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International audience; The ripening of industrial soft cheeses manufactured using a liquid pre-cheese produced from the ultrafiltration (UF) of milk was observed to be slow in comparison to that of cheese manufactured by a traditional process. Moreover, in the UF-cheeses investigated in this study, which were produced using Penicillium camemberti as the surface flora, several surface defects were observed: the texture was 'carton' like and the rind frequently detached from the cheese. To gain a fuller understanding of the development of these surface defects in UF-cheeses, the migration of different minerals and ions, and the study of the rind microstructure by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray mapping were performed. The results suggest that the slower diffusion of lactate, possibly due to the mineral layer at the surface of cheeses, acting as a barrier to its diffusion, may have caused an alteration in the metabolism and growth of the surface mould and may explain the surface defects of these UF-cheeses.; Les fromages à pâte molle industriels produits par ultrafiltration (UF) à partir d'un pré-fromage liquide présentent un affinage retardé par rapport à des fromages produits à l'aide d'un procédé traditionnel. De plus, des fromages UF modèles produits avec seulement Penicillium camemberti comme flore de surface montrent une texture de carton et la croûte se détache souvent du fromage. La caractérisation des migrations des minéraux et des ions et l'étude de la microstructure de la croûte de ces fromages modèles par microscopie électronique à balayage et micro-analyse X ont été réalisées afin de comprendre l'origine de ces défauts. La diffusion retardée du lactate, peut-être due à la présence d'une couche minérale à la surface des fromages, pourrait être à l'origine de changements de métabolisme et de la croissance de la moisissure et pourrait expliquer la moindre qualité des fromages.

The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of heat treatment of sweet creams on the physicochemical properties of sweet industrial buttermilks. Creams with three different heat treatments: low, medium and high, were churned and the corresponding buttermilks were characterised. Furthermore, buttermilks were renneted and centrifuged to obtain insoluble pellets and supernatants. The physicochemical properties such as the particle size measured by laser light scattering and composition of creams, buttermilks, pellets and supernatants were determined and compared. Buttermilk had a composition close to that of skim milk but it contained more phospholipids (PL): 958 (± 137) mg·kg−1, compared with 120 mg·kg−1 in milk. The heat treatment induced a significant decrease in soluble protein contents in creams, buttermilks and soluble fractions as well as an increase in the buttermilk PL/fat ratio, and an increase in supernatant protein and total solids. Buttermilk and supernatant particle sizes ranged from 0.03 to 200 μm, with a maximum at 130 nm, which may correspond to small milk fat globules, phospholipid vesicles or protein aggregates. Fat and PL in buttermilks were recovered in supernatants. The use of buttermilk enzymatic coagulation combined with centrifugation may constitute a means to fractionate milk PL.