Patent ID: 6419974
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A23C,A23Y

Abstract:
A process for preserving a cultured dairy food product against spoilage yeast, the process comprising the step of providing in a food product, that (a) is normally devoid of Propionibacterium, (b) contains less than 50% solids, and (c) is subject to spoilage by yeast, a metabolite-containing material that is produced by a culture of Propionibacterium and that contains metabolites other than propionic acid, the material being present in an amount sufficient that the metabolite inhibits the growth of the spoilage yeast and that the material provides less than 0.3% propionic acid in the food product and a calcium sequestrant in weight ratio of material to sequestrant ranging from about 1.5:1 to 10:1.