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US 8,617,625 B2Granted
Dairy composition with probiotics and anti-microbial system
AssigneeKraft Foods Group Brands LLC
InventorsGary Francis Smith, Alice Shen Cha, Zuoxing Zheng, Michael Gerard Roman, Benjamin Emanuel Dias
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Abstract
Dairy compositions are provided having a high pH, of about 4.8 to about 6.2, comprising desirable probiotic cultures as well as an anti-microbial system for inhibiting undesirable pathogenic and/or spoilage microbial growth without significantly reducing the beneficial effect of the probiotic cultures.
Claims9
A method of forming a dairy product comprising:
- preparing a dairy composition having an aqueous continuous phase and a pH of 5.0 to about 6.2;
- dispersing an effective amount of a microbial growth-inhibiting component selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid and salts thereof in an amount of about 0.03% to about 0.1% by weight in the dairy composition such that undesirable microbial growth is inhibited;
- pasteurizing the dairy composition;
- cooling the pasteurized dairy composition to a temperature at which a probiotic culture component can survive in the dairy composition;
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- dispersing a probiotic culture component comprising probiotic cultures in the cooled dairy composition
- wherein the probiotic cultures of the probiotic culture component remain substantially viable in the presence of the microbial growth-inhibiting component.
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