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Composition and process used for stabilizing egg proteins subjected to subsequent heat treatment

US5464639A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1994
Grant dateNov 7, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23V2400/21
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Egg proteins, more specifically egg yolk proteins, or emulsions containing egg yolk proteins which are intended to subsequent thermal treatment, e.g. heat sterilization, are stabilized by addition thereto of an acidic amylaceous fermented composition resulting from a process wherein PA0 a) a slurry of cereal flour and at least one additional non-cereal starch material is first subjected to gelatinization and further homogenized; PA0 b) inoculated with an acidifying strain or a mixture of acidifying strains selected from Lactobacillus species and Streptococcus thermophilus; PA0 c) then subjected to a fermentation over a period and at a temperature such as to afford a pH of about 4.0 to 4.2 of the fermented material; and PA0 d) finally stabilized. PA0 Stabilizing composition useful therefor and foodstuffs containing same.

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