MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058806 A) filed by Yeastz Empresa De Techs Para Fermento Ltda, Santa Barbara D'Oeste, Brazil, on June 19, for 'process for producing leaven on industrial scale.'

Inventor(s) include Biondo, Ronaldo; and Rischbieter, Ivo.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention refers to a process for producing leaven on industrial scale, comprising the provision of a source of carbon comprising hydrolyzed sucrose, as a carbon source for the aerobic fermentation step to produce leaven. The present invention also refers to a system to perform said process, comprising at least one aerobic fermentation unit for which a source of carbon comprising hydrolyzed source is provided as a carbon source for leaven. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, sucrose hydrolysis is performed by enzymatic inversion as obtained from leaven produced by the industrial productive chain of leaven. The invention also refers to the use of hydrolyzed sucrose as a source of carbon in the aerobic fermentation step of leaven. The embodiments of the invention allow to increase the rate of conversion of reducing sugars into leaven, as observed at the end of the aerobic fermentation step."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 23, 2023, under International application No.PCT/BR2023/050408.

Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.