Is Quark SCD legit for DCCC?

[Guest guest]

Anyone know if Quark (german style soft cheese) is legit for SCD as

DCCC? It's from Vermont Butter & Cheese Company with ingredients:

pasteurized cows' milk, culture, enzymes, salt.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

>

> Anyone know if Quark (german style soft cheese) is legit for SCD as

> DCCC? It's from Vermont Butter & Cheese Company with ingredients:

> pasteurized cows' milk, culture, enzymes, salt.

>

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Not legal:

Quark (or quarg) is a fresh unripened cheese prepared in a fashion similar to

cottage

cheese. As with other fresh cheeses, the first step in the creation of quark is

pasteurization of the milk. Fresh cheeses are consumed without aging and so milk

used

must be pasteurized to ensure the safety of the cheese. Once the cheesemilk is

prepared,

starter culture is added to generate lactic acid from lactose. Acidification

occurs until the

pH is lowered to 4.6, which causes precipitation of the casein proteins. A very

small

amount of rennet is included with the cheesemilk and it functions to make the

curd firmer.

Unlike cottage cheese, the quark coagulum is not cut or cooked. The curd is

simply broken

by agitation and whey is removed by bag drainage or by centrifugal force in a

mechanical

curd concentrator. The product may then be salted. The resulting texture of the

quark

cheese is very smooth, unlike cottage cheese, which consists of distinct curds.

Quark

cheese is used as an ingredient to add sensory appeal, mild flavour, and

nutritional value

to foods. Quark is a fresh cheese with a smooth texture, a mild, slightly sour

flavour and a

white colour. Quark cheese can be prepared from skim milk, partially skim milk

or whole

milk. When the Quark cheese is made with fat, the fat contributes to the flavour

and

smoothness of the cheese. Quark cheese has a fairly short shelf life due to its

relatively

high moisture content. Since the curd is not washed (as in cottage cheese

manufacture),

quark cheese has a relatively high lactose content.

Carol F.

SCD 8 years, celiac

[Guest guest]

At 09:57 AM 12/25/2007, you wrote:

>Anyone know if Quark (german style soft cheese)

>is legit for SCD as DCCC? It's from Vermont

>Butter & Cheese Company with ingredients:

>pasteurized cows' milk, culture, enzymes, salt.

The way it's made makes it illegal -- there's lots of lactose left in it.

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Bummer, thanks so much for respondin,! I really appreciate it. Guess I

need to chuck this container and make a road trip to Whole Foods.

Merry Christmas and thanks again!