Inulin is a food ingredient that belongs to a class of carbohydrates known as fructans. Nutritionally it
has functional properties and health-promoting effects that include reduced calorie value, dietary fiber
and prebiotic effects. Inulin is increasingly used in industrially processed dairy and non-dairy products
because it is a bulking agent for use in fat replacement, textural modification and organoleptic improvement.
Addition of inulin to different kinds of cheese can be beneficial in the manufacture of a reducedor
low-fat, texturized, symbiotic product. This paper gives an overview of some aspects of the microstructural,
textural, rheological, prebiotic and sensorial effects of inulin incorporated in cheese as fat
replacer, prebiotic and texture modifier