Cloning and GMO foods: Jennifer Lapidus gives us the early 2007 update on the science of our dinner plate.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Agricultural biotechnology has come a long way since the development of bread baking, cheese making, and the brewing of wine and beer. Today, this realm equates to prolific developments in genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and cloning. Simply defined, GMOs are animals or plants whose genetic...

Potential air and groundwater pollution from continuous high land application of cheese whey.
INTRODUCTION Cheese whey is a greenish liquid by-product of the cheese making industry. About 9 kg of whey are produced for each kilogram of cheese. The whey contains approximately 5% lactose, 1.5 % nitrogenous compounds, 0.8% minerals and small amounts of vitamins (1). It has been estimated...

Microfiltration of skim milk.
Regarding the microfiltration of skim milk, scientists are determining the influence of low-concentration factor microfiltration (up to 2 times) on traditional cheese-making procedures, composition, yield and chemical changes that can occur during the aging of Cheddar cheese. The milk serum protein permeates from this same research are...

Bob Bowles: high-tech community conductor/ Knows where his food comes from.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bob Bowles is technologically savvy and a conscious eater. Combine those two traits, and you've got a man that can not only bake his own breads but can even build his own Italian, wood-fired bread oven. "Because of my professional work in 'high-tech,' I needed...

Technique removes functional beta-casein from milk.
Beta-casein, a component of milk, is a potent emulsifier suitable for use in a variety of products. Although reducing the concentration of beta-casein in milk prior to cheese-making improves the meltability of cheese, no commercially feasible method of removing soluble beta-casein from milk has been developed. Beta-casein makes up...

Aislamiento, identificacion y caracterizacion de bacterias acido lacticas de un queso venezolano ahumado andino artesanal. Su uso como cultivo iniciador.
Isolation, Identification and Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacterias from Venezuelan Artisanal Andino Smoked Cheese. Their Use as Starter. RESUMEN Veinte cepas de microorganismos, aisladas a partir de una muestra de queso venezolano ahumado andino artesanal, se sometieron a pruebas bioquímicas clásicas y morfológicas para determinar...

Ricardo Alvarez Tapped as President and CEO of Castro Cheese.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-28 November 2007-Ricardo Alvarez Tapped as President and CEO of Castro Cheese(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Castro Cheese Company, a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of Hispanic cheeses and creams, announced that Ricardo "Ric" Alvarez has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Castro...

A Calabrian feast: every December in Oakland, this family celebrates Christmas Eve the southern Italian way, but with a California twist.
IT'S A LONG WAY from rural Calabria, the "toe" of the Italian boot, to the suburban Oakland Hills, but Rosetta Costantino and her family have kept their food traditions intact since moving here more than 30 years ago. In their village of Verbicaro, Rosetta's father, Vincenzo Dito, was a...

SMC sale of Aussie firm to Kirin done.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corporation has completed yesterday its A$2.8-billion sale of its entire stake in dairy products firm National Foods Corporation to Kirin Brewery, also one of SMC's biggest shareholders. The firm bought National Foods for A$ 1.9...

SMC's Australia unit boosts sales.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Southeast Asia's largest food, beverage and packaging conglomerate San Miguel Corporation's Australian subsidiary National Foods Limited (NFL) sustained its strong performance in the past 12 months, yielding solid financial results, a year after its consolidation. In 2006, NFL successfully consolidated Berri...