Goat cheese in a sack is a traditional Herzegovinian product of extreme specificity, both in production technology and in the properties of the final product. The main characteristic of cheese in a sack is anaerobic ripening inside a bag made of lamb skin (mixture), which is how the cheese got its name. The aim of this work is to examine the ...

By Danica Savanović, Velemir Ana, Savanović Jovo, Mandić Snježana, Savić Aleksandar, Kučinar Jovana

 Natural plant extracts are a good alternative to improve the quality and safety of dry fermented sausages. Different factors during processing have an impact on the quality characteristics of the final product, but the sensory properties influence overall quality and consumers’ product acceptance. This study aimed to examine the effect ...

By Ana Velemir, Snježana Mandić, Danica Savanović, Jovo Savanović

 This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of natural casing treatment with aqueous or ethanol extract of the blackthorn fruits (Prunus spinosa L.) on fatty acids content of vacuumpacked Kranjska sausages. Three experimental groups of sausages were produced: CS - a conventional sausage filled in a natural casing; WS - a sausage filled in...

By Ana Velemir, Snježana Mandić, Danica Savanović, Vanja Jokanović

 Milk fat is a very important ingredient in milk and plays a significant role in cheese production. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of fat content in milk on the quality characteristics of produced fresh cheese. For the purposes of this work, three cheese samples from milk with different fat content (1.5%, 2.8% and 3.2%) were p...

By Danica Savanović, Ana Velemir, Jovo Savanović, Bojana Dmitrović

 Cheese is a product of high nutritional quality, which is created by coagulation of milk. Acidcoagulating cheeses are produced by the action of high temperatures with the addition of organic acids. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of coagulation temperature and coagulant type on the mineral composition of cheeses, obtained ...

By Danica Savanović, Ana Velemir, Nevena Ritan, Jovo Savanović