Disclosed herein are methods of acidifying milk comprising adding at least one microorganism belonging to the Kingdom Fungi to milk. In certain embodiments, the milk is acidified to a pH of less than about 6. Also disclosed are methods of making a dairy product comprising milk, wherein the milk is acidified using at least one microorganism belonging to the Kingdom Fungi to acidify milk. Further disclosed are dairy products, such as cheese, made by acidifying milk using at least one microorganism belonging to the Kingdom Fungi.

A tien-cha extract essence characterized by being obtained by subjecting a tien-cha extract to an activated carbon treatment, and a method for producing a fermented food product using the tien-cha extract essence provide a technique which can be replaced for a tien-cha essence obtained by subjecting a tien-cha extract to electrodialysis having various problems, has no effect on flavor while maintaining the effects of the tien-cha extract of increasing the growth ability of lactic acid bacteria and the viability or the like of bifidobacterium bacteria, has an unprecedented effect of increasing the growth ability of bifidobacterium bacteria, and facilitates production and powderization.

The present disclosure relates generally to a composition for feeding an infant. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a nutritional composition for feeding an infant comprising a stem-cell deficient first component and a second component comprising breast milk stem cells (BSCs). The second component is added to the first component, and the BSCs partially or fully replenish the stem-cell deficient first component with respect to BSCs. In some embodiments the first component is stem-cell deficient human breast milk and the second component comprises BSCs from the infant's mother's own milk. The compositions of the present disclosure have been developed primarily as a personalized, nutritional composition providing the beneficial effects of an infant's mother's own BSCs to the infant while not being able to receive the full benefits of being breastfed directly.

The present disclosure also relates to a composition for feeding an infant and to processes of their production. In particular, the disclosure relates to a composition for feeding an infant comprising a first and a second component, wherein the first component provides the majority of the nutritional value to said composition, and wherein the second component comprises at least one live bacterium from human breast milk or the lactating human mammary gland. The disclosure has been developed primarily as a composition for feeding a mother's own infant, wherein the composition comprises processed human breast milk with a substantially reduced live bacterial cell count as compared to unprocessed breast milk but which at least one live bacterium, from the mother's own breast milk, is added such as to partially or fully replenish the processed human breast milk with respect to the at least one live bacterium. More particular, the composition is a personalised composition for feeding the mother's own preterm infant.

The present invention also related to the combination of BSC and bacterial replenishment as described herein.

A formulation comprising an ingestible carrier and an isolated strain of Bifidobacterium longum.

A non-acidified fermented dairy product and a preparation method thereof are provided, relating to the technical field of fermented dairy products processing. The preparation method of the non-acidified fermented dairy product includes: inoculating a fermentation inoculum into cow milk, and performing a two-stage fermentation to obtain the non-acidified fermented milk; wherein the two-stage fermentation comprises a first-stage fermentation and a second-stage fermentation; a rotation speed of the first-stage fermentation is 180-250 revolutions per minute, and a duration is 10-20 hours; a rotation speed of the second-stage fermentation is 100-160 revolutions per minute, and a duration is 8-16 hours.

Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.

The present invention relates to milk-based confectionery comprising an oligosaccharide mixture.

Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.

An acetic acid bacteria-containing composition comprising nonanal and methylheptenone, and having a peak area ratio of nonanal to methylheptenone (nonanal:methylheptenone), as determined by stir bar sorptive extraction thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SBSE-GC/MS), of 1:10 to 100:1.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. Disclosed is a strain of lactic-acid-stress-tolerant Zygosaccharomyces bailii capable of achieving high-yield production of ethanol and flavor compounds. The Zygosaccharomyces bailii CCTCC NO: M 2023729 of the present invention is screened from Chinese Maotai-flavor liquor yeast, and the strain is not only tolerant of lactic acid stress, but also has lactic acid degrading capability, and can also achieve high-yield production of ethanol and various flavor compounds under the stress of lactic acid. The strain of the present invention can be prepared into a microbial agent for use in the fermentation production process of Maotai-flavor liquor, and can significantly increase the content of ethanol and flavor compounds in fermented grain.