Patent ID: 7927638

Claim:
A fermented milk product made by: providing an animal milk containing medium that has been supplemented with at least one oleic acid or a derivative of oleic acid and at least one acid-extracted ginger extract, acid-extracted green onion extract, or acid-extracted tea extract, said extracts having been extracted in a water-based solvent at pH 4 or below, and fermenting said animal milk medium with at least one lactic acid bacteria selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidolphilus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactococcus lactis subsp, lactis , and Lactococcus lactis subsp, cremoris for a time and under conditions suitable for producing a fermented milk product; wherein said at least one oleic acid or a derivative of oleic acid is selected from the group consisting of glyceryl oleate, polyglyceryl oleate, propylene glycol oleate, and sucrose oleate; and wherein said fermented milk comprises at least 1×10 8 cfu/mL of lactic acid bacteria and said lactic acid bacteria have a viability of at least 20% when said fermented milk is stored at 10° C. for 2 weeks.