The invention concerns a sweetened dairy product comprising a dairy material, at least one steviol glycoside, and a lactase enzyme.

The invention concerns the use of formate for increasing the thickness of a fermented milk-based composition, wherein the fermented milk-based composition is fermented by S. thermophilus. Furthermore the use of formate in a starter culture for increasing the thickness of a fermented milk-based composition is concerned, wherein the fermented milk-based composition is fermented by S. thermophilus

The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing immunoreactivity of a food including (a) incubating a food that contains at least one protein with a cross-linking enzyme to form a food that includes at least one cross-linked protein; and (b) fermenting the food including the at least one cross-linked protein with a microorganism to form a modified food including a hydrolysate of the at least one cross-linked protein, wherein (a) is performed before (b) and wherein a level of immunoreactivity of the modified food is less than a level of immunoreactivity of an unmodified food including at least one protein. Modified foods obtained from the present method are also provided.

The present invention describes a method for preparing a fermented food product comprising a plant protein, comprising incubating a solution comprising a plant protein with phytase, and fermenting a solution comprising a plant protein with lactic acid bacteria.

Acidified milk product, which has a pH of between 3.0 and 5.0 and a content of lactose of at least 1.5 mg/ml, wherein the product contains a lactase, which retains its activity at a pH of 5.0 and a temperature of 37° C. at a level of at least 5% as compared to its activity at the optimum pH of the lactase.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing immunoreactivity of a food including (a) incubating a food that contains at least one protein with a cross-linking enzyme to form a food that includes at least one cross-linked protein; and (b) fermenting the food including the at least one cross-linked protein with a microorganism to form a modified food including a hydrolysate of the at least one cross-linked protein, wherein (a) is performed before (b) and wherein a level of immunoreactivity of the modified food is less than a level of immunoreactivity of an unmodified food including at least one protein. Modified foods obtained from the present method are also provided.

A fermentation of a milk source with Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis (CNCM No. I-1962) to form a fermented milk product. The fermented milk product has a flavor and aroma. The fermented milk product can be in the form of a powder or a concentrate. The fermented milk product has applications in the food industry.

The present disclosure relates to processes for producing antihypertensive peptide compositions from milk compositions. It also relates to peptide compositions producible by the processes, as well as dosage forms, food products, supplements, powdered milk formula and beverages containing the peptide compositions, and to therapeutic methods and uses of the peptide compositions.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a cheese-flavored substance, including adding a bacterial cell disrupted product obtained by disrupting lactic acid bacteria and an enzyme to a milk raw material to cause a reaction. The present invention can provide a method for producing a cheese-flavored substance which can safely and efficiently produce a cheese-flavored substance having a more natural cheese flavor at low-cost with simple operation.

A method for producing stirred yogurt, whereby raw milk is treated with a protein glutaminase to form a modified milk prior to fermentation with a starter culture. After fermentation, a gel structure of the resulting yogurt is then disrupted to form the stirred yogurt. Under such a sequence, stirred yogurts are formed having sufficiently high viscosities without the need for thickeners or cross-linking enzymes.