Method for Producing Fermented Milk Products
AssigneeChr. Hansen A/S
InventorsSabrina SALTAJI, Nanna Skov HOEJLUND
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Abstract
The present disclosure is in the field of dairy technology. It relates to a method for producing a fermented milk product wherein the fermentation time is reduced, compositions, and fermented milk products obtained by the method or comprising the composition.
Claims16
A method for producing a fermented milk product comprising the steps of:
- a) adding to a milk base a composition comprising (i) a first Streptococcus thermophilus strain deposited as DSM 34451 and/or (ii) a second Streptococcus thermophllus strain derived from a galactose-negative mother strain having a Transposase Insertion Element in the Galactose Operon Promoter Region, wherein said mutant strain becomes galactose-positive by the absence of the Transposase Insertion Element;
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- b) fermenting the milk base for a period of time until a target pH is reached;
- wherein the fermentation time to reach the target pH when using the composition is reduced as compared to the fermentation time to reach the target pH of a benchmark composition without the DSM 34451 strain and/or comprising the galactose-negative mother strain.
A composition comprising the Streptococcus thermophilus strains DSM 34451 and a second Streptococcus thermophilus strain derived from a galactose-negative mother strain having a Transposase Insertion Element in the Galactose Operon Promoter Region, wherein said mutant strain becomes galactose-positive by the absence of the Transposase Insertion Element.
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