Dairy starter culture delivery system and use hereof
AssigneeChr. Hansen A/S
InventorsErik Hoier, Kristan Elsborg, Esben Laulund
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Abstract
A delivery system for introduction of a starter culture directly into a dairy process line, comprising a sealed enclosure having outlet means for connecting the enclosure to the process line, the sealed enclosure containing the starter culture and/or milk clotting enzyme. The system can be used to introduce a dairy starter culture directly into a closed dairy process line without risk of contamination.
Claims32
A method of preparing a dairy product, the method comprising the steps of
- (i) providing a microbial starter culture as a culture concentrate in a sealed enclosure which is provided with outlet means for connecting the enclosure to a dairy process line,
- (ii) combining the microbial starter culture with an aqueous medium to obtain an aqueous suspension of the microbial starter culture,
- (iii) combining said starter culture suspension with milk in the dairy process line, and
- (iv) optionally keeping the thus inoculated milk under starter culture fermenting conditions to obtain the dairy product.
A delivery system for inoculation of a dairy starter culture into a dairy process line, the system comprising a sealed enclosure containing a concentrate of a starter culture and/or a milk clotting enzyme, said enclosure is provided with outlet means for connecting the enclosure to the dairy process line, said outlet means permitting the connection of the enclosure to the dairy process line to obtain delivery of the starter culture into the process line.
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