Studies on the Texture Properties of the Processed Cheese Substituted with Vegetable Oils

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This study was carried out to develop the processed cheese with the increase of unsaturated fatty acid by substituting different vegetable oils for the improvement of nutritional aspects without reducing its sensory advantage and texture properties. The texture properties(hardness, elasticity, adhesiveness, cohesiveness, brittleness and gumminess), meltability, fat leakage degree and sensory evaluation of the processed cheese were analyzed and compared. The meltability of the processed cheese was measured in the range from 59.7 to 138.3mm, the sample substituted with corn oil showed the lowest meltability but the sample substituted with butter resulted in the highest meltability. The degree of fat leakage had the range from 8.28 to 14.71$\textrm{cm}^2$. The sample substituted with safflower oil showed the lowest fat leakage degree but the sample substituted with butter had the highest fat leakage degree. The sample substituted with butter had the lowest hardness. There was no significant difference in the elasticity between the samples tested. The sample substituted with butter showed the lowest value in adhesiveness, cohesiveness, brittleness and gumminess, respectively. The preference score of the processed cheese samples ranged from 3.22 to 6.59. The texture score ranged from 3.12 to 3.26.