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Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center

The Dairy Science department has been an active participant of the Midwest (formerly MN-SD) Dairy Foods Research Center since its inception in 1986. This Center has since been a major source of funding for Dairy Manufacturing research. Additional details about the South Dakota projects and others are available at the Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center website and at the Dairy Management Inc. website.

On-going

Dr. Sanjeev Anand. Manufacture of cheese enriched with conjugated linileic acid. $28,180. (Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2007).

Dr. Vikram Mistry. Manufacture and characterization of concentrated native whey proteins. $63,856 (Jan 2007 - Dec 2008).

Dr. Ashraf Hassan and Dr. Vikram Mistry. Improvement of the texture and functionality of reduced fat Process cheese. $89,224. (Jan. 2005 - Dec 2007).

Completed Projects

Dr. Vikram Mistry: Process cheese from membrane concentrated/fractionated milk. $52,888. (Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2006).

Dr. Rajiv Dave: Processing technologies to improve the solubility and mouth feel of dairy minerals in liquid products at neutral pH. 2004 budget - $33,000. (Jan. 2004 - Jun. 2005).

Dr. Ashraf Hassan: Selection of the appropriate nonropy exopolysaccharide-producing lactic cultures for making low fat Cheddar cheese with improved physical properties.$21,545. (Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2004).

Dr. Rajiv Dave: Understanding the role of starter cultures in Mozzarella cheese functionality. $77,000. (July 2001-Dec. 2004).

Dr. Rajiv Dave: $2200 from Dairy Management, Inc. to commercialize acid whey products in yogurt. (Jan. - Dec. 2003).

Dr. Rajiv Dave: Use of acid whey in fermented dairy products. $65,000. (July 2002-July 2004).

Dr. Vikram Mistry: Flavor optimization of process cheese using concentrated milks for base cheese manufacture. $125,530. (Jan. 2000-Dec. 2003).

Dr. Vikram Mistry. Reduction of salt whey waste during cheese manufacture. $81,200. (Jan. 2000-Dec. 2003).

 

 


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