Patent · US Expired

Process for enzymatic production of bifidogenic infant and dietetic foods

US4925680A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

2References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Milupa Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Friedrich Schweikhardt · Friedrichsdorf, DE
Gunther Sawatzki · Kandern, DE
Rainer Braun · Magstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 1988
Grant date	May 15, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S426/804
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the production of liquid and powdered bifidogenic infant and dietetic foods which are reduced in their antigenicity. The process according to the invention is characterized in that to achieve bifidogenicity, sialic acid is enzymatically cleaved from the milk proteins using the enzyme neuraminidase (sialidase). Consequently in accordance to the invention it is possible to produce bifidogenic infant foods, particularly suitable for infants, premature and small for date babies, which can additionally be used in cases of intolerances against usual milk products. Furthermore the process can be used for production of dietetic food, particularly for patients suffering from intestinal allergies, other allergic diseases and patients with insufficiency of liver and kidney.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.