Table of contents : Volume 1......Page 1 Foreword......Page 2 List of Contributors......Page 3 Preface to the First Edition......Page 6 Preface to the Second Edition......Page 7 Preface to the Third Edition......Page 8 Cheese: An Overview......Page 9 Rennets: General and Molecular Aspects......Page 27 Rennet-induced Coagulation of Milk......Page 54 The Syneresis of Rennet-coagulated Curd......Page 78 Formation, Structural Properties and Rheology of Acid-coagulated Milk Gels......Page 111 Starter Cultures: General Aspects......Page 129 Starter Cultures: Genetics......Page 154 Starter Cultures: Bacteriophage......Page 167 Secondary and Adjunct Cultures......Page 194 Salt in Cheese: Physical, Chemical and Biological Aspects......Page 210 Application of Membrane Separation Technology to Cheese Production......Page 263 The Microbiology of Cheese Ripening......Page 295 Raw Milk Cheeses......Page 326 Biochemistry of Cheese Ripening: Introduction and Overview......Page 353 Metabolism of Residual Lactose and of Lactate and Citrate......Page 367 Lipolysis and Catabolism of Fatty Acids in Cheese......Page 378 Proteolysis in Cheese during Ripening......Page 395 Catabolism of Amino Acids in Cheese during Ripening......Page 439 Sensory Character of Cheese and its Evaluation......Page 459 Cheese Flavour: Instrumental Techniques......Page 492 Rheology and Texture of Cheese......Page 514 Growth and Survival of Microbial Pathogens in Cheese......Page 544 Toxins in Cheese......Page 563 Nutritional Aspects of Cheese......Page 574 Factors that Affect the Quality of Cheese......Page 583 Index......Page 609 Foreword......Page 618 List of Contributors......Page 619 Preface to the First Edition......Page 622 Preface to the Second Edition......Page 623 Preface to the Third Edition......Page 624 Diversity of Cheese Varieties: An Overview......Page 625 General Aspects of Cheese Technology......Page 648 Extra-Hard Varieties......Page 689 Cheddar Cheese and Related Dry-salted Cheese Varieties......Page 709 Gouda and Related Cheeses......Page 741 Cheeses with Propionic Acid Fermentation......Page 779 Surface Mould-ripened Cheeses......Page 797 Blue Cheese......Page 815 Bacterial Surface-ripened Cheeses......Page 839 Cheese Varieties Ripened in Brine......Page 866 Pasta-Filata Cheeses......Page 889 Cheeses Made from Ewes' and Goats' Milk......Page 916 Acid- and Acid/Rennet-curd Cheeses Part A: Quark, Cream Cheese and Related Varieties......Page 937 Acid- and Acid/Rennet-curd Cheeses Part B: Cottage Cheese......Page 965 Acid- and Acid/Rennet-curd Cheeses Part C: Acid-heat Coagulated Cheeses......Page 978 Pasteurized Processed Cheese and Substitute/Imitation Cheese Products......Page 984 Cheese as an Ingredient......Page 1030 Index......Page 1064