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US 2011/0123673 A1Published application
Initiation of fermentation
AssigneeChr. Hansen A/S
InventorJan Clair Nielsen
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Abstract
The invention relates to an activation solution useful for incubation of microbial organisms prior to inoculation into a liquid composition, such as wine, and to a dry activation composition from which the activation solution may be produced. The activation solution preferably comprises microbial organisms capable of fermenting malic acid to lactic acid, but having impaired capability of degrading citric acid. These microbial organisms are useful in methods of inducing malolactic fermentation during wine production.
Claims39
An activation solution comprising
- i) A nitrogen source
- ii) In the range of 60 to 140 g sugar per L
- iii) In the range of 5×108 and 5×1010 colony forming units per ml of a microbial organism capable of fermenting at least one fermentable compound
- iv) a chemical compound with buffering capacity,
- wherein the solution has a pH in the range of 4 to 6.
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