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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ebenezer R Vedamuthu, Bradenton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-9 ; 426 42 ; 426 43 ; 426583 ;
Abstract
A method for producing a yogurt product containing a bacteriocin is described. In the preferred method, a milk based medium is cultured with Pediococcus acidilactici to produce the bacteriocin, the Pediococcus acidilactici is then heat inactivated and finally a yogurt culture is added to the medium with the bacteriocin and cultured to produce the yogurt product. The yogurt product can be dried, either by lyophilization or spray-drying or other means, preferably to a powder, for use in various foods.