An increasing degree of maturity
results inmore intensive proteolytic reactions (Guinee et al., 2004;
Pachlová et al., 2011). A shorter “average” length of protein chains
in cheese significantly influences the properties of the final processed
cheeses (Brickley et al., 2007; Piska & Stetina, 2004). The
use of all maturity degrees of cheese tested (1e16 weeks) led to
production of homogeneous processed cheeses.