Re: cream cheese

From: Jan.Verhoeven@FoodFocus.nl
Date: Sat Apr 27 2002 - 12:35:10 PDT

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    I found some pdf files downloaded from the Decagon.com site I believe.
    Litt.references included. Take a look over there.

    Or contact Dr. Ted Labuza: tplabuza@tc.umn.edu
    Prof. of Food Science.

    Jan

    On 26 Apr 2002 Bob Price <rjprice@ucdavis.edu> wrote, at least in part:

    > Ken,
    >
    > There was a paper on water activity of commercial cheeses in Food
    > Technology, July 1976, Vol. 30, No. 7, Page 43. They did not
    > include cream cheese, but the aw values ranged between 0.88 and
    > 1.00, with most above 0.96.
    >
    > Bob
    >
    > Robert J. Price, Ph.D.
    > Extension Specialist, Seafood Products
    > Sea Grant Extension Program
    > Food Science & Technology
    > University of California
    > One Shields Avenue
    > Davis, CA 95616
    > Phone: 530/752-2194
    > Fax: 530/752-4759
    > http://seafood.ucdavis.edu
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Ken Hilderbrand" <ken.hilderbrand@hmsc.orst.edu>
    > To: "Seafood group" <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
    > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:41 AM
    > Subject: cream cheese
    >
    >
    > > I would like to find typical range or average water activity
    > > (Aw) values
    > for
    > > cream cheese - or a reference on the subject. An internet
    > > search didn't
    > help
    > > and Kraft Foods seems to resist giving out that kind of
    > > information. And I gave away my water activity meter a few
    > > months ago.
    > >
    > > I would also appreciate any information I can find on
    > > evaluating food
    > safety
    > > hazards of cream cheese based smoked salmon spreads.
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > >
    > > Kenneth S. Hilderbrand Jr.
    > > Seafood Processing Specialist
    > > Sea Grant Extension Program
    > > Oregon State Univ. Marine Science Center
    > > 2030 Sth Marine Science Drive
    > > Newport, Oregon 97365-5296 USA
    > > phone: 541 867-0242
    > > fax: 541 867-0369
    > > email: <ken.hilderbrand@hmsc.orst.edu>
    > >
    >
    > 

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