Kraft Foods, Inc.

Debora D Ruffie

K Rajinder Nauth

Michael Gerard Roman

The present invention provides a stabilized meat product of cooked meat comprising cooked meat and nisin-containing whey. The nisin-containing whey is prepared by a inoculating a pasteurized dairy composition with a culture of a nisin-producing microorganism, incubating the composition until the pH attains a value between about 6.2 and about 2.0 and a whey and curd mixture is formed, and separating the whey from the whey and curd mixture to give the separated whey which is the nisin-containing whey. The invention also provides a method of making a stabilized meat product of cooked meat, that includes preparing a composition including meat and nisin-containing whey, and cooking the composition. The invention additionally provides a method of inhibiting the growth of a pathogenic microorganism in cooked meat that includes preparing a composition comprising meat and nisin-containing whey, sealing the cooked composition into packaging, and cooking the composition; whereby the growth of a pathogenic microorganism is inhibited.

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Mt. Prospect, IL, United States of America

Debora D Ruffie