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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne S. Muller, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Alfred L. Allen, Pascoag, RI (US);
Anthony Sikes, Fisldale, MA (US);
Andre Senecal, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 7/155 ; A23L 3/3463 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 7/155 ; A23L 3/3463 ;
Abstract
A method for making a food preservative comprises the steps of removing outer skins of taro corms, cutting the corms into pieces, grinding the pieces of corm to produce ground taro, drying the ground taro, diluting the ground taro with water, cooking the taro and water, inoculating the cooked taro and water with a selected bacteriocin producing bacterium and permitting the taro to ferment, to provide the food preservative.