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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Janos Bodor, Vlaardingen, NL;
Jan Kuiper, Vlaardingen, NL;
Adrianus Marinus Ledeboer, Vlaardingen, NL;
Marinus Theodorus Pleijsier, Vlaardingen, NL;
Jan Cornelis De Smit, Vlaardingen, NL;
Yvon Maria Ijsseldijk, Vlaardingen, NL;
Robert Vreeker, Vlaardingen, NL;
Lipton, a division of Conopco, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Dairy spreads, especially fresh cheese, are sensitive for heat treatments. The heat treated products are often grainy, mealy and chalky. The invention relates to a method of producing a dairy spread wherein a cheese milk or cream or a combination thereof is acid coagulated in the presence of a suitable culture, wherein the culture comprises an exopolysaccharide producing lactic acid bacterium capable of reducing the graininess of the heat treated dairy spread.