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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. 24, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 07, 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 / ; C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 41 ; 426 43 ; 435101 ; 435103 ; 435253 ;
Abstract
Dairy whey, a waste product of cheese production, is fermented to produce a thickening agent for use in the food industry by forming a fermentation broth containing whey and sucrose, and fermenting the broth with Leuconostoc mesenteroides ATCC 14935. The fermentation broth can optionally contain a water-soluble phosphate as a pH buffer and yeast extract.