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US 7,947,315 B2Granted
Dairy products and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneesAmano Enzyme Inc., Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsTomohiro Kodera, Hiroyuki Nakagoshi, Noriko Miwa, Nami Nakamura, Hidehiko Wakabayashi
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Abstract
The present invention provides a dairy product with smooth oral sensation and suppressed acidic taste and bitter taste and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein a protein deamidating enzyme is added to raw milk to act on the milk protein in the raw milk.
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A method for manufacturing a dairy product, comprising:
- adding a protein deamidating enzyme to raw milk, wherein said raw milk comprises a milk protein;
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- maintaining said protein deamidating enzyme in contact with said milk protein in said raw milk for a time and under conditions suitable to permit said enzyme to deamidate said milk protein, wherein:
- said protein deamidating enzyme is a proteinglutaminase from chryseobacterium,
- said dairy product is selected from the group consisting of natural cheese, processed cheese, set yogurt, and stirred yogurt, and
- said protein deamidating enzyme is added to said raw milk in an amount of 0.1 to 100 units per liter of raw milk.
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