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US 9,332,770 B2Granted
Anti-listerial mixed culture and method for producing cheese
AssigneeCSK Food Enrichment B.V.
InventorsCarmel Griffin, Susan Mills, Paul Ross, Willem Cornelis Meijer, Lourdes Mariela Serrano Davalos
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for producing a fermented dairy product, preferably cheese, comprising inoculating milk with lactic acid bacteria capable of producing a Class IIa type bacteriocin; and lactic acid bacteria capable of producing a Class I type bacteriocin.
Claims11
A freeze-dried or frozen mixed lactic acid bacterial culture composition comprising:
- (a) one or more strains of lactic acid bacteria capable of producing a Class IIa type bacteriocin, wherein at least one of the strains is Lactobacillus spp.;
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- (b) one or more strains of lactic acid bacteria capable of producing a Class I type bacteriocin, wherein at least one of the strains of lactic acid bacteria capable of producing a Class I type bacteriocin is selected from the group consisting of Lactococcus spp;
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- (c) optionally, one or more further lactic acid bacterial strains;
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- (d) one or more additives present in an amount up to 20 wt. % relative to the weight of the composition.
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