US Patent Issued to Chr. Hansen on Oct. 6 for "Method of producing allolactose" (Danish, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,425, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Chr. Hansen A/S (Hoersholm, Denmark).

"Method of producing allolactose" was invented by Vojislav Vojinovic (Hoersholm, Denmark), Kim Ib Soerensen (Hoersholm, Denmark) and Laurent Guinot (Arpajon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of obtaining a composition comprising allolactose by a applying one or more glucose-deficient lactic acid bacteria strains. The invention also relates to the use of said strains for the preparation of a food product comprising allolactose and to the use of said strains for increasing the content of allolactose in a food product. The ...