PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processed cheese which is adaptable to various packing forms through a hot-melt process and contains a lactic acid bacterium (which contributes to health) in a living state while maintaining its characteristic properties, and also provide a method for production of the processed cheese.SOLUTION: Disclosed is a processed cheese characterized in that a lactic acid bacterium added after a hot-melt processing of a cheese raw material used for producing the processed cheese exists in a living state in the processed cheese. Also disclosed is a method for production of a processed cheese comprising a first step wherein a cheese raw material used for producing the process cheese is subjected to hot-melt processing and a second step wherein a lactic acid bacterium is added to the cheese raw material after heating and melting.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】加熱溶融工程を有することで多様な包装形態に対応することが可能なプロセスチーズ類に、その特性を維持したまま、健康へ寄与する乳酸菌が生存しているプロセスチーズ類と、その製造方法を提案する。【解決手段】プロセスチーズ類の製造に用いるチーズ原料の加熱溶融工程後に添加された乳酸菌が生菌として存在するプロセスチーズ類。プロセスチーズ類の製造に用いるチーズ原料の加熱溶融を行う第1の工程と、加熱溶融後の前記チーズ原料に乳酸菌を添加する第2の工程とを有するプロセスチーズ類の製造方法。【選択図】図3
