Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review

Common milk coagulants, such as calf rennet, genetically engineered chymosin, and microbial rennet, are costly and face restrictions due to ethical, cultural, and dietary concerns. This review discusses the application of three types of plant-based coagulants (aspartic proteases, cysteine proteases,...

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Main Authors: Mohsin, Aliah Zannierah, Norsah, Ezaty, Marzlan, Anis Asyila, Abd Rahim, Muhamad Hafiz, Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024
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author Mohsin, Aliah Zannierah
Norsah, Ezaty
Marzlan, Anis Asyila
Abd Rahim, Muhamad Hafiz
Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin
author_facet Mohsin, Aliah Zannierah
Norsah, Ezaty
Marzlan, Anis Asyila
Abd Rahim, Muhamad Hafiz
Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin
author_sort Mohsin, Aliah Zannierah
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description Common milk coagulants, such as calf rennet, genetically engineered chymosin, and microbial rennet, are costly and face restrictions due to ethical, cultural, and dietary concerns. This review discusses the application of three types of plant-based coagulants (aspartic proteases, cysteine proteases, and serine proteases) in food products to replace animal and microbial coagulants, including extraction methods, milk clotting properties, product quality, organoleptic properties, and textural characteristics. Plant-based coagulants deliver milk-clotting activity and organoleptic properties comparable with those obtained with animal rennet, making them suitable for artisanal cheese production. They also offer potential health benefits for functional dairy products. However, the quality of the final products can impacted by bitter taste due to high proteolytic activity, which can be influenced by variations in plant sources, including their origin environment and cultivation. Overall, various plant proteases, in crude or purified form, can serve as effective coagulants for milk coagulation, depending on optimal conditions.
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spelling upm-1155492025-04-21T02:52:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115549/ Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review Mohsin, Aliah Zannierah Norsah, Ezaty Marzlan, Anis Asyila Abd Rahim, Muhamad Hafiz Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin Common milk coagulants, such as calf rennet, genetically engineered chymosin, and microbial rennet, are costly and face restrictions due to ethical, cultural, and dietary concerns. This review discusses the application of three types of plant-based coagulants (aspartic proteases, cysteine proteases, and serine proteases) in food products to replace animal and microbial coagulants, including extraction methods, milk clotting properties, product quality, organoleptic properties, and textural characteristics. Plant-based coagulants deliver milk-clotting activity and organoleptic properties comparable with those obtained with animal rennet, making them suitable for artisanal cheese production. They also offer potential health benefits for functional dairy products. However, the quality of the final products can impacted by bitter taste due to high proteolytic activity, which can be influenced by variations in plant sources, including their origin environment and cultivation. Overall, various plant proteases, in crude or purified form, can serve as effective coagulants for milk coagulation, depending on optimal conditions. Elsevier 2024-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115549/1/115549.pdf Mohsin, Aliah Zannierah and Norsah, Ezaty and Marzlan, Anis Asyila and Abd Rahim, Muhamad Hafiz and Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin (2024) Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review. International Dairy Journal, 148. art. no. 105792. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0958-6946 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095869462300211X?via%3Dihub 10.1016/j.idairyj.2023.105792
spellingShingle Mohsin, Aliah Zannierah
Norsah, Ezaty
Marzlan, Anis Asyila
Abd Rahim, Muhamad Hafiz
Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin
Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review
title Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review
title_full Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review
title_fullStr Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review
title_short Exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review
title_sort exploring the applications of plant-based coagulants in cheese production: a review
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