Provided herein are compositions with enzymatically active enzymes produced recombinantly, enhanced protein content and methods for the preparation thereof.

The present invention provides a method of increasing nisin production in nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis by inactivating the phage infection protein Pip. The invention also provides nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis in which the phage infection protein is inactivated. The nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis can be used in starter culture for manufacturing food products or other industrial applications.

The present invention describes a intracellular produced lactase, which comprises less than 40 units arylsulfatase activity per NLU of lactase activity. The invention also provides a process comprising treating a substrate with an enzyme preparation, wherein the enzyme preparation is substantially free from arylsulfatase.

The present invention relates to a sterile-filtered liquid lactase preparation and to a method of sterile filtering a liquid lactase preparation.

The present invention relates to novel lactase variants having improved properties relative to the parent lactase, such as decreased galactose inhibition or increased galactose inhibition. The variants of the invention are suitable for production of dairy products, such as low-lactose dairy products or lactose-free dairy products. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the lactase variants of the invention.

A lid that is used in household devices for preparing kefir using kefir grains. The lid comprises a rotating means located in the lid, a stirring rod connected to the rotating means, a container with holes for placing grains for fermentation within it and equipped with a cap and mounted on the stirring rod, and a control unit connected to the rotating means. The lid assembly is characterized in that the container with holes is affixed on the stirring rod in such a way that the axis of symmetry of the container is not aligned with the vertical axis of rotation of the stirring rod.

The present invention relates to new improved peptide or dimeric peptides exhibiting beta- galactosidase enzyme activity as well as improved methods for reducing the lactose content in compositions in particular at low temperatures.

Fermented milk, containing 0.8 g or more of dephosphorylated casein per 100 g of the fermented milk. Dephosphorylated milk, containing dephosphorylated casein. A method for manufacturing fermented milk, including: (a) fermenting raw material milk in a presence of a protein phosphatase and (b) fermenting raw material milk enzyme-treated with the protein phosphatase.

Disclosed herein is a process for producing a peanut milk product, which includes subjecting a milk material to a hydrolysis reaction with lactase and transglucosidase to obtain a milk product, immersing peanut kernels in water to obtain swelled peanut kernels, subjecting the swelled peanut kernels to a steam cooking treatment to obtain steamed peanut kernels, and admixing the milk product with the steamed peanut kernels, followed by subjecting a mixture thus obtained to a heating treatment, so as to obtain the peanut milk product. A method for improving gut health using the peanut milk product and a canned food containing the peanut milk product are also disclosed.

A natural pasta filata style cheese with improved textural attributes achieved by altering various natural cheeses raking parameters.