Application Studies / Separating String Cheese with a TA-226 Tug Fixture

Separating String Cheese with a TA-226 Tug Fixture

string cheese being tested

Industry:

Food

Dairy

Attributes measured:

peak force

average peel force

total work

travel

Background

String cheese is a popular snack that is soft to bite but is often enjoyed by peeling strips off the sticks to eat separately. Mozzarella is commonly used for making string cheese since it has proteins that can be aligned during manufacturing to enhance the ability to be easily peeled apart into wide, intact strips. This study demonstrates a method to peel a complete length of string cheese using a TA.XTPlus Texture Analyzer, Exponent software and the TA-226 Tug Fixture.

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