Abstract: The dairy industry today faces a problem of providing an alternative to adding sweeteners to fermented milk products in order to achieve the desired sweet taste without the added calories. Furthermore, it would be highly advantageous to establish a method for reducing lactose in fermented milk products to a level which is acceptable for lactose-intolerant consumers. The above problems have been solved by providing mutant Streptococcus thermophilus strains and mutant Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus strains that excrete glucose to the milk when the milk is inoculated and fermented with such Streptococcus thermophilus strains and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus strains.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2021
Assignee:
CHR. HANSEN A/S
Inventors:
Eric Johansen, Kim Ib Soerensen, Mirjana Curic-Bawden, Mette Pia Junge
Abstract: A process for the reduction of Maillard reaction (and thereby browning) in a cheese food product, wherein the process comprises contacting the product with a hexose oxidase (EC1.1.3.5) and/or cellobiose oxidase (EC 1.1.99.18) enzyme.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 23, 2019
Publication date:
June 24, 2021
Applicant:
Chr. Hansen A/S
Inventors:
Martin LUND, Camilla Lund NIKOLAJSEN, Johannes Maarten VAN DEN BRINK
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling growth of unwanted microorganisms by limiting their access to manganese. More specifically, the present invention provides a method of inhibiting or delaying growth of yeast and mold by reducing the manganese concentration in a product which is preferably a food product. The invention also provides manganese scavengers and uses thereof to inhibit or delay fungal growth. The manganese scavenger may be a bacterial cell, specifically a lactic acid bacterial cell, more specifically Lactobacillus rhamnosus alone or in combination with Lactobacillus paracasei.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 17, 2019
Publication date:
June 10, 2021
Applicant:
Chr. Hansen A/S
Inventors:
Solvej SIEDLER, Martin Holm RAU, Stina Dissing Aunsbjerg NIELSEN
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for producing a fermented milk product showing a low degree of post-acidification during storage comprising ? 1) a starter culture of lactic acid bacteria comprising at least one lactose-deficient Streptococcus thermophilus strain, which is capable of metabolizing a non-lactose carbohydrate, and at least one lactose-deficient Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus strain, which is capable of metabolizing the non-lactose carbohydrate, and ? 2) a probiotic strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus strain and a Bifidobacterium strain.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 17, 2019
Publication date:
June 3, 2021
Applicant:
Chr. Hansen A/S
Inventors:
Mette Oehrstroem RUNGE, Sonja BLOCH, Hui HAN
Abstract: The present invention relates to Bifidobacterium breve deposited as DSM 32356 and compositions comprising said strain. The composition may further comprise at least one other bacterial strain and/or at least one compound which may be an NSAID such as acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). In a presently preferred embodiment the invention relates to Bifidobacterium breve deposited as DSM 32356 for use in the support of the defense against intestinal tissue damage such as intestinal mucosal breaks or lesions e.g. in connection with NSAID administration such as in connection with administration of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). The invention further provides a method of supporting the defense against intestinal tissue damage, the method comprising administering the Bifidobacterium breve strain deposited as DSM 32356 to a subject in need thereof, e.g. to a subject in need of NSAID treatment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 1, 2019
Publication date:
May 27, 2021
Applicant:
Chr. Hansen A/S
Inventors:
Brynjulf MORTENSEN, Anders DAMHOLT, Anja WELLEJUS, Vibeke WESTPHAL STENNICKE, Johan E. T. VAN HYCKLAMA VLIEG
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a fermented milk product comprising the steps of: 1) adding a starter culture of lactic acid bacteria comprising at least one lactose-deficient Streptococcus thermophilus strain, which is capable of metabolizing a non-lactose carbohydrate, and at least one lactose-deficient Lactococcus lactis strain, which is capable of metabolizing the non-lactose carbohydrate, to a milk base, and 2) fermenting the milk for a period of time until a target pH is reached to obtain a fermented milk product.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 30, 2018
Publication date:
May 27, 2021
Applicant:
CHR. HANSEN A/S
Inventors:
Virginie BLOC, Thomas JANZEN, Mimi BIRKELUND, Luciana JIMENEZ, Jean-Marie ODINOT, Sabrina PIROIS-BLIN, Helle Skov GULDAGER
Abstract: The present invention is related to the field of bioprotection, in particular to an antimicrobial composition comprising a Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain and/or a Lactobacillus paracasei strain. Furthermore, the present invention concerns uses for such an antimicrobial composition, food, feed and pharmaceutical products comprising such an antimicrobial composition, a method of manufacturing such food, feed and pharmaceutical products and a method for reducing the content of unwanted microorganisms of such food, feed and pharmaceutical products.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2021
