Fruit products containing lactic acid and process for the lactic acid fermentation of fruit products

US4702922A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Peter Eckes KG MBH · DE

Inventors

• Alfred Wiesenberger · Wiesbaden, DE
• Jens A. Schildmann · Partenheim, DE
• Erich Kolb · Bühl, DE
• Hans-Mario Dechent · Saulheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 1986
• Grant date: Oct 27, 1987
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12R2001/225
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the lactic acid fermentation of fruit products is disclosed wherein an initial product in the form of a mash or juice having a pH of less than 3.7 is pasteurized and thereafter subjected to fermentation by lactic acid producing bacteria which produce at least 95% L(+) lactic acid as the fermentation product.