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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kikkoman Shoyu Co. Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-7 ; 426-9 ; 426 11 ; 426 18 ; 426 31 ; 426 46 ; 426 52 ; 426589 ; 426592 ;
Abstract
In a process for producing a fermented liquid food product by fermenting a moromi which comprises a koji for the fermented liquid food product, a moromi substrate and a liquid such as brine, alcohol and water at a temperature of about 10.degree. to about 40.degree. C for a time sufficient to produce the fermented liquid food product; the improvement wherein the fermentation is carried out in the presence of about 0.05 to about 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the koji and moromi substrate, of an added metal salt selected from the group consisting of potassium salts, sodium salts, calcium salts and magnesium salts of aliphatic carboxylic acids containing up to 4 carbon atoms.