Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 245, Issue -, Pages 919-925Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.082
Keywords
Wild cardoon; Ripening stage; Flowers extract; Lyophilization; Milk-clotting activity; Texture; Cheese making
Funding
- University of Sfax - Tunisia
- University of Liege - Belgium
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The selection of an appropriate Cynara cardunculus flowers batch is a preliminary step to produce rennet with better clotting properties. For this reason, we proposed to study the influence of the ripening stage and the lyophilization of cardoon flowers on their chemical composition, enzymatic activities of extracts, and technological properties of cheese curds. Results of flowers composition have shown that lyophilized flowers harvested at the middle of ripening stage (A) could be employed to produce mainly proteins or milk-clotting proteases. To confirm this, enzymatic activities of extracts and technological properties of curds were assessed. The experimental findings revealed that flowers lyophilization seems to be an efficient way to produce rennet with better clotting properties, leading to higher yield, moisture, and texture parameters of curd. These findings allowed us to select lyophilized flowers (A) for further cheese making process.
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