A LFV light backscatter sensor prototype was designed
and installed on the wall of a 7-l cheese vat and tested dur-
ing milk coagulation and syneresis. The optical fibre light
backscatter sensor CoAguLiteTM(Model 5, Reflectronics,
Inc., Lexington, KY, USA) was also installed in the wall
of the cheese vat at a 90? angle to the LFV sensor and used
as a reference to which the readings of the LFV sensor were
compared.