Patents Assigned to CHR. Hansen A/S
  • Publication number: 20150017303
    Abstract: 1. A composition, which is an anthocyanin-based colorant composition comprising 50-90 mol-%, based on the total amount of anthocyanins, of pelargonidin-based anthocyanins, and wherein (i) >70 mol-% of all anthocyanins are acylated with at least one phenolic acid; and (ii) >20 mol-% of all anthocyanins are acylated with at least one hydroxycinnamic acid; and wherein the composition has a red color with a hue value H?in the L*C*h* color system in the range of 10-30, measured at an L*-value of (70.0±0.1) in a 0.1 mol/l trisodium citrate dihydrate buffer at pH 3 in a 1 cm-length quartz cell using Spectraflash 650 (Datacolor) in transmission mode under D65 illuminant 10 Deg. Also, the present invention relates to use of the above compositions as a food colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: CHR. HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Carine Mane, Céline Chanforan, Patrick Lemmonier, Eric Jouenne
  • Publication number: 20140370146
    Abstract: A bacillus composition characterized by fast germination and outgrowth in bile salts (simulated gut environment) and by producing a compound of interest. The bacillus composition may be used as supplement in animal feed where it has a probiotic (health promoting) effect and increases the digestion and availability of nutrients from animal feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Inge KNAP, Ane KNARREBORG, Thomas Dyrmann LESER, Lund BENTE, Mette Dines CANTOR, Patrick DERKX
  • Publication number: 20140348980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a fermented milk product with enhanced gel stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Ditte Marie FOLKENBERG, Lone POULSEN
  • Publication number: 20140349331
    Abstract: Described are methods for assaying whether a Bacillus composition comprising at least one Bacillus strain is capable of increasing the amount of available sugar from animal feed comprising non-starch polysaccharides (NSP). Also described are methods for increasing the amount of available sugar from animal feed comprising non-starch polysaccharides (NSP), comprising adding to the animal feed a Bacillus composition comprising at least one Bacillus strain, which compositions produces 120 hexose equivalents (?mol/ml) or more when measured by the method described herein. Also described are animal feeds comprising 14% (w/w) or more of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) if the animal feed is for a piglet, lactating sow, broiler or layer or 19% (w/w) or more of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) if the animal feed is for a grower-finisher pig or gestating sow, and a Bacillus composition comprising at least one Bacillus strain, as well as methods and uses relating thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Beatrice Nielsen, Tina Styrishave, Mette Dines Cantor, Patrick Derkx, Jonna Nielsen, Robert Lantz
  • Patent number: 8871195
    Abstract: Bacteria thyA(?) mutants with increased vitamin K and use of these thyA(?) mutants for making a composition/product for treatment and/or prevention of vitamin K deficiency in a mammal (e.g. a human).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventor: Martin Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8865238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bacterial cell with texturizing property, starter cultures comprising the cell, and dairy products fermented with the starter culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Janzen, Ditte Ellegaard Christiansen
  • Patent number: 8858933
    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: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Abilio Alessandri, Inge Knap, Luciana Sekito De Freitas Zambelli
  • Publication number: 20140271989
    Abstract: Described are Pichia kluyveri yeast strains with advantageous properties useful in cacao fermentation processes, and related methods and products, including fermented cocoa beans having a ratio of isobutyl acetate/isobutanol higher than 1 and/or a ratio of isoamyl acetate/isoamyl alcohol higher than 0.005, and cocoa-based products prepared therefrom, as well as methods for the fermentation of cocoa beans comprising using at least one Pichia kluyveri yeast strain, fermented cocoa beans obtainable thereby, and cocoa-based products prepared therefrom and obtainable thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Sofie Saerens, Jan Hendrik Swiegers
  • Patent number: 8828459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the concentration of pathogenic organisms such as Listeria spp. in fermented food products. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a food material, (ii) mixing said food material with a starter culture, (iii) mixing the food material with at least one adjunct culture in form of a bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species, (iv) subjecting the mixture provided in step (iii) to a fermentation process, said fermentation process being conducted at conditions that are sub-optimal for growth of the bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species in order to provide a limited acidification and allow for a high production of bacteriocin, and obtain a fermented food product. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species as an adjunct culture for securing microbial safety of fermented food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventor: Marie Louise Heller Stahnke
  • Patent number: 8802079
    Abstract: A bacillus composition characterized by fast germination and outgrowth in bile salts (simulated gut environment) and by producing a compound of interest. The bacillus composition may be used as supplement in animal feed where it has a probiotic (health promoting) effect and increases the digestion and availability of nutrients from animal feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Inge Knap, Ane Knarreborg, Thomas Dyrmann Leser, Lund Bente, Mette Dines Cantor, Patrick Derkx
