WO2005067726A1 - Cheese wax - Google Patents
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- WO2005067726A1 WO2005067726A1 PCT/EP2005/000121 EP2005000121W WO2005067726A1 WO 2005067726 A1 WO2005067726 A1 WO 2005067726A1 EP 2005000121 W EP2005000121 W EP 2005000121W WO 2005067726 A1 WO2005067726 A1 WO 2005067726A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23C—DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER OR CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MAKING THEREOF
- A23C19/00—Cheese; Cheese preparations; Making thereof
- A23C19/14—Treating cheese after having reached its definite form, e.g. ripening, smoking
- A23C19/16—Covering the cheese surface, e.g. with paraffin wax
- A23C19/163—Covering the cheese surface, e.g. with paraffin wax with a non-edible liquid or semi-liquid coating, e.g. wax, polymer dispersions
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- a multilayer that protects cheese may consist of a plastic or polymer coating (for example a copolymer based on polyvinyl acetate or a bio-polymer based on a protein base), and a second outerlayer of wax (for example based on paraffin). Wax can also be applied directly to bare or uncoated cheese. In general the wax layer will only be applied after ripening of the cheese.
- the wax layer is added after 4 weeks of ripening of young cheese.
- Cheeses are known to be respiring foodstuffs that produce gas, particularly CO 2 .
- a problem that often is present with multilayer coatings is that the two layers do not entirely fix or adhere to each other, and accumulation of gas may occur between the two layers. Due to the presence of gas between the layers visual or physical damage on the cheese increases.
- EVA poly (ethylene vinylacetate)
- EVA is a copolymer of ethylene and vinylacetate. Use of EVA can prevent gas bubble formation between the two layers.
- the wax of the invention is applied on a plastic or polymer coating.
- this coating comprises polyvinyl acetate.
- 0.05 to 28%, preferably 0.1 to 15%, and more preferably 1 to 7% w/w of EVA is added to the wax before the wax is used as a coating on a respiring foodstuff such as cheese.
- the amount of EVA used in the wax is chosen in such a way that all the EVA is dissolved in the wax (saturation) and therefore this amount will be lower than the concentration at which EVA is not completely dissolved due to phase separation.
- EVA used in this wax may partly comprise another co- monomer, preferably an olefin like isobutylene or propylene.
- the wax according to the invention is a blend of fully refined food grade hydrocarbon waxes or paraffin's.
- the wax comprises at least 50% (w/w) refined solid wax, petrolatum and/or microcrystalline wax.
- the wax can be a blend of formulated linear and branched hydrocarbon waxes and optionally contains small amounts of polymers such as polyethylene, polyisobutene or butylrubber. The formulation is chosen for the optimal desired protection.
- the coloured grade waxes may also contain food grade colour pigments or dyes.
- the wax is melted before use and can be applied directly to the cheese surface, to cheese rind or to a waxed/bandaged surface of suitable integrity.
- Individual cheeses are immersed in molten wax for pre-set times, or sprayed or showered with molten wax for pre-set times.
- Wax layer thickness can be increased by using several immersions but can also be regulated via varying the waxing temperature or by selection of a suitable mixture of paraffin's.
- the wax can be manual, semi-automatic or automatic depending on the number of cheeses to be treated. Specialised waxing machines are commercially available. Machine settings can be modified in an empirical way in order to produce a specific end result in terms of wax application.
- Molten waxes used in the present invention are typically in the temperature range of 75 - 110°C.
- the congealing point (measured according to ASTM 938) of the wax " will be between 45 and 80°C, preferably between 50 and 70°C.
- the wax will have a viscosity, which when added to cheese, allows a uniform coating to take place. The viscosity should not be too low; otherwise the coating will be too thin.
- the viscosity of the wax at 100°C is preferably between 3 and 25 mPa.s, more preferably between 4 and 18 mPa.s.
- Softeners can be used to improve the physical properties of a cheese wax. However softeners are suspected to migrate from the wax into the cheese. Therefore there is a need to improve cheese waxes without using softeners or with very limited amounts of softeners.
- the wax contains less than 10% (w/w) of softeners or plasticisers, more preferably less than 1% (w/w).
- the wax is free of softeners or plasticisers.
- the wax contains less than 10% w/w of softeners or plasticisers on basis of butadiene. More preferably softeners comprising butadiene are excluded from the wax.
- the wax does not contain more than 0.001% w/w of an antioxidant(s).
- Example 1 In the following experiment the positive effect of EVA on cheese wax adhesion to the coated cheese surface was demonstrated.
- Cheese wax, Paradip ® Natural 3517 acquired from Paramelt B.V. (The Netherlands) was melted in two separate pans, each containing approx. 11 kg cheese wax.
- EVA Escorene® 02528 containing 28 wt% Vinyl acetate acquired from Exxon Chemical
- Semi-hard PVA-coated Amsterdammer-type cheese wheels of approx. 4.5 kg were dipped manually during a set time in the molten paraffin of set temperature (see Table 1 ).
- two cheeses were waxed with Paradip ® natural P 087650 using automated mechanical waxing equipment. After several weeks the cheeses were examined for pillowing / release of the wax layer from the coating layer. The results are given in Table 1.
- the cheese coating plus wax multilayer showed partial release as a whole from the cheese.
- the extent to which the coating released from the cheese varied for the different cheese types and increased when the cheeses remained longer in the paraffin.
