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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
May. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohamed Eid Megeed, Cairo, EG;
David C Sands, Bozeman, MT (US);
Assignee:
Nutribiotech, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ; A21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 20 ; 426 61 ; 426549 ; 426496 ;
Abstract
The extent of fermentation of a food product by a microorganism can be controlled by using a selected quantity of a nutrient for which the microorganism is auxotrophic. For example, an improved sourdough bread product was produced using a bread dough made with a starter that included a Lactobacillus fermentum strain that is auxotrophic for methionine and a quantity of whey, a source of methionine, that was selected to stop fermentation when the bread dough reached a desired acidity level.