Patent ID: 7211284
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A23C,A23P

Abstract:
1. A process for coating cheeses, wherein a coating composition is applied onto whole cheeses or portions of cheese, wherein said coating composition comprises from 60% to 100% by weight of a product of esterification of at least one fatty acid and at least one polyol containing a branched chain having at least 5 carbon atoms and at least 2 OH groups, and wherein the polyol containing a branched chain corresponds to the general formula: in which R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 , which may be identical or different, are selected from a C 1 –C 6 alkyl group or a C 1 –C 6 hydroxyalkyl group; or in which R 4 represents a group with m and n, which are identical or different, being an integer from 1 to 6, and R 1 , R 2 and R 3 being as defined above, provided that at least two from R 1 to R3 are a C 1 –C 6 hydroxyalkyl group.