The first experimental batch of cheese on the basis of artificial rennet, developed by scientists of Altai state University (ASU), is scheduled to produce in 2018. Scientists of the University received a grant of 2 million rubles for implementation of the project following the results of competition of Fund of assistance to innovation, said Wednesday in a press-service of the University.

"The first batch of cheese on the basis of domestic chymosin - artificial rennet Altai development will put on the aging this year, the work goes together with experts of scientific research Institute of cheese making of the region. The project "Development of technology for production of recombinant enzymes based on Bacillus subtilis" has won competition of Fund of assistance to innovation, the scientists took a grant of 2 million rubles. The authors of the project - team of the research student's design-technological Bureau "NERD", - said the press service of the University.

Project essence - to be replaced natural rennet enzymes in the production of artificial. The project is a continuation of the work of scientists of the ASU and a number of research institutes of the country for the development of artificial enzymes chymosin and alpha-amylase. According to the head of the research design-technological Bureau, associate Professor of organic chemistry Dmitry Shcherbakov, the classic method of producing rennet enzyme from the stomach of young calves. About 30 years ago, the world began to stop this method of production, as this has killed many animals.

As previously reported, for the first time the staff of the ASU engaged in the development of the domestic chymosin in 2015 with the aim of import substitution in order to create an artificial chymosin, which will be cheaper than foreign analogues at least three times. From the point of view of chemistry and biology, and between natural and created in a test tube with pimozidom there are no differences - a protein preparation, in which no genetic modification. Today in Russia there is no producer of chymosin - the product is only imported. The total demand cardellicchio production of the country in the drug is estimated at 26 tons per year.

Chymosin - enzyme secreted by the gastric glands of mammals and is used for the production of rennet cheeses. It helps to create cheeses such as "Swiss", "Dutch", "Kostroma", "Cheddar", and many others. Alpha-amylase is demanded in agriculture and food industry, the enzyme that is used to produce sugar from starch, the gain properties of detergents.

In the Altai region produced every seventh ton of cheese in the country, and basically it is - rennet cheeses.