Streptococcus thermophilus fermentation promoting agent
AssigneeMeiji Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeisuke FURUICHI, Emi Toyama, Yoshimi Makabe
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Abstract
The present invention provides a lactic acid bacterial fermentation-promoting agent suitable for use in food production. The present invention relates to a fermentation promoting agent for Streptococcus thermophilus, comprising a solution prepared by exposing an alkaline solution comprising a reducing sugar to a temperature in the range of 5° C. or more and 135° C. or less to induce a color reaction of sugar, and a production method thereof; and a method for promoting fermentation for Streptococcus thermophilus using the fermentation promoting agent and a method for producing a fermented food such as fermented milk.
Claims13
A method for promoting Streptococcus thermophilus fermentation, comprising:
- (a) adding a fermentation promoting agent to a fermentation substrate, wherein the fermentation promoting agent comprises a solution prepared by exposing an alkaline solution comprising a reducing sugar to a temperature in the range of 5° C. or more and 135° C. or less to induce a color reaction of sugar;
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- (b) culturing Streptococcus thermophilus in/on the fermentation substrate to ferment the fermentation substrate.
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