that include important food pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria were detected in the samples. This is the first experiment in which the microbiota of Kuflu cheeses were evaluated with a metagenomic approach. This study provided an opportunity to evaluate Kuflu cheese, which was previously examined for fungal composition, in terms of both pathogenic and beneficial bacteria.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.739-757
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• 2024

Camel milk plays a critical role in the diet of peoples belongs to the semi-arid and arid regions. Since prehistoric times, camel milk marketing was limited due to lacking the processing facilities in the camel-rearing areas, nomads practiced the self-consumption of raw and fermented camel milk. A better understanding of the techno-functional properties of camel milk is required for product improvement to address market and customer needs. Despite the superior nutraceutical and health promoting potential, limited camel dairy products are available compared to other bovines. It is a challenging impetus for the dairy industry to provide diversified camel dairy products to consumers with superior nutritional and functional qualities. The physicochemical behavior and characteristics of camel milk is different than the bovine milk, which poses processing and technological challenges. Traditionally camel milk is only processed into various fermented and non-fermented products; however, the production of commercially important dairy products (cheese, butter, yogurt, and milk powder) from camel milk still needs to be processed successfully. Therefore, the industrial processing and transformation of camel milk into various products, including fermented dairy products, pasteurized milk, milk powder, cheese, and other products, require the development of new technologies based on applied research. This review highlights camel milk's processing constraints and techno-functional properties while presenting the challenges associated with processing the milk into various dairy products. Future research directions to improve product quality have also been discussed.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.1404-1411
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• 2020

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) play an important role in dairy fermentations, notably as cheese starter cultures. During the cheese production and ripening period, various enzymes from milk, rennet, starter cultures, and non-starter LABs are involved in flavor formation pathways, including glycolysis, proteolysis, and lipolysis. Among these three pathways, starter LABs are particularly related to amino acid degradation, presumably as the origins of major flavor compounds. Therefore, we used several enzymes as major criteria for the selection of starter bacteria with flavor-forming ability. Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis LDTM6802 and Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris LDTM6803, isolated from Korean raw milk and cucumber kimchi, were confirmed by using multiplex PCR and characterized as starter bacteria. The combinations of starter bacteria were validated in a miniature Gouda-type cheese model. The flavor compounds of the tested miniature cheeses were analyzed and profiled by using an electronic nose. Compared to commercial industrial cheese starters, selected starter bacteria showed lower pH, and more variety in their flavor profile. These results demonstrated that LDTM6802 and LDTM6803 as starter bacteria have potent starter properties with a characteristic flavor-forming ability in cheese.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2011

Mozzarella cheese is recently the most consumed cheese in USA, European, South Korea, etc., and also a various different-type Mozzarella cheese could have great market appeal. However, many consumers would be more concerned about the nutritional aspects and physicochemical properties of Mozzarella cheese. Hence, ultrafiltration (UF) as a best tool of solving those concerns has been recognized. The objective of this review's paper would be suggested that the ultrafiltration (UF) techniques could be directly applied for manufacturing various different-type Mozzarella cheese with high physicochemical properties on fulfilling the consumers' various needs and desires for health.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2016

Cheese is generally considered a safe and nutritious food, but foodborne illnesses linked to cheese consumption have occurred in many countries. Several microbial risk assessments related to Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli infections, causing cheese-related foodborne illnesses, have been conducted. Although the assessments of microbial risk in soft and low moisture cheeses such as semi-hard and hard cheeses have been accomplished, it has been more focused on the correlations between pathogenic bacteria and soft cheese, because cheese-associated foodborne illnesses have been attributed to the consumption of soft cheeses. As a part of this microbial risk assessment, predictive models have been developed to describe the relationship between several factors (pH, Aw, starter culture, and time) and the fates of foodborne pathogens in cheese. Predictions from these studies have been used for microbial risk assessment as a part of exposure assessment. These microbial risk assessments have identified that risk increased in cheese with high moisture content, especially for raw milk cheese, but the risk can be reduced by preharvest and postharvest preventions. For accurate quantitative microbial risk assessment, more data including interventions such as curd cooking conditions (temperature and time) and ripening period should be available for predictive models developed with cheese, cheese consumption amounts and cheese intake frequency data as well as more dose-response models.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2015

2014년 4월 미국낙농수출협회의 자료에 의하면 미국 치즈 가격이 사상 최고로 올랐다(Fig. 1). 이는 부분적으로 한국 등 신흥시장에서 피자와 정크푸드 소비가 늘어난 덕분으로 사료된다. 한국에서 치즈, 특히 피자에 쓰이는 치즈의 인기가 늘면서 한국이 멕시코 다음으로 미국에서 가장 많은 치즈를 수입하는 국가가 되었다. 미국낙농수출협회에 따르면 한국의 2013년 치즈 수입량은 전년보다 25% 이상 증가한 49,000 M톤을 기록하였고, 미화 달러로 환산하면 한국으로 수출되는 미국 치즈는 지난해 3억 4,800만 달러로 2012년 수치인 2억 7,600만 달러를 휠씬 뛰어넘는 수준이었다. EU Monitor의 자료에 의하면 한국의 피자 배달 시장은 2013년 약 15억 달러를 기록하였는데, 이는 일본의 16억 달러 규모 시장에는 약간 못 미치지만, 일본의 인구는 한국의 2배 정도 된다(US Dairy Export Council, 2014). 또한 중국의 피자 시장은 약 24억 달러로 아직 빠르게 성장할 여지가 있다. 미국이 전 세계로 수출하는 치즈의 양은 지난해 하반기에 전년 동기 대비 41% 증가하였다. 하지만 아직까지 유럽연합(EU)이 세계 최대 치즈 수출국의 자리를 차지하고 있다. 한편, 한미 자유무역협정(FTA)으로 인해 관세가 철폐돼, 한국의 미국 치즈 수입이 더 수월해졌다. 물론 현재 한국에서는 살균 또는 이와 동등한 처리가 된 치즈가 수입되고 있는 상황이지만, 자유무역협정(FTA)에 의해서 앞으로 더 품질이 좋은 많은 외국산 치즈가 수입되고, 또한 다양한 비살균 치즈도 다양한 방법으로 수입이 될 것으로 예상되고 있다. 따라서 비살균 치즈의 안전성 확보를 담보할 수 있는 다양한 관련 법령 개정뿐만 아니라, 과학적인 방법에 근거한 기술 개발과 관련된 다양한 연구 등의 추가적인 연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.551-559
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• 2010

Among the food constituents, proteins differ in coagulation properties as compared to other constituents in food system. Especially milk protein coagulate through different pathways thus this coagulability can be used for manufacture of various dairy products or as a determinant of dairy product analysis. These milk coagulation methods include organic solvent, isoelectric point, trichloroacetic acid, Ca-sensitive casein, heavy metal ion and rennet coagulation. The coagulation experiment was performed using above parameters at $0^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$ to find the dehydration conditions before coagulating for precheese powder making. After different chemical treatments, there was no coagulation at $0^{\circ}C$ rather at $25^{\circ}C$ whatever the mode of coagulation methods was. The appearance of precipitate with coagulation methods was quite different from above mentioned methods of coagulation illustrated by scanning electron microscope. These powders were used for fabrication of camembert cheese by renneting coagulation at $0^{\circ}C$, showing the possibility of cheese materials and of food additives for fabrication of products.