  • Publication number: 20140213763
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a strain of Lactobacillus curvatus bacteria deposited in the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmBH (DSMZ) under thew accession number DSM 18775, as well as to compositions, cultures and food products comprising thereof. The strain of the invention is useful for preserving food products, especially under refrigerated conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Louise Heller STAHNKE, Tina HORNBAEK, Birthe JELLE
  • Publication number: 20140206067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for providing purified bacteria-containing concentrates, comprising at least the steps of adding an aqueous solution to a first bacteria-containing concentrate to provide a bacteria-containing suspension, wherein the volume of the added aqueous solution is in the range of 0.3 liters to 10 liters per liter of said first bacteria-containing concentrate; and concentrating said bacteria-containing suspension to provide a second bacteria-containing concentrate. Further, the present invention relates to the purified concentrates per se.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: CHR. HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Tania Ivanova Georgieva, Anders Clausen, Tina Malling Thorsen
  • Patent number: 8765180
    Abstract: A white coloring composition comprising calcium carbonate as a white pigment. It may be used in the manufacture of food and pharmaceutical products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventor: Klaus Koehler
  • Patent number: 8765118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel wild-type Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris bacteria strain with increased vitamin K2 production and mutants and variants thereof and methods for preparation of a fermented food or feed product enriched in vitamin K2 and a vitamin K enriched edible product for amelioration and/or prevention of vitamin K deficiency. The present invention also relates to the fermented food or feed product and the edible product obtainable by the methods herein and to the wild-type Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris bacteria strain for use in treatment and/or prevention of vitamin K deficiency in a mammal, such as a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Christel Garrigues, Martin Bastian Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8765200
    Abstract: A method for production of a wine with lower content of alcohol involving treating unfermented grape juice with glucose oxidase and glucose isomerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Johannes Maarten Van Den Brink, Kristine Bjerre
  • Patent number: 8741280
    Abstract: A bacillus composition characterized by fast germination and outgrowth in bile salts (simulated gut environment) and by high-level secretion of essential amino acid. The bacillus composition may be used as supplement in animal feed where it has a probiotic (health promoting) effect and increases the digestion and availability of nutrients from animal feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Mette Dines Cantor, Patrick Derkx, Inge Knap, Ane Knarreborg, Thomas Dyrmann Leser, Lund Bente
  • Publication number: 20140120577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a promoter inducible by metalloporphyrins. Said promoter is useful for controlling the expression of genes of interest in gram-positive bacteria deficient in heme biosynthesis, in particular lactic acid bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: CHR HANSEN A/S, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
    Inventors: Alexandra Gruss, Philippe Gaudu, Bénédicte Cesselin, Delphine Lechardeur, Christel Garrigues, Martin Bastian Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20140120210
    Abstract: Cycloserine resistant mutants of lactic acid bacteria characterized by having improved resistance towards ethanol. The cycloserine resistant mutants of lactic acid bacteria can e.g. be used for malolactic fermentations of wine (i.e. including sparkling wine such as Cava/champagne) having high alcohol levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: CHR-HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Kim Ib Soerensen, Annette Kibenich, Eric Johansen
  • Publication number: 20140113027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for coloring foods, beverages, animal feeds, cosmetics or drugs comprising 1) dissolved carotenoid emulsified as an oil-in-water emulsion using a suitable emulsifier and 2) crystalline carotenoid encapsulated in a suitable hydrocolloid, making it water-dispersible and thereby miscible with the oil-in-water emulsified carotenoid fraction, mixed in a ratio of between 1:100 to 100:1. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the coloring composition, a method for preparing a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic or drug and a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic or drug comprising the coloring composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: CHR-HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Jens Moeller, Bjoern Madsen, Dorthe Lauridsen
  • Patent number: 8697422
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a strain of Lactobacillus curvatusbacteria deposited in the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen GmBH (DSMZ) under the accession number DSM 18775, as well as to compositions, cultures and food products comprising thereof. The strain of the invention is useful for preserving food products, especially under refrigerated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: CHR. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Louise Heller Stahnke, Tina Hornbaek, Birthe Jelle