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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernst Beutler, Emmenmatt, CH;
Leuka Favre-Galliand, Lausanne, CH;
Johann Illi, Heimberg, CH;
Andreas Sutter, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nectec S.A., Veyvey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 34 ; 426580 ; 426583 ; 426588 ; 426800 ; 426801 ;
Abstract
A dehydrated acidified milk product is made by preparing an aqueous composition containing milk protein and having a dry matter content of from 10% to 40% by weight. The aqueous composition is inoculated with a strain of L. helveticus which exclusively forms lactic acid L(+) and a strain of S. thermophilus and fermented to obtain a fermented composition having a pH of from 4 to 5. The fermented composition is dried to obtain the dehydrated acidified product.