## 3 Results and Discussion
### Effect of HPP on Sensorial Attributes
Relative to the flavor attributes, in general, the HPP-treated chees revealed a similar salty and acid taste (\(p\) > 0.05) than the Ch\({}_{\rm C}\) cheeses, being only significantly less intense for the P1 and P2 cheeses at 15 months (\(p\) < 0.05) in terms of acid taste and for P1 in terms  
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline  & **Months** & **Pl vs. Ch\({}_{\rm C}\)** & **P2 vs. Ch\({}_{\rm C}\)** & **P3 vs. Ch\({}_{\rm C}\)** \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Appearance**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} \\ Colour & 0 & \(-0.38\pm 1.19\) & \(-0.88\pm 1.36\) & \(-0.25\pm 0.89\) \\  & 1.5 & \(-1.22\pm 2.28\) & \(-0.56\pm 1.74\) & \(-1.11\pm 2.15\) \\  & 6 & \(-0.90\pm 1.29\) & \(-0.60\pm 1.58\) & \(-1.00\pm 2.00\) \\  & 15 & \(-1.00\pm 0.82\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-1.00\pm 1.05\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-1.00\pm 0.94\) \({}^{\star}\) \\ Consistency & 0 & \(-1.43\pm 2.70\) & \(-1.29\pm 3.50\) & \(-0.43\pm 2.23\) \\  & 1.5 & \(0.89\pm 2.21\) & \(1.00\pm 2.18\) & \(0.67\pm 2.06\) \\  & 6 & \(1.50\pm 2.72\) & \(0.20\pm 2.74\) & \(-0.20\pm 1.87\) \\  & 15 & \(0.30\pm 1.06\) & \(-1.40\pm 1.27\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-0.70\pm 1.06\) \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Odour**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} \\ Lactic & 0 & \(-0.57\pm 1.13\) & \(0.00\pm 1.29\) & \(-0.29\pm 1.98\) \\  & 1.5 & \(-0.10\pm 1.52\) & \(-0.10\pm 2.42\) & \(0.50\pm 2.22\) \\  & 6 & \(-0.90\pm 2.89\) & \(-0.40\pm 1.35\) & \(-0.50\pm 1.43\) \\  & 15 & \(-0.30\pm 1.25\) & \(-0.20\pm 2.15\) & \(-0.60\pm 1.84\) \\ Acid & 0 & \(-0.75\pm 1.91\) & \(-0.13\pm 1.96\) & \(0.13\pm 1.73\) \\  & 1.5 & \(-0.30\pm 1.16\) & \(-2.10\pm 1.52\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-1.80\pm 1.93\) \({}^{\star}\) \\  & 6 & \(0.50\pm 2.46\) & \(-0.20\pm 1.55\) & \(0.50\pm 1.43\) \\ Animal & 15 & \(0.00\pm 1.00\) & \(1.00\pm 2.18\) & \(0.33\pm 1.23\) \\  & 0 & \(0.43\pm 1.72\) & \(-0.71\pm 0.95\) & \(-0.29\pm 1.11\) \\  & 1.5 & \(-0.20\pm 1.62\) & \(-1.10\pm 2.08\) & \(-0.70\pm 2.00\) \\  & 6 & \(-0.60\pm 1.78\) & \(-0.10\pm 1.73\) & \(-0.20\pm 1.48\) \\  & 15 & \(-0.44\pm 0.73\) & \(-0.78\pm 1.09\) & \(-0.44\pm 1.01\) \\ SCFA & 0 & \(0.13\pm 1.73\) & \(0.13\pm 2.53\) & \(-0.38\pm 1.77\) \\  & 1.5 & \(-0.80\pm 1.40\) & \(-1.90\pm 1.52\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-0.80\pm 1.87\) \\  & 6 & \(-0.78\pm 2.17\) & \(-0.44\pm 0.88\) & \(-0.22\pm 1.72\) \\  & 15 & \(0.60\pm 2.12\) & \(0.30\pm 3.65\) & \(-0.10\pm 2.23\) \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Texture**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} \\ Consistency & 0 & \(-0.71\pm 1.25\) & \(-0.86\pm 0.90\) & \(0.00\pm 1.29\) \\  & 1.5 & \(0.11\pm 1.36\) & \(0.33\pm 1.80\) & \(0.67\pm 1.23\) \\  & 6 & \(1.30\pm 1.57\) & \(-1.10\pm 1.52\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-0.40\pm 1.51\) \\  & 15 & \(1.00\pm 0.94\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-2.00\pm 0.67\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-0.20\pm 0.79\) \\ Friability & 0 & \(0.38\pm 1.06\) & \(0.13\pm 0.84\) & \(0.50\pm 1.07\) \\  & 1.5 & \(0.40\pm 1.17\) & \(0.40\pm 0.97\) & \(0.30\pm 0.68\) \\  & 6 & \(0.50\pm 0.85\) & \(-0.30\pm 0.68\) & \(-0.30\pm 0.68\) \\  & 15 & \(0.50\pm 1.08\) & \(-1.00\pm 1.70\) & \(-0.40\pm 0.70\) \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Taste**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} \\ Salty & 0 & \(-0.71\pm 1.80\) & \(-1.00\pm 2.24\) & \(-1.14\pm 1.77\) \\  & 1.5 & \(0.00\pm 1.58\) & \(-0.22\pm 1.72\) & \(-0.89\pm 1.69\) \\  & 6 & \(-1.00\pm 1.66\) & \(-0.11\pm 0.93\) & \(-0.56\pm 1.74\) \\  & 15 & \(-1.89\pm 2.03\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(-0.56\pm 1.94\) & \(-0.11\pm 2.09\) \\ Acid & 0 & \(2.33\pm 0.56\) & \(1.19\pm 0.18\) & \(1.25\pm 0.79\) \\  & 1.5 & \(1.16\pm 0.09\) & \(0.92\pm 0.51\) & \(1.25\pm 0.47\) \\  & 6 & \(1.67\pm 0.45\) & \(1.87\pm 0.61\) & \(1.05\pm 0.76\) \\  & 15 & \(1.64\pm 0.58\) \({}^{\star}\) & \(1.99\pm 0.76\) & \(1.16\pm 1.00\) \\ Bitter & 0 & \(0.50\pm 1.60\) & \(-0.63\pm 1.41\) & \(-0.13\pm 1.36\) \\  & 1.5 & \(0.70\pm 0.71\) & \(0.20\pm 1.55\) & \(0.30\pm 1.77\) \\  & 6 & \(-0.44\pm 2.50\) & \(-0.33\pm 1.39\) & \(-0.11\pm 1.00\) \\  & 15 & \(-0.30\pm 2.44\) & \(0.20\pm 2.00\) & \(0.00\pm 1.49\) \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**After-taste**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} \\ \mulof salty taste.