Thermisation of milk did not affect the FA composition of the
milk. The negligible effect of a milk heat treatment, due to pasteurisation
or cheesemaking technology, on cheese FA composition
is well known (Esposito et al., 2014; Lucas et al., 2006; Revello-
Chion et al., 2010). However, the similarity of the IT and IR cheese sensory profiles was unexpected. Only texture was marginally
affected by the heat treatment. However, the hardness and less
springy texture of cheese made from thermised milk was in
contrast with the findings of Beuvier et al. (1997), who reported
that pasteurisation decreased the firmness and the granular characteristics
of Swiss-type cheese. This would seem to suggest that
other upstream factors, such as cheesemaking practices and the
gross composition of cheese, may have interacted to determine
these differences