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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:
Apr. 10, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Schwartz, Concord, CA (US);
Elizabeth A Bodie, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stauffer Chemical Company, Westport, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ; C12P / ; C12N / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 41 ; 426 43 ; 435104 ; 435253 ; 435910 ;
Abstract
Dairy whey, a waste product of chesse production, is fermented with an organism to produce a whey product containing a thickening polymer that serves as a thickening agent. Fermentation is carried out by forming a fermentation broth of whey and glucose, and optionally a water soluble phosphate and/or yeast extract and then fermenting the broth with Xanthomonas campestris ATCC 31922. The resultant fermented whey product is used as a thickening agent in the food industry.