Patent ID: 9131703
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A21D,A23C,A23L,A23Y

Abstract:
1. A powder of a food composition, wherein said food composition is yogurt or fermented milk for human consumption, wherein at least one strain of S. thermophilus is contained in said powder in a live or viable form at a concentration of at least 1×10 9 cfu/g, wherein at least one strain of L. bulgaricus is contained in said powder in a live or viable form at a concentration of at least 1×10 4 cfu/g, wherein said powder has an Aw (water activity) of 0.25 or less, and wherein said at least one strain of S. thermophilus is a strain of S. thermophilus , which does not produce exopolysaccharides (EPS), or which produces EPS in such a small amount that a standard medium for milk fermentation composed of 120 grams of skimmed milk powder, 1 gram of N3 peptide, and permutated water up to a QS of 1 L, after culture of said strain at a temperature of 40° C. to a pH of 4.7, has a Casson viscosity at 4° C. of 500 mPa·s or less.