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Low-cost, shelf-stable cheese sauce

a cheese sauce, shelf-stable technology, applied in the field of cheese sauce, can solve the problems of high capital and maintenance costs, low quality cheese sauce, and high cost of manufacturing cheese sauce, and achieve the effects of low cost, shelf-stable, and safe processing

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-24
GAMAY ALY Y +2
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[0011]The present invention provides a low-cost, shelf-stable cheese sauce that exhibits desirable texture, mouth-feel, flavor, visual appearance, and shelf-life stability. The cheese sauce of the present invention successfully passes challenge studies, such as pathogenic studies, as required by the FDA, and has a shelf-life for up to twelve months or more.

Problems solved by technology

Although the UHT process has been highly successful in perishable-prone products, high capital and maintenance costs are often associated with the UHT process.
However, for cheese sauce containing high levels of cheese solids, a low quality cheese sauce product results when using retort processing because the cheese sauce is not stable at such severe retort conditions.
Cheese products with 51% or greater of cheese solids are characterized as “spreads” rather than “sauces.” With these relatively high levels of cheese solids in current sauce, the cost of cheese is critical in the cost of manufacturing the cheese sauce.
As the price of cheese rises, the cost of the cheese sauce also rises.
However, current technologies, as discussed above prevent decreasing cheese content to below about 24% by weight.

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[0015]The cheese sauce of the current invention provides a lower-cost cheese sauce than standard cheese sauces of cheese solid levels of 20 percent weight or greater. The cheese sauce of the current invention incorporates lower cheese solid levels which aid in reducing the cost, while utilizing standard production techniques such as pasteurization and hot-fill processing without diminishing the quality of the cheese sauce. To accomplish this, other less costly components are added to overcome the sensory, economic, and pathogenic issues associated with lowering cheese solids. Such issues can include, for example, flavor, rheological or functional properties such as texture or mouth-feel and flow properties, visual properties, shelf-stability, and any of a number of properties desired in a cheese sauce, as discussed above. The cheese sauce of the present invention must also be commercially viable in that it must pass challenge studies, such as pathogenic studies, as required by the F...

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Abstract

A cheese sauce and meal kit including at least one pouch containing the cheese sauce. The cheese sauce exhibits desirable texture and mouth-feel, as well as desirable flavor and visual appearance. Further, the cheese sauce has a shelf-life of up to twelve months or more. The cheese sauce generally includes cheese solids present in an amount from about 10 weight percent or less, at least one non-cheese dairy, water, a natural preservative such as nisin, at least one phosphate, salt, oil, and a savory flavor profile. The cheese sauce can be processed using a pasteurization process, and packaged using a hot fill process. The cheese sauce can be packaged into pouches and the like for use with meal kits and side dishes.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 12 / 016,084 filed Jan. 17, 2008, entitled “LOW-COST, SHELF-STABLE CHEESE SAUCE” which is hereby fully incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The current invention relates generally to cheese sauce. More particularly, the current invention relates to a low-cost, low cheese solid content, pasteurized / processed hot fill cheese sauce.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Imitation cheese sauces, such as those packaged in pouches, are often used in the food industry as components in food kits, such as, for example, meal kits, side dishes, and snack kits. Generally, food kits can include at least one pre-packaged food component or ingredient, and the cheese sauce component. The pre-packaged food components can include, for example, dried pasta, refrigerated pasta, refrigerated meats, snack chips, rice, taco bake, potatoes, dehydrated vegetables, refrigerated vegetables, dough products, pizza-...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D81/32
CPCA23C19/0904A23C19/0973A23C2270/15A23V2002/00B65D85/76A23V2200/08
Inventor GAMAY, ALY Y.GAMMONS, CARYSMITH, ERIKA B.
Owner GAMAY ALY Y
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