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US 11,058,126 B2Granted
Method for the manufacture of a cream cheese
AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorsThomas Spiegel, Alan Wolfschoon-Pombo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a cream cheese, the method comprising: (i) providing a first dairy liquid; (ii) fermenting the first dairy liquid to form a first acidified dairy liquid; (iii) providing a second dairy liquid; (iv) acidifying the second dairy liquid with citric acid to form a second acidified dairy liquid; (v) combining the first acidified dairy liquid and the second acidified dairy liquid to form a cream cheese.
Claims19
A method for the manufacture of a cream cheese, the method comprising:
- (i) providing a first dairy liquid, wherein the first dairy liquid comprises cream;
- (ii) fermenting the first dairy liquid to form a first acidified dairy liquid by a lactic acid fermentation with lactic acid producing bacteria;
- (iii) providing a second dairy liquid, wherein the second dairy liquid comprises microfiltered or ultrafiltered milk concentrate, and wherein the second dairy liquid comprises at least 6 wt % protein;
- (iv) acidifying the second dairy liquid with citric acid to form a second acidified dairy liquid having a pH of less than 5.3;
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- (v) combining the first acidified dairy liquid and the second acidified dairy liquid to form a cream cheese,
- wherein a genus of the lactic-acid producing bacteria is Lactococcus, Leuconostoc, Streptococcus, or Lactobacillus.
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