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  • Patent number: 5972393
    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