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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
May. 26, 1999
Reynolds Paul Ross, Kilworth, IE;
Gerald Francis Fitzgerald, Midleton, IE;
John Kevin Collins, Doughcloyne, IE;
Gerald Christopher O'sullivan, Ballinveltig, IE;
Catherine Gerardine Stanton, Kilworth, IE;
Reynolds Paul Ross, Kilworth, IE;
Gerald Francis Fitzgerald, Midleton, IE;
John Kevin Collins, Doughcloyne, IE;
Gerald Christopher O'Sullivan, Ballinveltig, IE;
Catherine Gerardine Stanton, Kilworth, IE;
Enterprise Ireland, Dublin, IE;
Teagasc, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of a probiotic cheese, such as Cheddar cheese, comprises adding a 0.0-5.5% inoculum of a strain of, which is non-pathogenic, acid and bile tolerant and adherent to human epithelial cells, as a starter adjunct to cheese milk, saidstrain being capable of growing during the ripening phase to a level of 10cfu/g or greater. Thestrains are found to grow and proliferate to high cell numbers (in excess of 10cfu/g) in the cheese over eight months of ripening, even when added at a relatively low inoculum. The presence of thestrains is found to have negligible effects on cheese composition, flavor and aroma.