US Patent Issued to Chr. Hansen, Compagnie Gervais Danone on March 3 for "Lactic acid bacteria composition for preparing fermented food products" (Danish, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,197, issued on March 3, was assigned to Chr. Hansen A/S (Hoersholm, Denmark) and Compagnie Gervais Danone (Paris).

"Lactic acid bacteria composition for preparing fermented food products" was invented by Benoit Colson (Arpajon, France), Sonja Bloch (Hoersholm, Denmark), Gaelle Lettier Buchhorn (Hoersholm, Denmark), Nanna Christensen (Hoersholm, Denmark), Marie-Agnes Souce (Paris), Laurent Marchal (Paris), Anne Depierris (Paris) and Fanny Larrere (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a composition for producing a fermented milk product comprising: (i) a starter culture comprising a glucose-fermenting Streptoco...