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Direct inoculation method using frozen concentrated cultures and associated device

  • US 7,932,078 B2
  • Filed: 07/08/2005
  • Issued: 04/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for the continuous dosage of a frozen starter culture into a liquid fermentation medium to be inoculated, wherein said device comprises (A) a fermentation unit and (B) a container for thawing of the starter culture, which container comprises means of retaining the frozen culture inside the thawing container while allowing the thawed liquid starter culture to pass into a circuit for the continuous feeding of the fermentation medium into the fermentation unit, wherein said circuit is provided with means of regulating a flow-rate of the culture in liquid form and a flow-rate of the fermentation medium.

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