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Fermented milk from Central America

Natilla and crema (Central American fermented cream)natilla

Natilla is cream soured by suitable microbes until its pH drops, with or without thickening; the regional regulation RTCA 67.04.71:14 also uses the name for cream soured with added acids. It must hold at least 10 % milk fat, or 45 % for natilla doble.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Natilla and crema itself.

Short entryFermented milk

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe regulation sets the product, not a recipe; no tested amounts were found.
Cream, reconstituted cream or recombined creamAt least 10 % milk fat for natilla, 45 % for natilla doble[rtca2014]
Cultures of harmless microorganismsFor fermented natilla; acidified natilla uses acids or acidity regulators instead[rtca2014]
Sodium chloride or other food-grade salts (allowed)[rtca2014]
Startercultures of suitable microorganisms (fermented natilla) or acids and acidity regulators (acidified natilla)
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What changes: Cream is separated from the milk and its fat level set

Step 1 of 3
Separate and standardise the cream
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Output: cream for natilla.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
liquid cream
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Natilla is cream soured by suitable microbes until its pH drops, with or without thickening; the regional regulation RTCA 67.04.71:14 also uses the name for cream soured with added acids. It must hold at least 10 % milk fat, or 45 % for natilla doble.

What makes this one different

Natilla is a cultured cream, not a cultured milk. The same name covers a cream soured with added acid, which the regulation calls acidified natilla.

Milk fat, natilla
At least 10 % milk fat
Milk fat, natilla doble
At least 45 % milk fat

Related ferments

Variants

  • Natilla acidificadaSoured by adding acids or acidity regulators instead of microbes.
  • Natilla dobleAt least 45 % milk fat.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

RTCA 67.04.71:14 is a Central American technical regulation that corresponds to the Codex standard for creams, CODEX STAN 288-1976. Its bibliography lists earlier national texts, including Costa Rica's RTCR 412:2008 for cream and sour and fermented cream (natilla).

  1. [rtca2014] RTCA 67.04.71:14, Productos lácteos. Cremas (natas) y cremas (natas) preparadas. Especificaciones, Central American Technical Regulation, annex to COMIECO resolution 363-2015spec