Manufacture of Starters: The Use of Commercially Available Concentrated Starters

The paper describes the development of cultures for the dairy industry by the Marschall Dairy Laboratory, which was later to become the Marschall Division of Miles Laboratories, from 4 oz mother cultures distributed in 1906 without refrigeration to ‘Superstarts’, Marschall's concentrated frozen direct‐to‐the‐vat cultures. The paper also describes the first successful large‐scale trial in the UK with direct‐to‐the‐vat cultures.