Method for making a food preservative and for preserving food
US6753024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23V2400/157
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for making a food preservative comprises the steps of removing outer skins of taro corms, cutting the corms into pieces, grinding the pieces of corm to produce ground taro, drying the ground taro, diluting the ground taro with water, cooking the taro and water, inoculating the cooked taro and water with a selected bacteriocin producing bacterium and permitting the taro to ferment, to provide the food preservative.
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