Abstract
Sodium chloride was shown to reduce quantitatively the curd tension of milk. The action of Streptococcus faecalis and S. lactis starters in the presence of different con-centrations of salt was studied. The results indicate that S. faecalis has a higher salt tolerance, and consequently produces a firmer curd. The curd tension has been shown to increase with increasing rennet coagulation time over a period of 45 minutes to 2 hours and 15 minutes.