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Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
Hesse
Mainzer Straße 80
65189 Wiesbaden
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Development of a database of cheese defects to improve the artisanal milk processing in farmhouse dairies
In the last 20 years, the number of dairy farms in Hesse has decreased by about 70%, due to the existence-threatening low milk prices in the past. In order to counteract this development, pioneer farmhouse dairies founded an association for artisanal milk processing (VHM) in 1992. As an artisanal apprenticeship “cheesemaker” no longer exists and, therefore, the artisanal knowledge and skills are only available to a limited extent, the association “VHM” offers practical trainings and further education for farmhouse dairies. Artisanal milk processing is highly complex. Cheese defects, i.e. undesirable sensory properties, still pose enormous challenges for producers of farmhouse cheese. They may lead to batch faults and consequently to higher economic losses which amount to 5-30% of the annual turnover. The aim of the project is therefore to develop a user-friendly database of cheese defects as an analysis tool to sustainably improve the artisanal milk processing for more than 100 Hessian farmhouse dairies by documenting potential causes and strategies to prevent failures.
The results are available as part of the final report and are available for download.
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)
Universität Kassel, Fachgebiet Agrartechnik
Nordbahnhofstr. 1a
37213 Witzenhausen
Phone: 05542-981255
Email: agrartechnik@uni-kassel.de
2018
completed
266,420