3. Results and discussion
3.1. Physicochemical characteristics
The physicochemical characteristics of Coalho cheese made from cow’s milk, goat’s milk, and their mixture are shown in Table 1 and Fig. 1. In general, the moisture and salt contents were the highest (P < 0.05) in CCM. No significant difference (P > 0.05) was observed in protein content and in pH values regardless the type of cheese. The fat content of CCGM and CGM were higher (P < 0.05) than those of CCM for all the evaluated storage times. So, it is important to highlight that the reduction of goat milk to 50% did not affected any of the physicochemical parameters using Coalho cheese technology. Sheehan et al. (2009) studied the partial or total substitution of bovine for caprine milk during cheese production and showed that increased ratios of bovine: caprine milks resulted in cheeses with increased moisture, fat and fat-in-dry matter (FDM) contents with no significant effect on cheese protein, moisture-in nonfat-substance (MNFS) or salt contents. The significant effect observed for moisture and fat by these authors, but not for our CCGM cheeses, may be related with different technology used
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