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US 12,740,576 B2Granted
Tea-based beverage
AssigneeNational University of Singapore
InventorsShao Quan Liu, Rui Wang, Mingzhan Toh
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AssigneeNational University of Singapore
InventorsShao Quan Liu, Rui Wang, Mingzhan Toh
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The invention relates to a tea-based beverage comprising probiotics, wherein the probiotics has a live probiotic cell count of ≥6.0 log CFU/ml. The invention further relates to a method of preparing the tea-based beverage having a live probiotic cell count of ≥6.0 log CFU/ml comprising the steps of: mixing tea infusion with sugar to form a mixture, inoculating probiotics to the mixture to form an inoculated mixture, fermenting the inoculated mixture for a pre-determined period of time to form the beverage. In one embodiment, the probiotics comprises Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus paracasei, Saccharomyces boulardii, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or a combination thereof.
A tea-based beverage comprising probiotics, wherein the probiotics have a live probiotic cell count of ≥6.0 log CFU/mL, wherein the probiotics comprise a probiotic lactic acid bacteria and a probiotic Saccharomyces yeast, wherein the probiotic lactic acid bacteria is selected from the group comprising:
A method of preparing a tea-based beverage comprising probiotics having a live cell count of ≥6.0 log CFU/mL, the method comprising:
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