Abstract: A dehydrated acidified milk product is made by preparing an aqueous composition containing milk protein and having a dry matter content of from 10% to 40% by weight. The aqueous composition is inoculated with a strain of L. helveticus which exclusively forms lactic acid L(+) and a strain of S. thermophilus and fermented to obtain a fermented composition having a pH of from 4 to 5. The fermented composition is dried to obtain the dehydrated acidified product.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 1992
Date of Patent:
October 26, 1999
Assignee:
Nectec S.A.
Inventors:
Ernst Beutler, Leuka Favre-Galliand, Johann Illi, Andreas Sutter