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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elsa Ostermann, Bethune, FR;
Bernard Pora, Arleux, FR;
Bernard Boursier, Violaines, FR;
Sophie Defretin, Locon, FR;
Assignee:
Roquette Freres, Lestrem, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/12 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a carbon-containing additive for food fermenting agents characterized in that it comprises branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1→6 glucosidic bonds, a reducing sugars content less than 20%, a polymolecularity index less than 5 and a number average molecular mass Mn equal to at most 4,500 g/mole. It also concerns fermented food compositions containing the said additive as well as the process for preparing these fermented food compositions.