Natural rennet versus microbial rennet substitutes
..."Microbial-rennet" brings quality impairment in cheese and also substantial financial losses for the cheese manufacturer...
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"Microbial rennet" brings financial losses through yield losses - please use our cheese yield calculator
Calculation example for a manufacturing size of 10,000 litres
The values used below have been determined by TU Dresden at Casomatic. In traditional production in cheese vats the resulting differences are even higher. The price of the cheese as a prevailing medium value was taken from German cheese prices.
Application
Microbial- rennet |
Natural rennet |
|
Vat size in litres | 10,000 | 10,000 |
IMCU-applied "Microbial-rennet" | 220 | 165 |
Amount "Microbial-rennet" in kg | 2.25 | 2.64 |
applied IMCU per litre of milk | 43.42 | 38.26 |
Price rennet per kg | 2.50 | 6.50 |
Costs per vat | 5.63 | 17.18 |
Cost benefit "Microbial-rennet" |
11.56 |
Production / yield
Microbial- rennet |
Natural rennet |
|
Cheese yield in kg | 1,225.00 | 1,231.74 |
Yield in % | 12.25% | 12.32% |
Excess yield with natural rennet | 0.55% | |
Excess yield in kg | 6.74 | |
Cheese yield per batch in EUR | 3,307.50 | 3,325.70 |
Cheese price per kg | 2.70 | 2.70 |
Yield advantage Natural RENNET | 18.20 |
Profit by natural rennet per vat | 6.64 | |
Profit by natural rennet per ton of cheese | 5.42 |

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