Manufacture of white cheese or yogurt

Claim 1

A process for the manufacture of soft uncured cheese or yoghurt products from a coagulatable milk composition placed in the final package for the product before the end of the manufacturing process, comprising the steps of: providing a container having side walls defined at one end thereof a sealable filling and removal opening and a divider mounted therein at least partly engaging the side walls and dividing the interior of the container into a first small chamber and a second larger chamber and wherein the edges of said divider cooperate with said side walls to define passages therebetween providing communication between said two chambers, said passages being of a predetermined size to prevent coagulated milk composition from passing therethrough; introducing a coagulatable milk composition into said container in an amount at most equal to the volume of the second chamber; sealing the opening of the container with a liquid tight seal; placing the container in a first position such that all of the milk composition introduced therein accumulates and remains in the second chamber until the milk composition has coagulated and decomposed into curds and serum, and thereafter draining the serum from said second chamber into said first chamber via said passages, by changing the orientation of the container and placing it in a second position.