20.500.12556/RUL-174220 Spatial distribution of minerals and selected bioactive compounds in white mold-ripened and blue-veined cheeses In this study, the contents of minerals, free amino acids (FAAs), biogenic amines (BAs), γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and spermidine (SPD) were analyzed in selected white mold-ripened and blue-veined cheeses, including their spatial distribution between rind and core. Blue-veined cheeses contained higher levels of sodium, calcium, phosphorus, FAAs, and SPD. The BAs content was higher in cheeses produced from raw milk. Compared to the cores, the rinds of the analyzed cheeses contained more calcium (up to 66-fold), hosphate (up to 4.4-fold), zinc (up to 9.9-fold), and GABA (up to 17-fold). In white moldripened cheeses, where molds do not grow in the core, the rinds also contained more FAAs (up to 15-fold) and SPD (up to 127-fold). Our results confirm previous observations that the inds of mold-ripened cheeses contain higher amounts of nutritionally valuable cations that form poorly soluble phosphate salts. To our knowledge, this study provides the first demonstration that the rinds of white mold-ripened cheeses are enriched in GABA and SPD, bioactive compounds associated with beneficial health effects. This highlights the high nutritional value of the outer layers of cheese produced with food-grade molds. mold-ripened cheese spatial distribution minerals spermidine ▫$/gamma$▫-aminobutyric acid rind core mlekarstvo siri sir s plemenito plesnijo bioaktivne sestavine minerali true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-09-30 08:32:53 2025-09-30 08:32:57 2026-01-06 08:28:14 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 18 str. issue 18, [article no.] 3819 Vol. 30 Sep. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-09-19 637.1 1420-3049 10.3390/molecules30183819 249740547 RAZ_Drasler_Varineja_2025.pdf RAZ_Drasler_Varineja_2025.pdf 1 594B6684C485A08D4FAEF1F2415134D5 fb9081e90caa2bde7a57c5935b3605b8bf2e9693760be6389c6f7f66ad8e4ad1 eeaca06c-d98e-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=223689 https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/18/3819 0 29e779dc-ead1-11f0-bf92-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=224992 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0