Assignee:
CHR. HANSEN A/S
Inventors:
Tina Hornbaek, Maike Lisberg, Silja Kej Diemer
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for harvesting biomass of a bacterium, and/or a lipoprotein produced by a bacterium, which exhibit antifungal and antibacterial activity against various phytopathogenic agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 27, 2021
Assignee:
CHR. HANSEN A/S
Inventors:
Hans Bisgaard-Frantzen, Michelle Madsen, Line Thorsen, Jakob Worm
Abstract: The present invention is related to the field of reddening of food products. In particular the present invention relates to the preservation of nitrate reductase activity of frozen and/or dried lactic acid bacteria culture or Micrococcaceae culture.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 3, 2019
Publication date:
April 22, 2021
Applicant:
Chr. Hansen A/S
Inventors:
Birgitte YDE, Tina Malling THORSEN, George Nabin BAROI, Robin TAPONEN, Jakob SOELTOFT-JENSEN
Abstract: Novel Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis lactic acid bacterium strain having improved texturizing properties and method of using the strain for producing a food product.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 30, 2021
Assignee:
CHR. HANSEN A/S
Inventors:
Vera Kuzina Poulsen, Gunnar Oeregaard, Patrick Derkx
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing the concentration of Gram-negative bacteria in a food product, the method comprising adding a red wine extract produced from red wine by dealcoholization, concentration and drying, and a culture comprising at least one class IIa bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacterial strain to a food product, ripening the food product, and storing the food product at a temperature of at the most 15° C. until a concentration less than 1 E-1 of Gram-negative bacteria. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, Gram-negative bacteria already present are eliminated. In one embodiment of the invention, the Gram-negative bacteria are Salmonella ssp. The bacteriocin-producing culture may comprise at least one of Lactobacillus curvatus (DSM 18775) and Pediococcus acidilactici (DSM 28307).
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for freeze drying a bacteria-containing concentrate. Further, the present invention relates to the freeze dried concentrates per se.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 20, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2021
Assignee:
CHR. HANSEN A/S
Inventors:
Tania Ivanova Georgieva, Anders Clausen, Susanne Abrahamsen, Tina Malling Thorsen
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making low-moisture mozzarella cheese using recent developments in the technical knowledge about the interactions between cultures, coagulants and cheese technology to increase cheese yields and maintain the cheese quality and functionalities. An optimization may lead to a higher pH and higher dry matter of the curd at the whey off step i.e. pH higher than 6.3 and ideally higher than 6.4 and solid non-fact content higher than 18%, without any modification of the curd composition at the stretching step, i.e. pH between 5.0 and 5.3 and more precisely between without any modification of the curd composition at the stretching step, i.e. pH between 5.0 and 5.3 and more precisely between 5.05 and 5.25, Ca/SNF between 1.7% and 2.4% and more precisely between 1.7 and 2.2%, dry matter between 53% and 55% and more precisely between 53.5% and 54.5%. The coagulant has a C/P ratio of at least 25.
Abstract: The present invention refers to a composition comprising Bacillus subtilis (DSM 17231) and Bacillus licheniformis (DSM 17236) with nematicidal effect against phytonematodes on plants and/or its habitat, to its use and process for its preparation, use of Bacillus subtilis (DSM 17231) and Bacillus licheniformis (DSM 17236), processes for controlling, combating and conferring specific resistance to phytonematodes, and a kit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 8, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
CHR. HANSEN A/S
Inventors:
Abilio Alessandri, Inge Knap, Luciana Sekito De Freitas Zambelli
Abstract: A liquid or dried granulated milk clotting aspartic protease enzyme composition and process for isolating a milk clotting aspartic protease enzyme of interest.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 17, 2020
Publication date:
February 18, 2021
Applicant:
Chr. Hansen A/S
Inventors:
Martin Lund, Jonas Jacobsen, Johannes Maarten Van Den Brink
Abstract: The present invention relates to new improved peptides and dimeric peptides exhibiting beta-galactosidase enzyme activity as well as methods using them for reducing the lactose content of milk-based compositions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2020
Publication date:
February 4, 2021
Applicant:
Chr. Hansen A/S
Inventors:
Hans RAJ, Pernille SMITH, Thomas ECKHARDT, Vojislav VOJINOVIC, Charlotte Elisabeth Grüner SCHÖLLER, Johannes Maarten VAN DEN BRINK