DSM Food Specialties Launches New Milk Coagulant

A 100% pure chymosin – the principal milk clotting enzyme – Maxiren Gold is a superior, reliable milk coagulant which provides high purity, consistent quality and stable enzymatic activity in all varieties of cheese.

29/07/08 Maxiren Gold is the latest preservative-free innovation from DSM Food Specialties developed to maximise cheese manufacturers’ production efficiency. A 100% pure chymosin – the principal milk clotting enzyme – Maxiren Gold is a superior, reliable milk coagulant which provides high purity, consistent quality and stable enzymatic activity in all varieties of cheese.

Unlike calf rennet, which is traditionally used to coagulate milk in cheese production, Maxiren Gold’s 100% chymosin does not contain any redundant proteases and delivers a pure and concentrated form of the key dairy yeast Saccharomyces (Kluveromyces) lactis. This yeast has been isolated and modified naturally thanks to pioneering DSM technology. Maxiren Gold therefore enables manufacturers to communicate a preservative-free message to consumers – a compelling proposition.

Ardy van Erp, product manager Dairy Enzymes, DSM Food Specialties, comments: “ We are delighted to introduce this premium, clean label product. Maxiren Gold responds to customer demand for a natural solution to achieving consistent and reliable coagulation. Technically sound, Maxiren Gold offers the same coagulation time, response to temperature and pH, proteolytic activity (casein breakdown) and rheological properties as calf rennet. A key differentiator is that Maxiren Gold has the longest guaranteed shelf life available today without the need for benzoate. This enables manufacturers to make preservative-free claims throughout the whole production chain – fulfilling both consumers and retailers’ demands.”