Manufacture of magnesium-fortified Chihuahua cheese.

The aim of this study was to manufacture magnesium-fortified Chihuahua cheese and to evaluate the effect of magnesium fortification on quality parameters. Addition of magnesium chloride to milk during pasteurization (5.44, 10.80, 16.40, 22.00, and 25.20 g of MgCl2·6H2O/L of milk) resulted in cheese with increased magnesium content, proportional to the amount of magnesium added (up to 2,957.13 mg of Mg/kg of cheese). As magnesium content increased, coagulation time and moisture content also increased, whereas calcium content decreased. Higher levels of magnesium fortification (16.40 g of MgCl2·6H2O/L of milk or more) induced the development of bitter-acid flavors and softer texture. Addition of 10.80 g of MgCl2·6H2O/L to milk resulted in Chihuahua cheese that meets regulatory standards and possesses physicochemical and sensory characteristics similar to those of nonfortified Chihuahua cheese. Under this milk fortification level, the manufactured cheese is able to provide 148.4 mg of magnesium per day (35% of the recommended daily intake of magnesium for adult males and 46% for adult females) assuming 3 portions (28 g each) are consumed. © 2022, The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. and Fass Inc. on behalf of the American Dairy Science Association®. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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E Rojo-Gutiérrez, R Sánchez-Vega, G I Olivas, N Gutiérrez-Méndez, R Baeza-Jiménez, C Rios-Velasco, D R Sepúlveda. Manufacture of magnesium-fortified Chihuahua cheese. Journal of dairy science. 2022 Jun;105(6):4915-4924

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