Chr. Hansen A/s

Emilien Langevin

Jean-Marie Odinot

Gunnar Oeregaard

Luciana Luciana Jimenez

Elahe Ghanei Moghadam

Marc Faiveley

Vera Kuzina Poulsen

Pascal Lanciaux

Kasui Tang

Jean-Paul Poignand

Marion Piquet

Gilles Didelot

The present invention relates to a process for producing a fermented milk soft cheese product including the steps of a) Providing a first milk base, b) Optionally subjecting the first milk base to a concentration step to obtain a concentrated first milk base, c) Adding a first starter culture including at least one EPS producing lactic acid bacterium strain, d) Fermenting the concentrated first milk base for a period of time until a target pH is reached to obtain an EPS-containing fermented milk composition, e) Mixing the EPS-containing fermented milk composition with one or more other ingredients, if any, selected from the group consisting of a milk fat composition, a second fermented milk composition and one or more additives, to obtain a fermented milk mixture, and f) Subjecting the fermented milk mixture to heat treatment to obtain a fermented milk soft cheese product.

Fermented milk soft cheese product and process of making same

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Emilien Langevin