Özet:

The present study aimed to determine the physical, chemical, and textural properties of goatskin used in the production of Tulum cheese and the traditional and industrial ripening conditions. Natural ripening conditions (caves) and some parameters (temperature, humidity, oxygen, and CO2 values) of the cold storage of the dairy plants were examined between March and October. It was determined that the temperature and moisture content of the natural cave where cheese ripening was carried out was different from that of the dairy factory storage conditions. The oxygen and carbon dioxide ratios were similar in both ripening conditions. The effects of skin thickness, fat, and skin structure, especially tensile strength, elongation break, tear strength, air, water vapor, and oxygen permeability properties were statistically significant. The goatskins' tensile strength, elongation at break and tear strength values were 9.16-36.48 daN, 22.57-81.57 N, and 35.4-150.28 N/mm, respectively. When used as a casing material for the ripening of Tulum cheese, the effect of the skin's properties such as Oxygen, water vapor, and air permeability on the product was found to be significant. The present study determined that goatskin's outward air permeability was 6.6-10.95 times higher than the inward air permeability.

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