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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2011
Masato Saito, Odawara, JP;
Yuka Aoyama, Odawara, JP;
Masashi Yamamoto, Odawara, JP;
MEIJI CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method is directed to producing liquid fermented milk, suppressing an increase in acidity and a decrease in pH over time during refrigerated storage, keeping a refreshing flavor (sour taste) originating from yogurt lactic acid bacteria for a long time, and suppressing production of an acid during storage to maintain good quality, without requiring heating after a fermentation step, use of a particular additive, and the like. The method for producing liquid fermented milk which uses a rod-shaped lactic acid bacteria and a coccus-shaped lactic acid bacteria as lactic acid bacteria to be added to a raw material for fermented milk, and which includes a homogenization step of obtaining the liquid fermented milk at a homogenization pressure of from 50 MPa to 100 MPa.