US Patent Issued to Chr. Hansen on March 31 for "Lactic acid bacterial strain with improved texturizing properties" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,287, issued on March 31, was assigned to Chr. Hansen A/S (Hoersholm, Denmark).

"Lactic acid bacterial strain with improved texturizing properties" was invented by Kim Ib Soerensen (Hoersholm, Denmark), Mette Pia Junge (Hoersholm, Denmark), Jesper Broend (Hoersholm, Denmark) and Victoria Prebner (Hoersholm, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel Streptococcus thermophilus strain having improved texturizing properties, compositions comprising said strain as well as fermented products manufactured using said strain."

The patent was filed on Nov. 16, 2021, under Application No. 18/253,183.

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