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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2005
Masaki Sakakibara, Chiba, JP;
Yoshitsugu Fukuda, Ichihara, JP;
Akiko Sekiya, Kisarazu, JP;
Hideji Nishihashi, Sakura, JP;
Tomohiro Hirahashi, Ichihara, JP;
Masaki Sakakibara, Chiba, JP;
Yoshitsugu Fukuda, Ichihara, JP;
Akiko Sekiya, Kisarazu, JP;
Hideji Nishihashi, Sakura, JP;
Tomohiro Hirahashi, Ichihara, JP;
Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The treatment of spirulina by a process which includes placing spirulina that has not been previously heat-sterilized, lactic acid bacteria and sugar in water, then culturing the lactic acid bacteria provides treated spirulina in which the distinctive taste and odor of spirulina are minimized, in which active ingredients such as phycocyanin remain intact, and which contains a reduced level of bacteria other than lactic acid bacteria.