Alcoholic fermentation process in the presence of a high alcohol tolerant yeast and a maltotriose positive yeast
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsJean-Claude Marie Pierre De Troostembergh, Bernhard Horbach, Michael Josef Christian Kruse, Nicolas Andre Albert Meurens
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Abstract
The invention relates to an alcoholic fermentation process in the presence of one or more high alcohol tolerant yeast and one or more maltotriose positive yeast. The process of the present invention can be a fermentation process for the production of ethanol, for the production of beer, for the production of wine and the like. in a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for the production of ethanol in the presence of distiller's yeast and baker's yeast.
Claims13
A process for the production of ethanol comprising fermenting a carbohydrate containing substrate in the presence of one or more high alcohol tolerant yeasts having an alcohol tolerance of at least 100 g/l and one or more maltotriose positive yeasts, wherein the substrate comprises maltose and maltotriose.
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