Food preservative system and method for preserving a food composition
AssigneeUnilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsMichael Cirigliano, Leonardo Aquino, Ashley Sherman
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Abstract
A food preservative system and method for preserving a food composition is described. The food composition can be high in protein, contain meat and mayonnaise and is shelf stable for at least 30 days. The preservative system has a component that interferes with the permeability of the cell membrane of spoilage bacteria and pathogens and another component that penetrates the same in order to kill or inhibit growth of such organisms.
Claims17
A preservative composition for a food composition comprising:
- (a) a first component suitable to interfere with the permeability of a cell membrane of a spoilage organism and a pathogen;
- (b) a second component suitable to diffuse into the plasma of the spoilage organism and pathogen in order to kill and/or inhibit growth of the spoilage organism, pathogen or both wherein the second component is present at a weight percent that does not exceed 1.9% by weight of the food composition.
A method for making a food composition microbiologically safe and stable comprising the steps of:
- (a) contacting a food composition or ingredients of a food composition with preservative comprising:
- (i) a first component suitable to interfere with the permeability of a cell membrane of a spoilage organism and a pathogen;
- (ii) a second component suitable to diffuse into the plasma of the spoilage organism and pathogen in order to kill and/or inhibit growth of the spoilage organism, pathogen, or both
- (b) recovering the food composition wherein the second component is present at a weight percent that does not exceed 1.9% by weight of the food composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.