- Cheeses waxed on automated mechanical equipment barely showed complete coating release. This is probably because of the greater release of paraffin from the coating which allowed release of gas from the cheese.
- Most problems with paraffin adhesion are known to occur in eyehole cheese because of the greater amount of gas formation in the cheese.
- the wax release results for this type of cheese (3: Maasdammer-type) clearly show that addition of EVA improves wax adhesion. Crompton ® wax adheres better to the cheese coating than Paradip ® wax, but addition of EVA results in an almost complete reduction of paraffin release.
- Adhesion of the cheese wax to the cheese coating was further investigated by cutting loose and tearing off the wax layer from the coating layer from some of the cheeses. Crompton wax adhered much better to the cheese than Paradip wax. Increased wax temperature had a positive influence on the wax adhesion. Additionally, cheese wax containing EVA was found to adhere considerably stronger to the cheese coating than cheese wax without added EVA.
- Example 3 In the following experiment the positive effect of EVA on cheese wax adhesion to the coated cheese surface was demonstrated on Gouda-type cheese. Cheese wax, Paradip natural P 087650 acquired from Paramelt BN., was melted in a 200 Litre wax machine containing approx. 150 kg cheese wax.
- the cheeses treated with paraffin containing EVA barely showed any release of the wax.
- the cheeses treated with paraffin without added EVA showed an increasing amount of release over time. Adhesion of the cheese wax to the cheese coating was further investigated by cutting loose and tearing off the wax layer from the coating layer. Cheese wax containing EVA was found to adhere considerably stronger to the cheese coating than cheese wax without added EVA.
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EP05706849A EP1703799A1 (en) | 2004-01-06 | 2005-01-06 | Cheese wax |
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EP04075029 | 2004-01-06 | ||
EP04075029.1 | 2004-01-06 |
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Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1917862A1 (en) * | 2006-10-19 | 2008-05-07 | CSK Food Enrichment B.V. | Coatings for food, in particular cheese |
WO2021005079A1 (en) * | 2019-07-09 | 2021-01-14 | Frieslandcampina Nederland B.V. | Improved cheese ripening |
WO2023242245A1 (en) * | 2022-06-15 | 2023-12-21 | Frieslandcampina Nederland B.V. | Improved cheese ripening |
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FR2117386A5 (en) * | 1970-12-03 | 1972-07-21 | Borden Chemical Cy | Packaging film - for fresh meat consisting of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer contg partial ester of polyol and aliphatic monocar |
DE2434020A1 (en) * | 1973-09-18 | 1975-03-27 | Schuepbach Ag | Laminated film for packaging - weldable at low temps is hot melt-applied to a plastics etc. carrier |
US4191673A (en) * | 1976-11-12 | 1980-03-04 | American Can Company | Non-blocking coating composition |
DD142839A1 (en) * | 1979-04-16 | 1980-07-16 | Goetz Bauerfeind | PLASTIC SPECIAL WAX |
FR2716441A1 (en) * | 1994-02-23 | 1995-08-25 | Lawson Mardon Trentesaux Sa | Multilayer packaging for moist soft cheese |
EP1151671A1 (en) * | 2000-05-03 | 2001-11-07 | Stemmler, Heinz | Composition for the coating of long-keeping sausages and hard cheeses |
US20020034622A1 (en) * | 1993-04-09 | 2002-03-21 | Edwards David Nicholas | Cheese package, film, bag and process for packaging a CO2 respiring foodstuff |
EP1464232A1 (en) * | 2003-04-02 | 2004-10-06 | Friesland Brands B.V. | Coating for foods |
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- 2005-01-06 EP EP05706849A patent/EP1703799A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2005-01-06 WO PCT/EP2005/000121 patent/WO2005067726A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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FR2117386A5 (en) * | 1970-12-03 | 1972-07-21 | Borden Chemical Cy | Packaging film - for fresh meat consisting of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer contg partial ester of polyol and aliphatic monocar |
DE2434020A1 (en) * | 1973-09-18 | 1975-03-27 | Schuepbach Ag | Laminated film for packaging - weldable at low temps is hot melt-applied to a plastics etc. carrier |
US4191673A (en) * | 1976-11-12 | 1980-03-04 | American Can Company | Non-blocking coating composition |
DD142839A1 (en) * | 1979-04-16 | 1980-07-16 | Goetz Bauerfeind | PLASTIC SPECIAL WAX |
US20020034622A1 (en) * | 1993-04-09 | 2002-03-21 | Edwards David Nicholas | Cheese package, film, bag and process for packaging a CO2 respiring foodstuff |
FR2716441A1 (en) * | 1994-02-23 | 1995-08-25 | Lawson Mardon Trentesaux Sa | Multilayer packaging for moist soft cheese |
EP1151671A1 (en) * | 2000-05-03 | 2001-11-07 | Stemmler, Heinz | Composition for the coating of long-keeping sausages and hard cheeses |
EP1464232A1 (en) * | 2003-04-02 | 2004-10-06 | Friesland Brands B.V. | Coating for foods |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1917862A1 (en) * | 2006-10-19 | 2008-05-07 | CSK Food Enrichment B.V. | Coatings for food, in particular cheese |
WO2021005079A1 (en) * | 2019-07-09 | 2021-01-14 | Frieslandcampina Nederland B.V. | Improved cheese ripening |
WO2023242245A1 (en) * | 2022-06-15 | 2023-12-21 | Frieslandcampina Nederland B.V. | Improved cheese ripening |
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