Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Wolfram Steffan

David W Mehnert

Alan Wolfschoon-Pombo

Mehran Rose

Rudolf Johann Fritsch

Peter Habermeier

Allan G W Bradbury

Ramarathna Koka

Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen

Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev

Allan Bradbury

Kelly Duffin-Maxwell

Rudolf J Fritsch

Rathna Koka

Allan Gw Bradbury

A process is provided for preparing (1) a first composition obtained by extracting a plant material with a single phase mixture of water and at least a first organic solvent under agitation so as to obtain a first extract rich in polyphenol oligomers, wherein the first composition is the first extract, and (2) a second composition obtained by extracting at least a portion of the first extract with a biphasic mixture of water and at least a second organic solvent under agitation so as to obtain a second extract rich in polyphenol monomers, dimers, and trimers, wherein the second composition is the second extract. Food products, mendicants, and cosmetics containing the first composition or the second composition are also provided.

Polyphenol-rich extract from plant material

Process for manufacturing cheeses and other dairy products, and the resulting products, in which lactobionic acid is added, or generated in situ, in combination with a dairy component in the course of the process. The lactobionic acid can be used as the sole acidulent for direct acidification of the cheese, or in conjunction with reduced amounts of lactic acid culture. When the lactobionic acid is generated in situ during cheese manufacture according to the invention, a lactose oxidase is used in one embodiment to convert lactose intrinsically present in the dairy liquid ingredient(s) into lactobionic acid. The organoleptic attributes of the cheeses made using lactobionic acid as an ingredient are satisfactory and fully suitable. The process can be applied to the production of a wide variety of cheeses, including, for example, cream cheeses, hard cheeses such as cheddar, UF cheeses, process cheeses, cheddar cheeses, and so forth.

Process for manufacturing cheeses and other dairy products and products thereof

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Ottobrunn, Germany

Wolfram Steffan