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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Dac Thang Ho, Le Mont S/Lausanne, CH;
Christelle Schaffer-lequart, Mezieres, CH;
Steffen Dose, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Sylvie Tournade, Caen, FR;
Inventors:
Dac Thang Ho, Le Mont S/Lausanne, CH;
Christelle Schaffer-Lequart, Mezieres, CH;
Steffen Dose, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Sylvie Tournade, Caen, FR;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/12 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to frozen desserts which can be free of additives. It also pertains to a process for the manufacture of such frozen dessert which process includes the step of fermenting milk proteins with micro-organisms yielding hetero-exopolysaccharides, and thus avoiding the use of additives such as thickeners or stabilizers.