IP Library Patent Application 12741340
Patent Application
App. No. 12/741,340

AGENT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SURVIVABILITY OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM, AND FOOD COMPOSITION

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12/741,340
Abstract

The survival of lactic acid bacterial strains such as probiotic bacteria contained in yogurt etc. is improved. A lactic acid bacterium survival improver including a propionic acid bacterium fermentation product to improve the survival of a lactic acid bacterium. The propionic acid bacterium is a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium . The bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium is Propionibacterium freudenreichii.

Claims (15)

1 . A survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium, which comprises a propionic acid bacterium fermentation product.

2 . The survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 1 , wherein the propionic acid bacterium is a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium.

3 . The survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 2 , wherein the bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium is Propionibacterium freudenreichii.

4 . The survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 3 , wherein Propionibacterium freudenreichii is Propionibacterium freudenreichii ET-3 (FERM BP-8115).

5 . The survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 1 , wherein the lactic acid bacterium is at least one member selected from Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus bulgaricus , and Streptococcus thermophilus.

6 . A method of improving the survival of a lactic acid bacterium, wherein the method comprises adding the survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 1 to a lactic acid bacterium-containing composition.

7 . The method of improving the survival of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 6 , wherein before fermentation of the lactic acid bacterium-containing composition, the survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium is added to the lactic acid bacterium-containing composition.

8 . A food composition comprising the survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 1 and a lactic acid bacterium.

9 . The survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 2 , wherein the lactic acid bacterium is at least one member selected from Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus bulgaricus , and Streptococcus thermophilus.

10 . The survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 3 , wherein the lactic acid bacterium is at least one member selected from Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus bulgaricus , and Streptococcus thermophilus.

11 . The survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 4 , wherein the lactic acid bacterium is at least one member selected from Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus bulgaricus , and Streptococcus thermophilus.

12 . A method of improving the survival of a lactic acid bacterium, wherein the method comprises adding the survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 2 to a lactic acid bacterium-containing composition.

13 . A method of improving the survival of a lactic acid bacterium, wherein the method comprises adding the survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 3 to a lactic acid bacterium-containing composition.

14 . A method of improving the survival of a lactic acid bacterium, wherein the method comprises adding the survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 4 to a lactic acid bacterium-containing composition.

15 . A method of improving the survival of a lactic acid bacterium, wherein the method comprises adding the survival improver of a lactic acid bacterium according to claim 5 to a lactic acid bacterium-containing composition.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 20, 2012
From: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION
To: MEIJI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028997/0950 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 22, 2011
From: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION
To: MEIJI CO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027278/0400 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2010
From: ISAWA, KAKUHEI; UCHIDA, HIDEAKI; FURUICHI, KEISUKE; YAMAMOTO, FUYUKO
To: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024333/0606 →