METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PARTLY DRIED CHEESE POWDER Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A23C19/86 F26B17/18 F26B3/14 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to dairy industry. The method for production of partly dried cheese powder from cheese with water content equal to 22 - 60 wt % includes the stage of source cheese conversion into a finely milled condition and its heating in a flow in the form of a thin turbulent dynamic layer in contact with a wall heated to at least 80°C with production of cheese powder with moisture content no more than 20%; it is feasible to implement the method with the help of a turbodryer (T) including a hollow cylindrical body (1) covered on opposite ends with butt-end plates (2, 3) and equipped with a heating jacket (4), at least one inlet hole (5) and at least one outlet hole (6) and a blade rotor (7) mounted so that to enable rotation inside the said body and, optionally, an additional turbodryer (T') that is essentially identical to the aforesaid one.

EFFECT: invention allows to maximally preserve the organoleptic characteristics of the source cheese due to short treatment time and to produce products with high microbiological purity.

8 cl, 1 dwg, 2 ex