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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2005
Yoshiharu Kuma, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Akahoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuyuki Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Kojiro Kawami, Tokyo, JP;
Miku Shibata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shinji Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiharu Kuma, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Akahoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuyuki Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Kojiro Kawami, Tokyo, JP;
Miku Shibata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shinji Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Fermented milk drinks and foods containing fermented milk components obtained by fermentation with lactic acid bacteria together with a growth promoter for lactic acid bacteria selected from among ginger extract, tea extract, green onion extract, or oleic acid and derivatives thereof, and a process for producing the fermented milk drinks and foods involving the step of culturing lactic acid bacteria in a medium containing the growth promoter for lactic acid bacteria. These fermented milk drinks and foods can contain a large number of viable cells of lactic acid bacteria and sustain the activity (acid producing ability) of the bacteria at a high level.