Patent ID: 8802408
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A23K,A23L,A61K,C12N,C12P,C12R

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing a nutritional, therapeutic or organoleptic product comprising: (a) growing non-recombinant yeast, under aerobic conditions, in the presence of a medium comprising one or more carbon sources, one of which is crude glycerol containing approximately from 15% to approximately 95% wt/wt glycerol and the concentration of glycerol in the medium is approximately from 50.0 to approximately 500.0 g/L, and one or more sources of nitrogen to produce a yeast product; wherein the carbon to nitrogen ratio of the medium is less 90:1; and (b) processing the yeast product to obtain the nutritional, therapeutic or organoleptic product, wherein the growth of the yeast exhibits a process productivity rate of greater than or equal to 0.85 gram of yeast biomass on a dry basis per liter of medium per hour (g.L −1 .h −1 ).