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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Meiji Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takefumi Ichimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuko Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Nao Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Meiji Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/127 (2006.01); A23C 9/123 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12R 1/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/1275 (2013.01); A23C 9/1238 (2013.01); A23V 2400/123 (2023.08); C12N 1/205 (2021.05); C12R 2001/225 (2021.05);
Abstract
In a preparation step, raw material milk is prepared. In a lactose degradation step, at least part of lactose included in the prepared raw material milk is degraded using a lactose-degrading enzyme. The lactose concentration in the raw material milk in which lactose is degraded is not more than 2.5% by mass with respect to a total amount of the raw material milk. A lactic acid bacterium is added to the raw material milk in which at least part of lactose is degraded, and the raw material milk to which the lactic acid bacterium is added is fermented.